Designing and Proposing Your Research Project

Jennifer Brown Urban, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University, where she also directs the Research on Evaluation and Developmental Systems Science lab. She is trained as a developmental scientist with specific expertise in youth development and program evaluation. Her scholarship is encapsulated under the umbrella of systems science,including both theoretical approaches and methodologies.Bradley Matheus van Eeden-Moorefield, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University and director of the PhD program. His research includes a strong social justice commitment to understanding and strengthening marginalized families, with his most recent work focused on stepfamilies headed by same-sex couples.

• Series ForewordChapter : IntroductionChapter 2: Choosing Your Research Question and HypothesesChapter 3: Choosing Your Study amp rsquo s PurposeChapter 4: Choosing Whether to Use a Qualitative, Quantitative, or Mixed-Methods ApproachChapter 5: Understanding Terms for Quantitative Studies: Concepts, Constructs, and VariablesChapter : Choosing Your DesignChapter 7: Choosing Your SampleChapter 8: Planning Your Measurement Strategy for Collecting DataChapter 9: Establishing Validity for Quantitative StudiesChapter : Establishing Validity for Qualitative StudiesChapter : ConclusionIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Series Editor

amp ldquo The chapters are organized around the choices students need to make, rather than the types of research and issues specific to each type-an important distinguishing feature that sets this book apart from other research methods text amp hellip . In the current environment of increasing interdisciplinarity, this text is very useful to students who find themselves coming to social science research from other disciplines, or to students in need of clear guidelines who do not have the time to complete another entire research methods course. amp rdquo -Choice The chapters are organized around the choices students need to make, rather than the types of research and issues specific to each type - an important distinguishing feature that sets this book apart from other research methods text amp hellip . In the current environment of increasing interdisciplinarity, this text is very useful to students who find themselves coming to social science research from other disciplines, or to students in need of clear guidelines who do not have the time to complete another entire research methods course.(Choice)