Design either a survey or experimental study, you may find helpful Tables 8.1 or 8.4.

Table 8.1 A Checklist of Questions for Designing a Survey Study Plan Is the purpose of a survey design stated? What type of design will be used and what are the reasons for choosing the design mentioned? Is the nature of the survey (cross-sectional vs. longitudinal) identified? Is the population and its size mentioned? Will the population be stratified? If so, how? How many people will be in the sample? On what basis was this size chosen? What will be the procedure for sampling these individuals (e.g., random, nonrandom)? What instrument will be used in the survey? For each instrument, who developed it, how many items does it contain, does it have acceptable reliability and validity, and what are the scale anchors? What procedure will be used to pilot or field-test the survey? What is the timeline for administering the survey? How will the measures be scored and converted into variables? How will the variables be used to test your research questions? Table 8.4 A Checklist of Questions for Designing an Experimental Study Plan Who are the participants in the study? How were the participants selected? Name specific study inclusion and exclusion criteria. How and when will the participants be randomly assigned? How many participants will be in the study? What experimental research design will be used? What would a visual model of this design look like? What are the independent variables and how are they operationalized? What are the dependent variables (i.e., outcome variables) in the study? How will they be measured? Will variables be included as manipulation checks or covariates in the experiment? How and when will they be measured? What instruments will be used to measure the dependent variables (outcomes) in the study? Why were they chosen? Who developed these measures? Do they have established validity and reliability? What are the sequential steps in the procedure for administering the experimental study to participants? What are potential threats to internal and external validity for the experimental design and procedure? How will they be addressed? How will pilot testing of materials and procedures be conducted prior to formal data collection? What statistics will be used to analyze the data (e.g., descriptive and inferential)? How will the results be interpreted