You have received a substantial grant to evaluate the effectiveness of education programs in prison on reducing post-release recidivism. Describe the design of your study, including: Research question Type of research design you plan to use and provide justification for this choice Independent and dependent variables and possible confounding variables Who/what you will compare (groups) Sampling method you will use and how you will assign participants to different groups The time frame of your study and justification for this length of time Study procedures (what will participants do for the study?) External validity of the study and generalizability outside of the research context