Good day, Assistance with my Research and Evaluation project

Title of Paper Reviewing: Medical expenses incurred by low income women on Medicaid

	RUBRIC ITEM	Needs Improvement, Satisfactory, or Exceeds Expectations	COMMENTS/FEEDBACK
	ABSTRACT. Brief and concise summary of research proposal? (5 pts)	Needs Improvement	Make it shorter 350 words). Clarify the proposal (remove “therefore”) Summarize your study
	INTRO and BACKGROUND. 2 paragraphs. Research problem, methods summary, why this is important (5 pts)	Needs improvement	Must include the importance of your proposal and the reason why readers should care about the outcomes.
	NEEDS ASSESSMENT: 1 page stake holders, what information gained, what anticipate finding (10 pts)	Satisfactory	Very concise and well structured
	LITERATURE REVIEW: 7 paragraphs, 5 sources, 5 pts	Needs improvement	Should provide more details about the studies.
	RESEARCH QUE & HYPOTHESES: ½ page, 5 pts	Needs improvements	Be clear with the variables and verify which ones are independents and dependents
	METHODS. 40 points.	Needs improvement	Must work on your population Sample (missing the calculation of the sample size). The intro and the setting are good! Are you citating your own study or information you took from the studies in the articles?
	ETHICS. 2 – 3 paragraphs. Risks? Steps to mitigate risks? Sensitivity Analysis?	Needs improvement	Make sure to put the proper steps of mitigate risks.
	EVAL PLAN. ½ page. How do you know your research is successful?	Satisfactory	Well explained!
	REFERENCE? 5 point	Satisfactory	Proper formatting required
10	Formatting (10 points) APA, spelling, makes sense???	Needs improvement	Very clear and straight to the point Double check for grammatical errors.

Methods (40pts)

In this section you will describe in detail HOW you will conduct your research project. This section should be no less than 2-3 pages and must include the following:

Study Design
1. What type of study design will you implement and why?
2. If randomized control, describe your control and experimental groups
Population Sampling
1. What are the inclusion and exclusion criteria for participants and describe why
2. How will you recruit participants
3. What is the sample size for your study and how did you calculate
Setting
1. Where will the research project take place and why did you choose this setting?
Data Collection- Quantitative
1. What data collection instruments will be used and when?
2. How were data collection instruments collected
3. Are the tools you have selected validated?
4. If not, what steps will be taken to ensure reliability and validity
5. How will you 1. Input data for analysis and 2. Verify accuracy of data entry?
Data collection- Qualitative
1. What types of qualitative data will be collected and when?
Describe the statistical analysis method that should be employed for analyzing the data collected