For this milestone, you will identify a research gap in the articles you reviewed for your chosen track and develop a research question addressing the gap. Please note there may be more recent develop

PSY 211 Research Design Worksheet

Complete each section of this worksheet. You will use this worksheet to inform the Research Design section of your final project submission.

Citation of Literature

[Include the citation(s) of the reviewed resources in APA format.]

Gap Identification

[Identify a gap in the developmental psychology research presented in your chosen track. For this exercise, you will only need to focus on the articles included in this course. You are not responsible for more recent developments in the field.]

Research Question

[Develop a basic research question addressing the identified gap]

Research Design

[Some Questions to consider:

  • Will you conduct descriptive research, correlational research, or experimental research, and why did you make that choice?

  • If relevant, what are your independent and dependent variables?

  • How will you choose your study population? If relevant, how will you assign participants to experimental and control groups?

  • How long will your study last?

  • What types of bias might affect your study, and how will you address that?]

Issues of Ethics

[Explain how you will account for issues of ethics associated with your proposed research design.]