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Part II

Program Description

Include one to two paragraphs of a description of your program, outlining the specific services your program will offer and outlining whom the services will be provided to.

Research Design

In the research design section, you want to show the funders the type of data you will collect to evaluate if your program is meeting its goals and objectives. You will pick either qualitative or quantitative methods to collect data. Avoid using mixed methods as this can be difficult for a novice grant writer. You will also explain how you will collect qualitative or quantitative data from your participants. This section should be one to two paragraphs. See below for more information on qualitative and quantitative data collection methods.
Qualitative researchers explore participants’ experiences or perceptions of a phenomenon. Some of the ways that qualitative researchers can collect the participants’ perceptions and experiences are via interviews, focus groups, or observations. The findings of the qualitative method are reported in narrative format or words.
The quantitative method is used to measure something, and the findings or results are reported in numeric (number) form. Some quantitative data collection methods include pre/posttests, statistical tests, or Likert-based survey (where participants indicate their agreement or satisfaction with something on a scale from 1-5, where 1 equals strongly agree and 5 equals strongly disagree).

Human Subjects

Study Validity and Reliability

Funders like to see a plan for reliable and valid data collection. In social science research, reliability is defined as the degree to which other researchers could replicate the data collection and get the same results. In social science research, validity is defined as whether or not the researcher accurately measures or explores what he or she intended to measure.
Validity of the data is determined differently in qualitative and quantitative methods. In the qualitative method, validity is determined by transferability, or whether or not the findings can be transferred to other settings. In quantitative research, reliability is determined by whether or not the instrument or researcher is measuring what he or she intended to measure. In qualitative research, reliability cannot be determined; instead, researchers focus on dependability of the findings, which means how the researcher ensured that the data collection and analysis process was consistent. In quantitative methods, reliability is determined by demonstrating the accuracy of the instrument.
Using the information above and from your text, in this section, outline how you will ensure that the qualitative or quantitative data you collect are valid and reliable.

Assumptions and Limitations

In social science research, researchers must outline their assumptions. Assumptions are defined as what the researcher must assume to be true in their study. Assumptions can be related to method, data collection, data analysis, or researcher bias. In qualitative methods, the researcher will have to assume that the participants will provide honest answers about their experiences and perceptions. The qualitative researcher may also have to assume that he or she will be able to accurately collect and analyze the data. In quantitative research, the researcher may have to assume that the instruments accurately measure what they are supposed to measure. In addition, quantitative researchers may have to assume that they correctly perform statistical tests to have accurate findings. In the first paragraph, explain what your methodological assumptions are based upon whether or you are using qualitative or quantitative methods.
In social science research, limitations are defined as inherent weaknesses of the study that are outside of the researcher’s control. Limitations of the study may relate to the method, data collection technique, data analysis, researcher bias, or population. In this section, consider the limitations of collecting either qualitative or quantitative data. Consider the limitations of your data collection technique. Consider the limitations of your population. In the second paragraph, outline the limitations based upon your chosen method.

Timeline

Evaluation Plan

Funders like to see a clear evaluation plan for the proposed program. In the evaluation plan section of the RFP, you will explain how you will use the data you collect from the Research Design section to evaluate the proposed program. How will you use the qualitative or quantitative data to evaluate if the program is meeting its goals and objectives? If you are using the quantitative method and you are using an instrument, you will also need to explain how you will evaluate the validity and reliability of the instrument here. You will also explain when the data will be collected. Will you collect data before, midway, or at the end of the program? Finally, you will outline a clear plan for reporting the program evaluation findings to the funder (ie., quarterly reports of findings sent to the funder).

Nonpersonal Resources

In this section, explain the nonhuman resources you will need to run your program.

Personal Resources

Management Plan

In this section, explain who will manage your program and how he or she will manage the program.

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