Task 5: Create a Research Plan-100 pts.

Research Plan

Role: Evaluator

Audience: Stakeholders

Format: Research Paper (APA Format)

Task: Develop a research plan.

Research Plan (Key Concepts)

Identify the stakeholders that are included in your study.
Select a type of evaluation and discuss how it relates to your study. (Chapter 2) Explain this evaluation type.
Identify your evaluation question and discuss what you are evaluating.
Discuss how the type of evaluation you selected align with the question you are addressing in your evaluation.
Discuss your data collection methods i.e. interviews, observation, survey etc. Thoroughly explain these methods.
Identify what research method would be best to evaluate your agency i.e. qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods. Define this method.
Discuss why this research method would work best in addressing your evaluation question.

Task 5 Rubric

CATEGORY	Exceeds Standard	Meets Standard	Approaches Standard	Needs Attention
Stakeholders	Extensively discussed stakeholders and their role in the evaluation plan.	Discussed stakeholders but did not thoroughly explain their use in the evaluation plan.	Vaguely Discuss stakeholders and their use in the evaluation plan.	Failed to discuss stakeholders and their role in the evaluation plan.
Type of Evaluation	Discusses type of evaluation and how this type of evaluation informs the plan. Discuss alignment with research questions.	Discusses type of evaluation but moderately mentions how it informs the evaluation plan. Moderately mentions alignment with research question.	Vaguely discusses the type of evaluation and how it informs planning. Vaguely mentions alignment with research question.	Failed to discuss type of evaluation and how it informs planning. Fails to mention alignment with research question
Research Question	Thoroughly identifies research question and what is being evaluated in the evaluation plan.	Moderately identifies research question and what is being evaluated in the evaluation plan.	Vaguely identifies research question and what is being evaluated in the evaluation plan.	Fails to identify research question and what is being evaluated in the evaluation plan.
Data	Thoroughly discusses sources of data and data collection methods.	Moderately discusses sources of data and data collection methods.	Vaguely discusses sources of data and data collection methods.	Fails to identify sources of data and data collection methods.
Research Method	Thoroughly identifies research method of quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods and discusses how this best addresses the research question.	Moderately identifies research method and how it addresses the research question.	Vaguely identifies the research method and how it addresses the research question.	Fails to identify the research method and/or how it addresses the research question.
Organization	Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.	Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.	Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.	The information appears to be disorganized. 8)
Sources	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in APA.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in APA.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in APA.	Some sources are not accurately documented.