Study of Inmate Experience In this assignment, you will create and des

Study of Inmate Experience In this assignment, you will create
and des

Study of Inmate Experience In this assignment, you will create
and design an empirical research study concerning the patterns of
social interaction of a particular sample of inmates in a penal
institution. The study should result in a valid, reliable, ethical,
and effectively written research project. The study should be
designed to meet standards of scientific merit review (SMR) and
Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission. The assignment
consists of a title, followed by five sections; each section
following the introduction is preceded by a heading: An
introduction (approximately 100 words). A literature review
(approximately 200 words). A method of research (approximately
300 words). Anticipated findings (approximately 100 words) A
discussion (approximately 300 words). Assignment Instructions
Follow these instructions in completing the assignment: 6. Make
sure you have chosen a topic for your study, as instructed in Unit
5. The specific topic is up to you to decide. 7. Select and read,
as instructed in Unit 5, one qualitative research article from a
peer-reviewed journal that is relevant to your topic. Use the
Capella library to find the article. 8. Make sure you have provided
a title for your research study, as instructed in Unit 5. Include
the following under each section: Under Introduction:
Include a brief overview of the major area of your topic that
will be addressed by the proposed research project you are
designing. Furthermore, specify the potential contribution this
project could make to the literature by indicating the gap in
knowledge that it will fill. Under Literature Review:
Provide a brief summary of the article you have selected,
focusing carefully on how the article will support your research
project. Under Method of Research:
Design your own study.
Apply, for example, social control or bonding theory or
symbolic interactionism or labeling theory. State the central
research question in one sentence. What do you want to discover?
Provide two theses statements, such as:
Mixed race inmates tend to arrange their group hierarchies in
relation to skin color. Women tend to affiliate in relation to
extended family models. Show how the theory helps you derive your
research question and your theses. Describe the method of
research you will use to carry out your study in ethical ways, with
minimal risk to the researcher and the inmates.
Present the types of questions you would ask. Describe the
groups you would access.
Discuss how you would access these groups, and present the
concepts you would use. Show how you would protect the security
of the groups and your qualitative data. Discuss how you would
collect the data. Under Anticipated Findings: Suggest what you
imagine you would find if you actually implemented the design.
Explain how you would analyze the data using qualitative conceptual
tools. Explain how you would present (write up) the qualitative
data? Under Discussion: Describe how you would use theory to
explain the findings you would expect to obtain. Identify at
least one limitation of your own proposed project. Present any
policy implications that could be taken from your proposed,
theoretically informed, qualitative research project. Be sure your
assignment includes references to one peer-reviewed research
article as well as the textbook, and that the citations and
references comply with APA sixth edition guidelines. The total
length of your assignment should be approximately 1,000 words,
excluding title page and reference page.