Homework Case

Submit the Learning Team Charter.

Review the objectives from Week Two and discuss additional insights and questions that may have arisen.

Focus your efforts this week on the following areas in preparing the Research Proposal:

* Complete the Survey Design and Conclusion sections of the Research Proposal.

* Combine all the elements and have each Learning Team member read the paper. Submit the paper through WritePoint® and the Plagiarism Checker and make any needed changes.

Begin working on the Statistics and Hypothesis Testing Presentation due in Week Five.

Take the Week Two Quiz in MyStatsLab® in after completing the Week Two Activities. You may retake this quiz only once.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing observation and measurement as they relate to human services research.

Refer to Ch. 4 and 5 of Beginning Behavioral Research

Address each of the following points in your paper:

* Define and describe the types of reliability. Provide examples of these types of reliability as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.

* Define and describe the types of validity. Provide examples of these types of validity as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.

* Provide examples of a data collection method and data collection instrument used in human services research. Why is it important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?

* Provide examples of a different data collection method and a data collection instrument used in managerial research. Why is it important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and include at least two references.