January 17th, 2020 
Scholarly Activity Essay
For this assignment, you will develop the Research Design for the Sun Coast Project.
(Use template Attached)
research design submission should include the below elements:
1. Research Methodology: Describe and justify the choice of research methodology and why it was most suitable to solve the problems. Be sure to compare and contrast this choice with the design that was not selected.
2. Research Design: Explain whether the research design is exploratory, causal, or descriptive. Provide the rationale for the choice.
3. Research Methods: Review the research questions and hypotheses you developed in Unit II, and then decide on the most appropriate research methods to test your hypotheses. They might include a combination of experimentation, descriptive statistics, correlation, and casual-comparative methods. Be sure to specify which method will be used to test which research question and hypotheses and explain why that method was most appropriate.
4. Data Collection Methods: Specify how the data were most likely collected to test the hypotheses. Data collection methods include, but are not limited to, survey, observation, and records analysis. Be sure to specify which data collection method was used to collect the data needed for each research question and hypothesis. Please note that one data collection method could capture the data for several research questions and hypotheses.
5. Sampling Design: Briefly describe the type of sampling design that was most likely used for the data that were collected. Choices include, but are not limited to, random sample, convenience sample, etc. Explain your rationale for your sampling design selection(s).
6. Data Analysis Procedures: Specify which statistical procedures will be used to test each of your hypotheses from among correlation, regression, t test, and ANOVA. Explain why each procedure was the most appropriate choice.
Guidelines to the Scholarly Activity: (Use Template attached)
a. Use template attached and follow instructions.
b. Organization should be logical, clear, and appropriate.
c. You should provide strong evidence of critical thinking.
d. Essay should end with a conclusion statement to support your essay.
** Need three (3) peer-reviewed, academic sources other than article attached no more than 5 years old minimum**
** Essay should be 2 Full pages minimum not including Title page and Reference page**
Please see and use attached Scholarly Activity Essay Template and Course Project Guidance Document
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