Required Reading:

Bhattacherjee, A. (2012). Research Design, Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices (pp. 47-50). USF Tampa Bay Open Access Textbooks Collection. Book 3. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3Links to an external site.

Blackstone, A. (2012). Research Design, Principles of Sociological Inquiry (pp. 51- 58) http://www.saylor.org/books

Trochim W. and J. Donnelly (2008). Design, The Research Knowledge Base (3 ed.) Mason, Ohio: Cengage Learning. http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/intres.phpLinks to an external site

Question 1: Prepare a 6 page paper following APA guidelines that proposes a research method and research design for the following research topics:

• Data protection and privacy
• Reliable CyberSecurity software
• CyberCriminals and Cyber Crime
• Cyber espionage

In your proposal, include supporting evidence and rationale from the literature that validates the research method and design selected. Describe a general data collection approach that properly aligns with the proposed research method and design.

Keys to the Assignment: The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your paper include the following:

• Evaluate all three problems presented and determine the best method and design that will ultimately “solve” those research problems.
• Use the literature to strengthen your argument and rationale for the recommendations offered.
• Make recommendations on a data collection plan that will lead to information suitable to address the variable relationships in each of the three studies presented.

Question 2:

Present a research question to the class on a topic of interest. What type of research method will help answer this research question? How does the method selected support the purpose of your study? What type of question (from those presented in the module) best aligns to your proposed research methodology? (This answer needs to be around 400 words with APA 7 format, no need to include the front page, please include only references)

Question 3:

Using the research question presented in the above question 2, explain how induction or deduction can help determine the best research design to answer your question. What are some of the limitations in the research design selected? Make recommendations to help reduce these limitations. (This answer needs to be around 400 words with APA 7 format, no need to include the front page, please include only references)

Question 4:

Discuss any potential challenges you anticipate to the validity and reliability of your proposed research problem/question (taken from question 2), data, and analysis. How do you plan to overcome these challenges? Present a strategy to be reviewed and critiqued by your peers. (This answer needs to be around 400 words with APA 7 format, no need to include the front page, please include only references)