Community-Based Organization Term Paper Assignment
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Second Week – Discussion
Using Methodologies for Research
The methodology is guided by the research questions. Consider quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies when considering a community-based organization in your area (please see the Fort Bend Women Shelter website: https://www.fbwc.org/about-us/). Create a research question for each approach that your chosen organization could be interested in. Identify the methodology’s strengths and drawbacks and explain why it is appropriate for each inquiry. Which of the three questions and methodologies appeals to you the best, and why? Your response should be no less than 300 words and formatted in APA style.
Notes from the Professor:
Everyone, welcome to Week 2! We’ll be discussing participatory research, planning and implementation, and administration and evaluation this week. Please watch the video below.
Data-Driven Tools for Neighborhood Revitalization: Neighborhoods by the Numbers (Links to an external site.)
One written assignment on program evaluation and one discussion topic are due this week. This week’s discussion topic is about developing research questions for each approach for a local organization. Your discussion should be at least 300 words long, and your comments to other students should be 200 words long.
This week, you’ll learn about three different research methodologies:
Mixed studies (qualitative/quantitative)
Consider which methodology is best for each research subject.
Here’s a video that explains the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data.
Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Research (Links to an external site.)
This week’s assignments are as follows:
The 4th of February is a holiday in the United States.
Along with the necessary readings, read chapters 7-9 in our textbook.
The date is Thursday, February 6th, 2020.
Submit your first response to the discussion question from Week 2.
Collecting and analyzing data on community organizations and their effectiveness is the first step.
It’s likely that as an applied sociologist working with community organizations, you’ll be asked to conduct research. A solid methodology foundation is necessary to ensure proper data collection, which will allow you to translate the data for the organization’s leadership and other stakeholders. Quantitative, qualitative, or a combination of both methodologies are used in research (also known as mixed methods). Quantitative research is frequently based on surveys, which allows for statistical analysis. We frequently consider reliability (can the instrument be repeated) and validity when conducting quantitative research (is the instrument measuring what is intended). Survey research, on the other hand, faces a number of challenges, including poor response rates and the difficulty of obtaining a reliable survey. Qualitative research, which is frequently conducted through interviews or participant observation, can provide an in-depth understanding of a problem, but it is not always generalizable. To overcome the limits of one approach or another, mixed methods studies will employ both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Of course, the research question directs the research techniques! Quantitative research is preferable for some questions, whereas qualitative research is better for others. Consider which methodology would be best suited to an organization interested in determining the number of new Mexican immigrants in a Phoenix suburb. A poll would very certainly uncover the information the company need.
When a community group conducts a needs assessment, it becomes more effective. Needs assessments, as the name implies, ask a series of questions to determine a community’s needs. An company should follow six key procedures to properly use a requirements assessment:
Make the evaluation questions.
Examine the available information about the subject (s).
Conduct the survey.
Analyze the information.
Report the assessment’s findings.
Proceed with the findings (OVCTTAC, n.d.). Organizations can also benefit from a SWOT analysis, which examines the community’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Program evaluation is another significant area where research methods might help. Organizations want to know if the programs they provide are successful. After all, why waste money on a program that doesn’t work? Researchers can measure before and after a program (pre-test, post-test), perform surveys after a program, employ focus groups, or use other procedures and tactics to conduct a program assessment. Regardless of the method employed, it is vital to interpret the data so that others can benefit from them! “Research is developing new information,” as Neil Armstrong put it.
OVCTTAC is a source of information (n.d.). A step-by-step guide to doing a requirements analysis. www.ovcttac.gov/taResources/OVCTAGuides/ConductingNeedsAssessment/pfv.html
Text that is required (Book is attached)
J. McKnight and J. McKnight Plummer (2015).
Theory and practice of community organizing. https://redshelf.com/retrieved
Participatory Research (Chapter 7)
Planning and Implementation (Chapter 8)
Management and Evaluation (Chapter 9)
Appendix A: Participatory Research Strategies in Detail
References that are required
A. Carroll-Scott, P. Toy, R. Wyn, J. I. Zane, and S.P. Wallace (2012). Results of the data & democracy program, which aimed to improve the data and research capability of community-based organizations. 1384-1391 in the American Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 7.
R. Pasick, G. Oliva, E. Goldstein, and T. Nguyen (2010). A resource manual for UCSF researchers on community-engaged research with community–based organizations. Community-engaged research reference manuals and guidelines from the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) (Fleisher, P. ed.). Clinical Translational Science Institute Community Engagement Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/files/CE/manual for researchers agencies.pdf was retrieved from http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/files/CE/manual for researchers agencies.pdf.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Fed) (2014, June 12). Data-driven tools for neighborhood revitalization: Neighborhoods by the Numbers [Video file]. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQiEUg9tJBUube retrieved from (This is a link to another website.)
M. Timberlake, M. R. Sanderson, X. Ma, B. Derudder, J. Winitzky, and F. Wilox (2012). An examination of polarization among US cities to test a global city hypothesis. 74-93 in City & Community, 11(1).
References to Look Up
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2012). Using mixed techniques in program assessment is a CDC coffee break topic. http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/docs/cb july 2012.pdf was retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/docs/cb july 2012.pdf.
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