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Feedback: (see my feedback on the previous assignment for your RQ).
Good hypothesis - just make sure that it is grounded in theory and/or previous research. Good research design - what makes it quasi-experimental?  But in your research design you don't mention anything about a control group - how will you recruit for that? Also, how will you ensure that the groups are equal (other than receiving AAT)? Remember, you need to control for certain variables that may have an influence on your outcome - you want to isolate AAT. Another limitation is selection bias - these individuals are volunteering themselves for participation. Good work!
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Feedback: RQ is good, but you should be more specific about what "mental health of children" is - that is your outcome variable, and should be specific. Remember you will need to operationalize it in order to measure it! And you do that below...so in your RQ you may say something like...In what way...alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression among children in hospitals? Another limitation to think about is that the BDI isn't developed specifically for children...and depression manifests differently in children than adults. Is there a depression scale for children you could use?
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Assignment 6: Target Population and Sampling Approach

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Assignment 6: Target Population and Sampling Approach

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Feedback: Great work, Gracie! A few more specifics about your sample would be good - for example, are you looking at both boys and girls? This may impact your sampling approach and/or limitations - what if your sample consists of more boys than girls? Would you use a type of random sampling that could account for that? So the selection of the hospital is availability, but what about the selection of the children in that hospital?  Also, you are really using two different recruitment strategies - flyers and the work of the research assistants.  To be as consistent as possible, I might think about just keeping it to one strategy.  And what kind of strategy would that be?  (not convenience/availability).  Essentially - you have a sampling strategy for the hospital, and another one for the children.  Make sure you talk about both, and talk a little bit about strengths and limitations for each.   Nice job talking about generalizability :)  And I'm so glad you're learning more about your learning style through your work on the quizzes!

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Great start, Gracie! I'd like you to think of ways to make your RQ more specific. For example, can you specify what the "outcomes of children's mental health" is? Be as specific as possible, so that the reader can connect your RQ to your methodology. Significance is good - but again, a little general. Also, it would be good to have a little more detail on other research and how your project would fill a gap.

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This is great insight, Gracie! I'm hoping for future assignments you can talk more specifically about items that you may have missed, as an indicator of what you may need to work on. You can also talk about areas you feel strong in. Let me know if you have any questions! Dalia

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This is a great start, Gracie!  [don't forget that you need to add your quiz self-assessments...]. A few comments - make sure that when you are talking about your population - be specific. What age group are you interested in? How do you define "children"? And references are fine, just remember that they are single-spaced :) As far as impact goes - I think you can provide more detail. What do you mean by "negative long-term effects on children" - what does this look like? Mental illness? Difficulty keeping work? social challenges? be specific - look into the literature for more information about this. And make sure you remember that you are talking about children - not adults. You talk about things like jail, choosing to take medication - these aren't things that youth are normally faced with (unless they are above the age of 16 or 18 in some cases). This is why it's important to be specific! You talk about limited research in this area - but there is some research, right? What does that consist of? I think your final answer needed to be thought out a little bit more - you essentially repeated what you said in the previous answer.

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This is great, Gracie!  Be careful in your proposal to look for those pesky grammar mistakes :)  Also very minor - in APA, the volume number is italicized, not the issue number (which is how you have it).
Regarding the research questions, try not to ask a yes/no question.  So maybe you could phrase your question as, "in what way does animal-assisted therapy..."
I'm so looking forward to reading more about your work in this area!

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Nice APA (just remember that the volume number is always italicized :) ) Other databases that you may want to check out is PsycInfo and social work abstracts (you can access those through the VCU website). Did you explore additional search queries to get at some of the research topics - this will help you identify gaps in the literature that your project may address.
The more expansive your searches can be will only help you - build your keywords upon your previous results. But this is a great start!