Is Racial Profiling Effective?
Your dissertation topic will need to be aligned with your degree program and specialization. For the
purposes of this assignment, consider how you could research your chosen dissertation topic through a
quantitative lens, using quantitative methods and research questions that are aligned with quantitative
research (even if you plan to pursue qualitative methods for your dissertation).
Develop a problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions for your intended dissertation
research that will use a quantitative approach. You may want to use the Methods Map to provide an
overview of a quantitative approach. When using the map, it is recommended that you begin with
“Quantitative Data Collection” which will provide a list of the method on the right. You can click on any of
these for more information. Remember to look at the top box for definitions of terms/concepts.