ABSTRACT

The Approach section of a proposal should discuss potential study limitations and alternative strategies. Therefore, this chapter describes strategies for presenting study limitations with a focus on techniques to minimize their impact. Part I of the chapter starts with a fourfold approach to strategically presenting limitations. Part II of the chapter applies this approach to the typical study limitations that you are likely to face. Part II goes on to additionally review design and analytic techniques for minimizing these threats to validity along with accompanying examples.