Suppose you have invented a new revolutionary method to treat depression. Your method involves a structured series of meetings, interviews and assignments in a number of individual sessions with the patient.

In order to get approval for the method from the licensing bodies, you need to conduct research that will test the eectiveness of the method. You know that there are many competitors on the market, so your research report will be closely scrutinized. You have good funding, so money is not an issue.

How would you design the study? How will you select your sample? How many groups will you have? What will be the conditions? What will you measure?

Draft a research proposal and be ready to defend it at a mock scientic conference.