This is a Research Method Counseling Professionals course, and the scope of this

This is a Research Method Counseling Professionals course, and the scope of this assignment should stay within the field of counseling and mental health. I have attached a copy of the template below. Please allow the body of this assignment to be 5 pages you can provide me with the APA format sources you used and I can do the cover and reference pages myself. I really appreciate it. For the sources please allow 3 peer-reviewed empirical journal articles that are no more than five years old. Please ensure the material is aligned with the rubric as well this professor is very particular when it comes to grading.
Instructions and Grading Criteria
Create a mini research proposal that addresses the problem you identified, using the Week 6 Assignment Template [DOCX]. Your proposal must include the elements listed below each numbered grading criterion, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriiptions for each criterion in the assignment rubric to see how your work will be assessed.
Synthesize scholarly literature that supports the study of a research problem.
Write a mini literature review of three recent empirical sources (required) and one non-empirical source (optional).
Create a quantitative research question that is aligned to a research problem.
This specific question should be written in a way that it could be answered through quantitative data; this is the main question that will be answered by the proposed study. Identify any independent and dependent variables.
Describe a research design for a quantitative study.
Describe the research design for the proposed study.
Choose from correlational, experimental, quasi-experimental, time-series, and survey.
Provide a rationale as to why this particular design is a good fit for your study.
Describe an appropriate sampling strategy for a quantitative study.
Describe your proposed sampling strategy, including the population from which the sample would come and how many participants you would include.
Detail data collection strategies and measurement instruments that address a research question.
Identify data collection strategies that you would use in your study and describe any instruments that you would use.
Explain how you would collect the quantitative data that would answer your research question.
Explain a quantitative data analysis strategy that aligns to the research problem.
Explain how you would analyze the data that you collected based upon your research question and type of data that will be collected.
Describe ethical and cultural concerns in the proposed research study.
Describe at least one ethical and at least one cultural concern that may be present in the proposed study.
Describe how mixed methods might be applied to address the research problem.
Describe how the problem that you investigated might be addressed by using a mixed-methods approach.
Explain whether you believe that would be a stronger approach or not, in this particular situation.
Communicate effectively in appropriate form and style, using APA guidelines for grammar, punctuation, and mechanics