Due Friday 5/24/19 by 11:59pm
Hi everyone,
As posted earlier, your final assignment is a proposal for a mock research study that will combine everything you’ve learned from your other assignments. The actual content (not including references and cover page) should be between 6 – 10 pages (double spaced). You already have many of the sections completed. Please see below and more fleshed out instructions here.
If you are having a hard time selecting a method for your question, please consult the list here or schedule a call to discuss with me.
I. Introduction
Think about your introduction as a narrative written in one to three paragraphs that succinctly answers the following four questions:
- What is the central research problem?
- What is the topic of study related to that problem?
- What methods should be used to analyze the research problem?
- Why is this important research, what is its significance, and why should someone reading the proposal care about the outcomes of the proposed study?
II. Background and Significance
Use your research topic statement and flesh it out more. Answer the “So What? question [i.e., why should anyone care].
III. Literature Review
Use your annotated bibliography and any other citations you found since you submitted to discuss how other researchers have approached studying this issue/problem. Were there any common theme?
IV. Research Design and Methods
How do you propose to answer your final question (that I approved earlier in the semester)? Why did you pick the method you did? Why is it appropriate to answer your question?
V. Preliminary Suppositions and Implications
Just because you don’t have to actually conduct the study and analyze the results, doesn’t mean you can skip talking about the analytical process and potential implications. What do you hope to find at the end of your study? What would you do with your results if this were a real study?
VI. Conclusion
This section should be only one or two paragraphs long, emphasizing why the research problem is worth investigating, why your research study is unique, and how it should advance existing knowledge.
VII. Citations
Your reference/bibliography list
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