Order Description
-do ASA format for citation and reference
– it should be times new roman 12 point font
– I will provide the sources that was used for literature review in additional files. I will also provide the reading notes later on additional files.
– design a research project that will answer your research question
– In the standard format, subheadings are needed in research proposal!
– Use knowledge from the reading notes
– General proposal overview:
-> Should be 7-8 pages not including literature review
1. Cover page: Name, TA assigned by last name, Title
2. Introduction(half a page)
? Research Topic :
– have a broad intro about the topic
-Have a general map to proposal: with topic, research question,and brief description of proposed research(methods) ex. Whether it is quantitative or qualitative
3.Literature Review
– copy and paste the “literaturereview” document
– make sure to have a transition into literature covering the topic
4.Details of proposed study(2 pages)
? Is it Applied or Academic research?
? Is the research cross-sectional or longitudinal? If longitudinal what type?
? What is the purpose of study?
– is it Exploratory,Descriptive, or Explanative?
-explain why based on methods!
– don’t need to define necessarily but can define it, and make sure to explain the choice you chose to do for the study!
Ex. This study is using longitudinal study because…
? What concepts are you working with?
– In terms of concepts it means the broad and generalized concepts used in the study! Ex.gender relations(can expand on it) , draw it out from the literature review
? Deductive or Inductive? Positivist or Interpretive?
-will mostly depend on the method used for the study (i.e. the concepts used from the literature review)
? Quantitative or Qualitative?
Again, don’t need to necessarily define but can define it, and make sure to explain why the study is quantitative or qualitative!
5.Population of Interest(half page)
? Population of interest defined
– In relation to research question, and drawing it from literature review
– What is the sample to access the population(based on method)
6.Data Collection(2-3 pages)
? It is explicitly talking about the methods used for the study
– Use/Reference “Chapter 5 Planning a study”
– Also write about measures/observation strategy:
-> variables, questions, observation technique etc.
-> operationalization
=> Overall, explain what methods are used for the study. Explain the method and approach in detail
7. Ethics(half a page)
By the given population and data collection technique:
-What ethical considerations should be made?
-How will the issues be addressed?
8. Conclusion ( 1 page)
– Have an overall conclusion that wraps up the proposal
-Have a contribution of the study to the literature
-State the limitations or the problems anticipated with the research/study
-Also discuss the potential impact of the study affecting policy or a specific group of people. Ex. The results of the study can improve the policy by…
-> talk about how the research can be applied afterwards
9.References
10. Appendix
-ethics protocol (refer and make it similar to the “ethics protocol example” document )