Five pages
Key Assignment Draft
Please select a research topic of your choice in the field of public administration/public policy for your Key Assignment.
The Key Assignment will include 2 parts. Part 1 (Week 4 IP) will include the planning and preparation of your research topic. Part 2 (Week 5 IP) will include reporting on the results of your research.
Part 1: Tasks Week 4 IP
Planning
Prepare a document on a research topic of your choice that will include the following topics:
- Determine the issues
- Build on the work of others
- Use models to clarify the issue within its context or environment
- Assess stakeholders’ needs
- Determine the research questions
- Select measures
- Select an appropriate design
- Develop data collection strategy and instruments
- Develop a sampling approach
- Develop data analysis strategy
- Review and test the methodology
- Prepare a work plan with resource and time requirements
Doing
- Gather the data
- Analyze the data
- Verify the accuracy of the data and analysis
- Formulate the findings