Introduction (1\/2 page)<\/b><\/p>\n
– <\/span>Your introduction should introduce your reader to the topic of study without going into<\/p>\n any substantial detail (e.g., referencing should be minimal in an introduction).<\/p>\n o<\/span> <\/span>Make sure to clearly explain the research problem and your research objectives<\/p>\n – <\/span>Your introduction should present your research question which must include an<\/p>\n independent and dependent variable. Remember to apply any feedback that you have<\/i><\/p>\n received about your research question.<\/i><\/p>\n – <\/span>Your introduction should outline the key areas of literature you are drawing on to<\/p>\n produce your research proposal.<\/p>\n o<\/span> <\/span>This should include a brief discussion of relevant theory and your proposed<\/p>\n project\u2019s practical significance<\/p>\n – <\/span>Your introduction should outline the structure of the rest of your proposal to help keep<\/p>\n the reader\u2019s understanding of your work focused.<\/p>\n Theoretical Framework and Literature Review (2-3 pages \u2013 excluding the causal diagram)<\/b><\/p>\n – <\/span>Your literature review will summarize existing information relevant to your research<\/p>\n question.<\/p>\n o<\/span> <\/span>Remember you must cite 5-10 sources, including your source document and two<\/p>\n sources referenced by the source document.<\/p>\n – <\/span>You want to demonstrate that you have a strong understanding of a topic before you<\/p>\n propose a new project.<\/p>\n o<\/span> <\/span>Communicate what is known about a topic, such as key empirical findings as well<\/p>\n as pertinent sociological theories used to conceptualize an issue<\/p>\n o<\/span> <\/span>Identify gaps in the literature that your research project may be able to address- <\/span>A good literature review groups together topics, as opposed to summarizing each piece of<\/p>\n literature individually (e.g., if three different studies all reach the same conclusion, then<\/p>\n you can write a sentence summarizing the conclusion with all three studies cited at the<\/p>\n end as proof of this statement).<\/p>\n – <\/span>You have to make sure to discuss one sociological theory and demonstrate a link to your<\/p>\n independent and dependent variables.<\/p>\n – <\/span>Remember to include a causal diagram that shows the expected relationship between the<\/p>\n variables. You can draw this by hand or use computer software. This does not count<\/p>\n towards your page count.<\/p>\n – <\/span>Clearly present your hypothesis. This should be anchored in the literature you reference<\/p>\n throughout this section.<\/p>\n Relevant Sub-headings<\/b><\/p>\n Sub-headings are useful for making your literature review more organized. Think of the<\/p>\n overall literature review as a funnel \u2013 you start with the broadest topic and then narrow in on<\/p>\n content that is more specifically relevant to your research. In this paper, you may find it useful to<\/p>\n have subheadings dedicated to each of your variables.<\/p>\n Methodology (3-4 pages)<\/b><\/p>\n Your method section is where you describe exactly how you plan to go about collecting<\/p>\n data for your proposed study. You need to provide content in each of the sections listed below.<\/p>\n Method<\/b><\/p>\n – <\/span>Provide a description of the method that you will use to collect data to answer your<\/p>\n research question. This must be a method discussed in course material.- <\/span>You must also explain why you are selecting this data and its strengths and weaknesses<\/p>\n (make sure to reference your textbook)<\/p>\n – <\/span>Feel free to use what you previously submitted for the outline assignment \u2013 make sure to<\/p>\n apply any feedback you received<\/p>\n – <\/span>Remember this is a course about methods, but the way you show that you understand<\/p>\n what you learned is by showing your ability to master an appropriate method to answer<\/p>\n your research question and address concerns that are relevant to this method. The best<\/p>\n way to show that you understand course content is by being clear and specific.<\/p>\n – <\/span>A good proposal will clearly identify your data source, the unit of analysis and the<\/p>\n sampling technique<\/p>\n – <\/span>You must discuss threats to validity and reliability as they pertain to your proposed study<\/p>\n \u2013 remember, high-quality proposals will only discuss issues that are relevant to their<\/p>\n study.<\/p>\n Ethical Obligations to Research Participants<\/b><\/p>\n – <\/span>Provide a description of the key ethical obligations that researchers have to participants.<\/p>\n – <\/span>You should also specifically reflect on how your proposed study upholds (or justifiably<\/p>\n violates) each of those ethical obligations to participants, or why they are not applicable<\/p>\n in your study based on your unit of analysis (e.g., if you are working with social artefacts<\/p>\n these ethical obligations to humans are not applicable).<\/p>\n Measurement<\/b><\/p>\n – <\/span>Here you will clearly explain how you will measure one (1) concept in your proposed<\/p>\n study.o<\/span> <\/span>You need to show me your operational definitions of your independent and<\/p>\n dependent variables and explain your reasoning behind each definition. Be sure to<\/p>\n reference relevant literature here.<\/p>\n o<\/span> <\/span>High-quality proposals will have already referenced this concept in the literature<\/p>\n review so it does not come out of nowhere here<\/p>\n – <\/span>Identify your data analysis technique. You do not need to go in depth, just explain what<\/p>\n type of analysis you will conduct and explain why.<\/p>\n Implications and Practical Applications (1\/2 a page)<\/b><\/p>\n – <\/span>In this section you will clearly and concisely describe the specific contribution your<\/p>\n proposed research would make to the body of knowledge on this topic by referencing<\/p>\n back to the existing literature you reviewed and the research objectives that you set out in<\/p>\n the introduction.<\/p>\n – <\/span>You will restate your hypothesis that respond to your research question<\/p>\n – <\/span>You will briefly summarize the content reviewed in the research proposal, referring the<\/p>\n reader back to your proposed research question.<\/p>\n – <\/span>This section should wrap up the research proposal in a way that emphasizes the<\/p>\n importance of the proposed research and leaves the reader believing that the proposed<\/p>\n project is important. Remember, you are pitching this project, so you need people to<\/p>\n understand the contributions of this study to society.<\/p>\n References<\/b><\/p>\n References must conform to ASA style.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have 3 references that must be used the “Clarke et al” one is the source document. 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