Project Assignment: Submission
This module will give you a better understanding of how to write a research proposal. What are the most important components of a research proposal? Have you included them in your Final Project?
Your final research proposal, between 8-10 pages (2,000-2,500 words) in length, typed in double-space and in 12-point font, and in adherence to the APA format, is due at the end of Module 8.
In this course, you have been assigned a Project instead of a Exam. Your Final Project is to develop a research proposal that will address a hypothesis of interest in your field of study. Although you will not collect data, the proposal should be of sufficient detail and clarity that you (or someone else) could do the research following the proposal description.
The following points should be addressed in your proposal. These steps can be used as an outline for the proposal or the items can be integrated throughout the paper.
• State the general problem area and why your topic is important.
• Briefly discuss two or three previous studies in the area.
• State the specific hypothesis(es) that you wish to examine.
• Operationalize your concepts and identify the independent variable and dependent variable in the hypothesis.
• Describe how you will measure the variables, including the level of measurement for each variable.
• Discuss the reliability and validity of your measurements, if known. If unknown, describe how you will assess the reliability and validity of your measurements.
• Describe the research design you will use to collect and analyze your data.
• Discuss your proposed participants and how you plan to recruit, including the type of sampling design you will use.
• What type of data collection technique will you use and why?
• What kind of data analysis do you plan to use?
• What variables, if any, will you control for and why?
• What, if any, ethical considerations may be relevant for your project and how do you plan to handle these issues?