Scientific Research Methods Assignment -
A key part of research papers and theses is a well-supported description and validation of research methods. For this assessment you are required to choose a research topic and write a detailed and substantiated plan of research. You may use the fortnightly exercises as a base for your plan, but should not be a complete copy/paste of your previous submissions. Your plan should contain the following items:
Abstract of no more than 150 words describing briefly your research question, proposed methods and what you hope to discover as part of the research. Examples of abstracts will be provided in the lecture
Description of Research question
Gap in literature - show why this research needs to be done
Choice of research methodology - use the literature to support your choice of methodology (i.e. qual, quant or mixed)
Data gathering techniques to be used (methods) - list of activities and timeline
Ethics considerations - will an ethics application need to be submitted when the research is conducted, how will you maintain
- anonymity of participants
- Information sheet for participants suitable for your type of research
- Consent form for participants to sign
Data analysis techniques to be used - how will you analyse your data to derive your results (any software required).
The proposal should be around 3000 words in length.