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SCS 224 Final Project Two Milestone Guidelines and Rubric

You will submit a draft of the Research Question and Ethical Considerations (Section II) and Methodology (Section III), including all critical elements as listed in the Final Project Two Document. This draft should be as detailed as possible in order to allow the instructor to provide significant feedback.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Research Question and Ethical Considerations: This section will be twofold: It will deconstruct your research question into its important sections, and explain the significance of your research.

a) Based on the previous research you located from the literature review, create a research question or statement, and explain its creation. b) Describe the implications of your research. What will your research do for the community at large or the field in which you are working? c) Discuss how you will gain access to, or conduct, your data collection from people and cultures in an ethical manner. Provide specific examples of

ethical dilemmas that may arise. d) Create a hypothesis that describes the expected relationship between the research variables. Make a clear connection between the questions

you are asking and your expected results. Think about your proposed research as a projection of the results, rather than an open-ended question.

II. Methodology: In this section, you will describe the “how” of your research design. You have already discussed the research’s significance and explained the tools you will need to explore the question; now, you must clearly explain the steps you will take to reach a research conclusion.

a) Describe your proposed methodology and why you decided to use this methodology. Consider using qualitative data, quantitative data, or a mix of both if necessary.

b) Describe the scale of your research, justifying your sample size. Be sure to explain the boundaries of the population in your justification. If you are planning to analyze a secondary dataset, explain the implications of its size on your research question.

c) Explain how you plan to analyze your collected data. Will it be descriptive or inferential? How will you analyze subjective data differently from objective data?

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: The research proposal should follow these formatting guidelines: two to three pages, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three citations in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Research Question and Ethical Considerations:

Research Question

Creates a research question based on the previous research, explaining its creation

Creates a research question based on previous research, but does not explain the creation

Does not create a research question based on previous research

5

Research Question and Ethical Considerations:

Implications

Describes the implications of the research, detailing the impact on the community or field at large

Describes the implications of the research, but does not detail the impact on the community or field at large

Does not describe the implications of the research

15

Research Question and Ethical Considerations:

Data Collection

Discusses how to gain information in an ethical manner, providing specific examples of ethical dilemmas

Discusses how to gain information in an ethical manner, but does not provide specific examples of ethical dilemmas

Does not discuss how to gain information in an ethical manner

15

Research Question and Ethical Considerations: Expected Relationship

Creates a hypothesis describing the expected relationship between research variables, making clear connections between questions asked and the expected results

Creates a hypothesis describing the expected relationship between research variables, but does not make clear connections between questions asked and the expected results

Does not create a hypothesis describing the expected relationship between research variables

15

Methodology: Proposed Methodology

Describes the proposed methodology and justifies the choice of methodology

Describes the proposed methodology, but does not justify the choice of methodology

Does not describe the proposed methodology

15

Methodology: Sample Size Describes the scale of the research, justifying the sample size

Describes the scale of the research, but does not justify the sample size

Does not describe the scale of the research

15

Methodology: Analyze Collected Data

Explains how to analyze the collected data and takes into account elements related to the proposed methodology

Explains how to analyze the collected data, but does not make a clear connection to the proposed methodology

Does not explain how to analyze the collected data

15

Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax that prevent understanding of ideas

5

Earned Total 100%