Assignment 88

Student’s Name:

Student ID No:

Section:

Assessment Title

Written Assessment

Assessment Due Date

See table in 'Task Description'

Return Date to Students

typically within 2 weeks from the submission date

Weighting

20%

Words

2000 -3500

Assessment 3 Criteria

Research Proposal

Title page – Name of your research topic & author’s name and ID

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I. Introduction

A. Problem statement (1)

B. Rationale for the research

· Statement of the research objectives (1)

C. Factors identified (Min. 4 factors) (2)

D. Research Hypothesis (Min. 3 hypothesis) (2)

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E. Definitions of important terms used in proposal (1)

F. Summary, including a restatement of problem (1)

II. Literature review and hypothesis

A. Important factors or variables being described by the articles from at least 4 journals (5)

B. Current ststus of the topic (1)

C. Describe each hypothesis in your research: (3)

· The hypothesis designed could be based on the gap between the literature and your problem statement Or

· The hypothesis designed could be based on the new phenomenon you identified but never mentioned by the previous researchers Or

· The hypothesis designed could be based on the correlations/relationships between the important variables *

D. An appropriate management/ marketing/ human behaviors theory for this research topic (2)

E. Summay, including a restatement of relationships between the important variables and how these relationships are important to the hypothesis proposed in the introduction (1)

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III. Research design and methods

· Research design (3)

1. Type of research

2. Population

3. Sampling strategy

4. Participants and number of samples (including a description of the participants and selection procedures)

5. Levels of measurement

6. Types of test

· Question design

List your research factor/variable/hypothesis in a table, indicate what survey questions designed for each factor and what types of questions used (Min. 3 types of questions) (3)

· Data collection plans

· Reliability and validity of instruments (1)

· Pilot studies (1)

· Ethical considerations (1)

· Proposed Analysis of data (1)

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IV. Implications and Limitations of the Study (4)

/4

V. References and Appendices

· References: In-text Ref (1); Ref list (2)*

· Appendices

1. Questionnaires (1)

2. Research time line (1)

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TOTAL

Final Mark:

/40

/30

Minimum mark or grade – 12%

Harvard (author-date)

Turnitin

Conditions

1. Gather and organize information making sure that the methods of collecting information are reliable and make efficient use of resources.

2. Identify research requirements for combining online research with non-electronic sources of information and use business technology to access organize and monitor information.

3. Clearly define objectives of research and ensure that data and research strategies used are valid and relevant to the requirements of the research and make efficient use of available resources.

4. Identify key words and phrases for use as part of any online search strategy, including the use of Boolean operators and other search tools and use reliable methods of data analysis that are suitable to research purposes

5. Ensure that assumptions and conclusions used in analysis are clear, justified, supported by evidence and consistent with research and business objectives.

Present recommendations and issues in an appropriate format, style and structure using suitable business technology and obtain feedback and comments on suitability and sufficiency of findings.

Referencing Style

1. Expanding of Knowledge

2. Communication

3. Problem Solving

4. Critical Thinking

5. Professional and leadership skills

Submission

Learning Outcomes Assessed

There are six Learning Outcomes.

Task Description

Students will choose a research topic through their pre-research activities and the research topic has to be approved by your instructor. The proposal preparation will be commencing from week 3 and due on Thursday week 8. Students need to submit one soft copy of group proposal into week 8 uploading port in myLMS before 11:55pm. One hard copy of the proposal will be also needed to submit into the assignment box. The size of the proposal is between 2000 and 3500 words.

There are also some more requirements below:

Note

· Minimum 3 hypothesis are required in this research. They can be any types of hypothesis (gap analysis / new idea / important relationship between variables)

· Minimum 4 factors are identified and used from previous research articles.

· Minimum 6 references are required for this research proposal.