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Data Collection and Strategic Plan

Yiling Zhang Dr. Pezzoli USP186 12/11/2017

1. List SRP Title, Question, Answer and Key Term definitions

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(a) Title of SRP

Increasing vehicle ownership by local and international students resulting Traffic Safety

issues in Chinese Universities

(b) Revised Abstract

Title could use some work...this more points to the problem instead of your actual research.

In China, the traffic safety issues occurred due to the increasing vehicle ownership and increasing rate of admission of students in the new degree programs. Therefore, extensive research on the secondary resources would reveal the major causes were creating the campus traffic safety issues, and the measures are suggested which university management could take to solve the traffic issues in the Chinese Universities. The increasing numbers of local as well as international students admissions in the universities are asking for more parking lots so that to tackle the issue of lack of parking spots. In this instance, the Beihang University of China is selected to provide specific case analysis and the certain solutions are recommended through taking help from the literature review and responses of the participants. However, the primary data for the research is collected through the questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive

statistics method.

Your abstract is unclear, but I see a working project here.

Annotated References

1. SHANG, Huayan, L. I. N. Wenji, and Haijun HUANG. "Empirical study of a parking problem on the university campus." Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 7, no. 2 (2007): 135-140.

2.

This is a journal article representing an empirical study of a parking problem on the

university campuses. This resource matters as it provides detailed analysis on the parking issues and its causes in University along with that suggest overcoming this issue.

3. Barata, Eduardo, Luis Cruz, and João-Pedro Ferreira. "Parking at the UC campus: Problems and solutions." Cities, vol. 28, no. 5 (2011): 406-413.

This journal articles I considered as it is based on the parking issues held in UC campus which is directly associated with our research topic. This source is significant as it provides solid solutions to the parking problem.

4. Riggs, William. "Dealing with parking issues on an urban campus: The case of UC Berkeley." Case Studies on Transport Policy, vol. 2, no. 3 (2014): 168-176.

This is a certain case study related to the parking problems on the Urban University campus. It is an important resource to be considered as it gives a detailed understanding of how to deal with the parking issues in the urban campuses.

Need a lot more here in terms of summary and importance to your study.

(c) The precise question

What are the issues drivers faces while parking in the Beihang University of China?

(d) Key Term

· Vehicle ownership

Good...clear and concise.

The written authenticity of a vehicle to be owned by a person registered under his/her name having certain proof is termed as the vehicle ownership.

· Traffic Safety

The condition of motor vehicles being secured and protected from any risk, threat, injury, danger or any harm is known as traffic safety.

· Parking

The act of disengaging a motor vehicle or leaving it to a secured place where it is permitted to be retained is known as parking.

Need more detail on these...especially within context of your study.

2. Evidence

Data Collection

The methods that are used to collect data on the research topic are qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The data collected through these methods give a clear description of the transportation issues in Chinese Universities.

· Primary Data

The primary data is collected by giving the questionnaire to different candidates who gave their responses to the campus traffic issues in Chinese Universities.

· Secondary Data

Secondary data is collected from the peer-reviewed journal articles which explicitly give information about the issues of parking in universities of China and the possible solutions to overcome this issue.

Research Design

To research the topic the proper framework is considered, and in this regard the type of research designs considered for this topic is:

· Descriptive Research

The collected data is analyzed and interpreted by the descriptive research and the correlation between the variables is evaluated.

Review

The reviewing methods are utilized to find out the causes of traffic problems and the solutions to overcome this complication in the context of Chinese universities.

The Sampling Plan

The sampling method that will be used for this research is:

Simple Random sampling

The simple random sampling approach would use that is conducted by making a subset of the population.

Analysis

The data is analyzed by generating a result on the data which is put into SPSS and afterward the detailed report is given on the results.

Methods section needs a lot of work. There is a lot of detail missing here. What actual work will you do? How will you accomplish a study of China? Why did you choose the methods you did? How will they answer your questions? I remember this section being better in your proposal. Overall, I think you will be fine after reading your proposal, but you needed to communicate it better here. GRADE: 17/20

Timeline

Source of Evidence / How you will get access to it	Strength/Weakness	Timeline (when will you be finished collecting this evidence)?
1. On-line archive	This source would be effective as it provides options to get information about the research topic.	December 5, 2017- December 8, 2017
2. Archives of an off-campus organization	It would be a useful resource having solid references related to the problem I am studying.	December 8, 2017- December 10, 2017
3. Case study	It would be a specific case study which will provide specific, to-the-point information related to my topic.	December 10, 2017- December 13, 2017

3. Overarching Timeline of SRP task Timeline

Task	Start Date	End Date	Duration
SRP Draft	6-Dec-17	8-Dec-17	2
Final SRP	9-Dec-17	14-Dec-17	5
Poster	15-Dec-17	16-Dec-17	1
3-4 minutes Video	17-Dec-17	17-Dec-17	0
Urban expo	18-Dec-17	18-Dec-17	0

Gantt chart

( 30-Dec-99 8-Sep-13 18-May-27 24-Jan-41 3-Oct-54 11-Jun-68 18-Feb-82 28-Oct-95 6-Jul-09 15-Mar-23 21-Nov-36 SRP Draft Final SRP Poster 3-4 minutes Video Urban expo )