Revamp Completed Capstone Assignment
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problemstobefixed3.docxDEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE OF YOUR RESEARCH DESIGN PROPOSAL
Chapter 3 is the research design proposal.
Your research design proposal was to be prepared in the format given below.
Introductory paragraph:
· · State your major and sub research questions that you are attempting to answer in your capstone project. Then identify your research design and how that design accommodates your purpose.
***This is an ok start, but questions asked related to previous assignments remain (is this addressing a true gap in existing research, etc.).
***Are these the same research questions stated in previous chapters? The first seems to be a different question, and the second is not phrased as a question, and unclear as worded here.
***Given this is the chapter focusing on research design, you should focus more on that design and explain “how that design accommodates your purpose.”
Body paragraphs:
· · Plan of Action: Describe your plan of action based upon how your research design relates to your project.
***The plan of action in this chapter is not the recommendations or conclusions which may come from the project, but the plan of action for carrying out the project (how many participants, how selected, what questions asked, what timeframe, what minimum response is needed, etc.).
· · Research Methodology for Data Collection for Research and Applied Projects: Introduce each sub question and explain in the paragraph how you will answer it. Take the reader step-by-step as you do your research. Explain what your sources of information are.
***Take the instructions out of the final draft.
***What’s here does not fit with prior plans; as here you state such things as “The study will be acrid out in both public and private schools within Mississippi.” when earlier your focus was on healthcare providers.
***Studies cannot be carried out which involve minors, as we do not go through the institutional review process in this course.
***As above, statements such as “The class teachers in respective classes will be included in the study.” are inconsistent with earlier writing.
***Large sections of what’s here do not fit with your earlier intentions of focusing on healthcare providers and conducting surveys:
“Focus groups that are semi-structured will be held simultaneously during the class sessions within every grade. The focus groups will be led by members of the research team.”
Concluding paragraph:
· · Organization and Analysis of Data: Explain how you will organize, then analyze the data leading to your project.
***The study, as described here, cannot be carried out in this course:
“Data analysis will be done using the statistical package for social sciences. The data analysis method will help to analyze the anthropometric data to establish the body mass index. The data will help classify the children as obese, overweight, underweight, and normal.”
Tarah, there is a concerning shifting of your plans here; as you begin by talking about surveying healthcare providers and then switch to detailed plans to carry out a quite intensive study involving actual students, teachers, etc.
As stated above, we cannot carry out projects which involve minors in this course.
