Research Proposal

You are not expected to conduct the proposed research, but instead present an outline of a possible research plan in a PowerPoint presentation.  (Refer to Chapter 2 Figure 2.1 and Chapter 2 Appendix 2.1 for help and examples of what to include in a research proposal.) Create a 30-slide presentation containing the information outlined below. When you are creating the slides, keep the wording on each slide to a minimum. If you want to explain more, go to “click notes” below the slide and place your added information there, just be sure that you send your slides so that I can see the added information below the slide.

Six lines is usually a maximum per slide for an attractive presentation. Keep that as an approximate rule when making your presentation. Your presentation is expected to be creative and specific to your topic. Creativity will count 1 point.

Be sure to include in your proposal these elements:

1. Title (11 points)

a. Your title should be specific to proposed study.

b. Do not make your title cute or leading as you would for an essay.

2. Purpose of the Study: (11 points)

a. Explain the reason for doing the research

b. Which of the research studies that you read are most related to your topic and has encourage the proposal? You list only one

3. Research Questions, Hypotheses, Variables and/or Case Delineation as needed: (11 points)

a. List research questions or hypotheses.

b. If your research proposal is quantitative then list the variables that you will consider.

c. If the proposal is for qualitative, then describe the case features.

4. Literature Search (11 points)

a. List search engines and indexes that you will use to find significant scholarly publications. Although your text refers to using Wikipedia, that resource should not be one of sources listed.

b. List keywords that will help you in your search

c. Give 3 of the topical references, using an abbreviated abstract for each. These will be best done on separate slides and should support the need for doing this research study. Although your text refers to using Wikipedia and encyclopedias, those resources should not be sources listed.

5. Research Design(11 points)

a. Is your study to be quantitative of qualitative?

b. Be specific. For example, is it causal-comparative or descriptive, etc.? Is it a case study or a narrative?

6. Sampling(11 points)

a. Describe the population, or the describe that which you plan to study.

b. Give the size of the sampling (approximate)

c. Give the chosen procedure for the sampling and any other information about your sample.

7. Method of Data Collection(11 points)

a. Indicate if you will use a survey, a test, and interview, etc. to collect your data.

b. If your study is qualitative, tell what your focus will be, etic or emic or both and how you plan to collect the data.

You may omit Data Analysis Procedures.

8. Rights of the participants: (11 points)

a. What steps will you take in or to protect your participant’s privacy and rights? For example if children are involved, you must obtain signed permissions for the children to participate.

b. If the research will be done in a school, you must obtain permission from the school to conduct the research.

9. Create a possible timeline for the research. (11 points)