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RSCH 600 Term Paper (Part 1)

TERM PAPER PART 1: RESEARCH TOPIC: PROBLEM STATEMENT, PURPOSE AND RESEARCH QUESTION(S)

Due at the end of week 2 (Sunday at midnight)

You need to conduct some research related to your own interests or to serve the interests of some organization (employer/client/sponsor). Before you start writing a formal proposal, you (or your employer/client/sponsor) would like to gather some information about the problem as well as understand its importance.

Choose your research topic thoughtfully, as this assignment will be part of your term paper.

HERE ARE THE KEY PARTS OF THIS TERM PAPER (PART 1):

Title of your research

Make it intriguing – (BUT LESS THAN 120 CHARACTERS)

Introduction/Background

Provide a brief description of what the proposed research topic is about and how you came to be interested in it, following the Elements of a Proposal document.

Statement of the Problem

Detail the problem that you are considering. Write a Statement of the Problem following the Elements of a Proposal document. Make sure you address the following questions as well:

• Why is this topic important?

• Why does this research need to be conducted?

Purpose of the Study

Detail the purpose for your study. Write a Purpose section following Elements of a Proposal document. Make sure you address the following questions as well:

• How are you defining and delimiting the specific area of the research?

• What it is that you hope to learn by conducting this research?

• How might your research contribute to our understanding of the issue, or be useful?

• Discuss the anticipated outcomes and benefits to the researcher, the organization, or society.

Research Question

Provide focused research questions which will be the subject of your final Research Proposal. Draft the questions following section 4 of The Elements of a Proposal document. Also provide a back-up question in case the first one does not pan out. Make sure you address the following questions as well:

• What is the scope of your research? Is the scope of your research question reasonable?

Research Hypothesis

Depending on the nature of your proposed study, please state a couple of hypotheses that you are going to test. What type of information do you need to answer the research question(s)? Identify the sources that will offer the information that you need to answer the research question (journals, books, internet resources, government documents, people, etc).

Make sure you address the following questions:

• Is your research question answerable? Is it easily and fully researchable?

• Do you have access to these sources?

• If you plan to collect data, what kinds of data will you need to collect?

References

You will need at least five sources for this part of your paper.

Cite all ideas, concepts, text, data that are not your own. If you make a statement, back it up with a reference!

Limit Part 1 to between 5 and 7 pages.

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