research
| Content of Research Proposal | Points |
| Abstract (page 2) | 2% |
| The abstract is a brief summary of the body of the paper (see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/). | |
| Introduction (from page 3) | 2% |
| Introduce problem/issue and provide its background (i.e., literature review). | |
| Statement of Problem and Hypotheses | 2% |
| State the problem/issue that the researcher wishes to address (i.e., state research question). State hypotheses (i.e., predictions) based on her literature review. | |
| Proposed Study | 2% |
| Explain in one paragraph what the researcher plans to study and the importance/impact of the study. | |
| Describe method (i.e., including potential participants and data collection procedure). | |
| Conclusion | 1% |
| Illustrate limitations of the study (i.e., questions that may remain unanswered). | |
| Annotated Bibliography | |
| Select four peer-reviewed articles that describe empirical research conducted on the targeted problem/issue. Note that the content of these articles is to be used in the literature review section of the present document. | 2% |
| Adequately summarize the content of each article that is relevant to the targeted problem/issue. Summaries include main purpose of study, methodology and results. | 6% |
| Use APA style guidelines to format document. | 2% |
| TOTAL | 20% |
