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Research Proposal Assignment
In order to cover the topics of research methodology, the course structure will allow the development of a research proposal on a topic concerning ethical and professional issues. Students will be introduced to research methods and ethics / professionalism in parallel. There are several milestones and deliverables that will ensure that students will successfully submit a proposal. The main deliverable will be a research project proposal containing:
• Title
• Abstract
• Background / introduction
• Research question (should be clear, focused, unambiguous, and achievable)
• Review of relevant literature, which demonstrates that the research question covers a gap in the literature
• Critical review of applicable research methodologies, which discusses available methodologies with regards to the research question, issues of data collection and analysis. Choice of methodology should be clearly justified
• Detailed project plan
• Relevant references
• Appendices (appendices should be used to provide the research instrument or equivalent, e.g. a survey, case study protocol, interview plan, observation plan etc.)
• Consideration of ethical issues should also be included in appendices (use research student form available on the Faculty of Technology HRE website)
The project proposal (typically around 3000 words long) is the main component of the module assessment, worth 60% of the overall mark. It should use the Harvard style of referencing and it CANNOT use Internet references (this does not rule out academic journal references which are accessible through the DMU resources and library web site). The proposal must be submitted in paper form and in electronic form to the plagiarism detection system built into Blackboard.
Please note that for the purpose of this course work, you are required to write a research proposal only, which includes a literature review background on your research topic, a literature review background on research methodologies, and a project plan (i.e. using a Gantt Chart) for all tasks -and their durations- that you would need to do to conduct your research. However you are not asked to carry out the research, i.e. you do not have to collect or analysis any data.