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Homework: Research Proposal Guide- Introduction and Literature Review
I. Introduction Requirements
1. Define and describe your topic.
2. Introduce what is currently known about your topic.
3. Describe what you will do in this research proposal to fill the gap in knowledge and/or study something new about the topic.
III. Literature Review Requirements
1. Present the 5 empirical peer-reviewed references you selected in Part 1
2. For each article make sure to include the following:
a. Purpose:
i. What was being assessed?
ii. Who or what was being measured?
b. Method:
i. What was the research design?
ii. What measures were used?
iii. Describe the sample:
o Size
o Ages
c. Results:
i. What did the data analysis reveal?
o Note: You don't need to provide statistical detail, but you do need to clearly state the study results.
III. Article Analysis and Hypothesis
1. Similarities and Differences
a. What is similar and what is different among all the summarized articles?
2. Inconsistencies
a. Are there any inconsistencies among the articles? If so, what were they? If not, why might that be the case?
3. Implications
a. How do the findings from these articles deepen our understanding of this topic?
b. What do the summarized articles teach us about your selected topic?
4. Unanswered questions?
a. What do we still need to learn about this topic?
b. What gaps exist in this body of research or what has not been asked yet?
5. Hypothesis
a. Clearly state your hypothesis at the end of your literature review section.
b. You may have one or more hypotheses.