Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What are the main points you have learned over the last eight weeks? Include the importance of research to the counseling profession.
Develop an original research study proposal. (please refer to the attached “Outline of Individual Research Proposal”)
Write a 3,500- to 4,200-word paper that describes your research study proposal.
Include at least 10 scholarly references in your paper.
Include detailed information on all the following topics:
- Statement of the problem: Introduce the reader to the problem to be studied. Provide sufficient background information so the reader has a grasp of the situation.
- Review of literature: Provide the reader with a review of salient literature, beginning with general information and narrowing the focus to the specific issues under consideration in the study.
- Purpose of the study: Identify why the study you are proposing is needed.
- Hypotheses research questions: List these as simple statements. Make sure they are measurable.
- Definition of terms: Operationally define terms the average reader may not know or that have a specific meaning in your study.