challenge you to integrate and apply the majority of the information that you will learn through this class over the course of the semester to develop a research proposal. The research proposal can be quantitative or qualitative. Once you have identified a problem, you will then undertake a brief literature review on the topic and come up with objectives/research questions that your proposal will seek to address/answer. You then select an appropriate methodology based on consultation with the instructor. The mode of data collection may include surveys, interviews with key stakeholders, focus groups, or analysis of existing data, among others.
Your research proposal will typically involve:
(1) identifying the problem.
(2) describing the nature and extent of the problem.
(3) conducting a literature review of the problem and what past studies have found with respect to your problem.
(4) identifying gaps in the literature and state the objective(s)/research question(s) that the proposal will be addressing.
(5) proposing a method that you will want to use to carry out the research and explaining the process in detail.
(6) proposing a method that you will use in collecting the data; and
(7) discussing possible implications that could arise if you are able to carry out the proposed research.