Research Analysis

The Research Proposal Outline

1. Research Problem and Objectives (20 points)
   a. Problem Statement (with citations)
   b. Purpose Statement
   c. Research Question (Overall)
2. Literature Review (with citations) (50 points)
   a. Topic
   b. Synthesis of Scholarly Articles (what is known)
   c. Theory/Practice Gaps (What is not known)
   d. Hypotheses
3. Subjects (30 points)
   a. Selection criteria (who)
   b. Recruitment process (how)
   c. Sample size (how many)
   d. Risks to Human Subjects & mitigation of them
4. Measurement (50 points)
   a. Overall Approach to Measurement (correlational, experimental, etc.)
   b. Measures (for each variable within hypotheses)
   i. Variable 1 Name
5. Construct measured by variable
6. Instrumentation/Operationalization
7. Reliability/Validity
8. Sample items/sample questions
   ii. Variable 2 Name
9. Construct measured by variable
10. Etc.
    iii. Variable 3 Name & etc.
    c. Threats to validity & mitigation of them
11. Data Collection (30 points)
    a. Step by step listing of procedures, from contacting recruited participants to handling of data prior to analysis
12. Analysis (For each hypothesis) (10 points)
    a. Statistical test
    b. Variables used
    c. Interpretation of test
13. References (10 points)