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A key component of a research proposal is a review of the literature. You need to establish what is known and what is unknown about your chosen topic. Every CHOICE you make in the research project design needs to be supported by ‘grounding’ in the existent body of accepted knowledge, thus review and citations of the literature related to methods.

This personal search, reading, and analysis of the current literature is demonstrated through the literature review section of your final proposal.

You will submit a ‘publication ready draft review of the literature section as a separate assignment that will be due. The assignment should be a minimum of four (4) pages long and synthesize a minimum of 10 references. This should be written as a cohesive paper that integrates and discusses the relevant literature that you have collected and reviewed.

This component should be in APA style, and be ‘publication ready’ at the time of submission for the 10 points available. All scores applied per the rubric are considered final for this assignment.

Feedback will be provided, and corrections are expected for the final Research Proposal submission.

You can use the link below to start searching the disaster literature.

check out this link to get access to literature review https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_ttsV7k-1…

This assignment is to provide a research proposal outline, i.e. a draft, if you will, of you research proposal.

The submission at this point should include, in APA format, all of the essential topic subtitles from the Leedy and Omrod text on you chosen question and research type (Quantitative vs qualitative).The outline may contain the parts you feel you have finished writing, or may simply include notes on your choices, and how you intend to complete the section over the net very few weeks.

The proposal (project, paper) need not be complete for this particular assignment, but needs to have all the parts listed and how you intend to flesh out the formal proposal.

APA Format for titles (MUST apply)

Titles as described in Leedy and Ormrod Chap 5.

Sections to be completed and proof read prior to submission includes:

Introduction to the problem, background, guiding questions, delimitations and limitations, significance of the study (the reason you feel it is important.

REFINED Literature review

The EXISTING theory and practices (if applicable)

Human Subject Institutional Review Board Draft (use PhilaU) if human subjects are to be used.

References

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Please, remember, for your FINAL submitted RESEARCH PROPOSAL, you will need:

Proper APA format

AT LEAST 15 high quality references that apply, answering all the details as depicted in the Leedy and Ormrod text for your chosen question.

It should be publication ready, with proper format, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

All (every) assertions, methods, and analysis choices should be supported with a foundation (reference).

Presume your audience knows NOTHING about the subject, and define all concepts and abbreviations when first used.

You need to describe what data you will collect, how you will collect it, how you will assure validity and reliability, and how you will analyze your ‘data’.

All ‘tools’ or ‘instruments’ with your instructions or desired observation points need to be included (likely as an appendix) so another researcher could repeat your work.

You should include your ‘expectations’ of what your research will reveal, and how that will impact the field.

If a statistical analysis is to be utilized, the method and specific tests should be mentioned, with the rationale of why that is the appropriate measure.

Essentially, the project is the culmination of everything specified to be read, studied, and investigated throughout the term.

3) Statistics PowerPoint ( Needed)

Each student is to administer your class approved “survey” on volunteerism to five (5) persons. Post all surveys to the designated DB.
Each student will then take the collected forms, and individually ‘code’ the responses into a database or spreadsheet package, and calculate the measures of central tendency and deviation.

Using your selected topic and research question, LOCATE a “population” that would be appropriate to study. Find a suitable source of demographic data (age, gender, education, occupation, income, access to medical care (insurance status), immunization status, etc.) and compare your ‘survey’ sample demographic statistics to your chosen population. Be prepared to explain the logic behind any restrictions or bias in your chosen data source.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating your survey sample vs your population findings.

4) Individual project: Data collection, internal Validity and Reliability, instructions ( later )

PRESUME that you will be performing a QUANTITATIVE research project on your topic and question.

Define how you would assure internal and external validity and reliability of the data collection. This means you need to specify the data to collect, how it will be collected, ‘interpreted’, entered, how the collectors will be trained, and how you will assure (process) validity and reliability.

Craft the data collection instrument (survey or recording form) and instruction then post for review and discussion in the discussion board. When satisfied that you have the best project, place the final product here, by the deadline.

You’re final Research Proposal, in APA (American Psychological Association) format, containing all the pertinent sections from the Leedy and Ormrod Text.

Presume the reader has the power to approve or reject your proposal for funding, permission, etc. Additionally, presume they do not know your field or discipline. All abbreviations to be spelled out the first time, all terms defined, all processes and decisions grounded in the cited, scientific or academic literature.

5) Final research ( later )

Your final Research Proposal, in APA (American Psychological Association) format, containing all the pertinent sections from the Leedy and Ormrod Text.

Presume the reader has the power to approve or reject your proposal for funding, permission, etc. Additionally, presume they do not know your field or discipline. All abbreviations to be spelled out the first time, all terms defined, all processes and decisions grounded in the cited, scientific or academic literature.