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Final Research Proposal Introduction
Your introduction should accomplish two goals:
Discuss the important findings from previous studies that are relevant to your project so that your reader can gauge the current understanding of the topic
Present your study’s major objectives and detailed hypothesis
Designed to interest your reader in your topic and proposal, provide some context for your study, and provide a comprehensive argument for why you are planning to conduct the study and what you are expecting to happen based on previous research.
Paper Format:
Problem statement (1 Paragraph):
Start with a problem statement to define the issue at hand. What is the problem? Why is the problem significant? If the problem is that there is an absence of research on this topic, why is contributing to our understanding of the topic important?
Literature review (2 -3 Paragraphs):
Provide context using past research to describe the topic in detail. Connect the sources and material you have read about your topic to help your audience understand your variables. Go beyond just summarizing other studies – clearly demonstrate how your study builds on existing scholarship/research. This is where you provide the background and significance of your study.
Your synthesis sentences from Lab Project #2 are a great place to start – find at least 2 more sources and write synthesis sentences on the study’s finding. Use these sentences as a foundation for your literature review.
In this week’s reading, “Influence of Red Jersey Color on Physical Parameters in Combat Sports”, the introduction is the first 6 paragraphs (not including the abstract) before the Methods Please review this article before you start writing so that you have an example of what a literature review might look like.
Proposed argument/research question & hypothesis (1 Paragraph):
Present the study’s research question, your major objectives, and how you plan to explore the problem/question.
Formulate a research question that is narrowly focused so that you have a manageable research question based on a testable hypothesis.
List the independent/dependent variables and your operational definitions for the variables.
Explain how you plan to study each variable in broad terms (save the more detailed description of the procedure for your method section).
Hypothesis: what do you predict the results of your study will be or what do you expect to find once you have conducted your study?
This should not be intuitive/based on anecdotes; you should have come to this prediction based on the literature that you reviewed, that is why a hypothesis is an educated guess.
Submission Formatting:
2-3 full pages, not including the title page and the reference page.
References: You should have, at minimum, 5 references that are scholarly, peer-reviewed works from within the last 15 years. Points will be deducted for references that are not scholarly, peer-reviewed work.
Write in the future tense. You are proposing a study.
In scientific writing, it is perfectly acceptable to write in the first person.
Spacing and font:
Font options (name & size): Calibri 12, Arial 11, Lucida Sans Unicode 10, Times New Roman 12, or Georgia 11
Double spaced, 1’ margins
Organization:
Title page
Abstract
Body Paragraphs
Reference page
Citation format: APA (not MLA)
All formatting should follow APA formatting guidelines
See Module 1 for more.
Remember that it is considered overcitation to repeat the same citation in every sentence when the source and topic have not changed
No direct quotes, no plagiarism (the papers will be put through a plagiarism checker)
Reference page required
Do not forget Hanging Indents
A title page is required
An abstract and running header are not required
Submission format: .docx, doc, .pdf, .rtf ONLY (It is your responsibility to check your submissions and make sure they are in the appropriate format that I can access. I cannot access google docs links or PAGES. You need to save the file in one of these formats.)
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