Generally, a research proposal should contain all the key elements involved in the research process and include sufficient information for the reader to evaluate the proposed study.
Generally, the proposal will address the following three areas:
What you plan to accomplish, why it is important and how you are going to persuade you audience.
Remember, your topic (Video game and violence) must have
two logical sides to the issue (your viewpoint and an opposing viewpoint),
must be researched-based
Your proposal needs to include the following six paragraphs and a title:
Working Title (Video games and violence)
Section One
Introduction
Describe the issue (2-3 sentences)
Define your position (1-2 sentences)
Thesis statement (1 sentence)
Follow this example:
While many feel that defunding the police would endanger society, redistributing funds would increase the number of public health workers, provide more targeted support, and refocus efforts to retrain existing law enforcement personnel.
Section Two
Counterargument
Anticipated questions or resistance (2-3 sentences)
Response to questions or resistance (2-3 sentences)
Section Three
Audience (2-3 sentences) Consider demographics, background, relevance, knowledge of topic and beliefs.
Goal for your audience (how should the audience think or act differently? 1-2 sentences)
Section Four
Strategy for convincing your audience including goal, purpose and challenges, Consider tactics (ethos, pathos, logos) (2-3 sentences)
Section Five
Research (preliminary) describe your approach (refer to your readings thus far)
Keiser University Library Database(s) you are most likely to use
Potential articles cited in 7th edition APA (at least 2, final paper will require 4)
Be careful to avoid a faulty use of authority, or identifying a source written by author who claims to be an “expert” but is only moderately familiar with the topic.
Potential key terms (Minimum of 5)
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