Format for Research Methodologies Proposal 1

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Format for Research Methodologies Proposal

Please use the following as a guide when completing your proposal. Bear in mind

that this is a guide set according to the Utech requirements. Your tutors however

may change it slightly so PLEASE chec with them.

Pu!lication " #he entire document

$US# %&'(&)$ #& APA SPE%*(*%A#*&'S

• #itle page

• #a!le of contents

• %hapter +

• %hapter ,

• %hapter -

• )eference list

• Appendices

Chapter 1 – Introduction – To be written in the future tense

Introduction / Bacground to the problem

• *ntroduce the topic and ustify the reasons for wanting to conduct the research

Problem statement

• Brief statement summari!ing the problem to be in"estigated

Research #uestion

• Based on the problem the main that the research should answer is

stated

• To brea down the research into manageable components sub$

%uestions are posed& These sub$%uestions when answered would

lead to the answer of the main %uestion

'ignificance of the stud(

• /ho are the direct !eneficiaries of this study and how will they !enefit

Topic

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• State what it is0 can !e written as a sentence or question

)&g& " #he impact of 111111111111 on 111111111111111

*(pothesis +es,

• 'ot all proposals will have a hypothesis therefore only insert this section if it is

applica!le to your proposal

-imitations

• #hese are factors that will prevent you from generali2ing your findings to the

entire population or factors that will hinder the research process. #hese

include0 time0 cost of conducting the research0 unwillingness of target

population to participate in the research0 etc. State what they are and e3plain

why it will !e a limitation.

)&g& #ime will !e a limitation !ecause you will only have a semester to carry

out the research which may not !e sufficient time for you to collect and

analy2e all the needed data.

.elimitations

• #he limits or !oundaries that will guide the research efforts or what the

researcher is not going to do.

)&g& *f you are conducting research on staff at B'S 4 you have decided to

focus only on !ans in the 5ingston 4 St. Andrew area0 your delimitations

section should state6

&nly staff mem!ers from !ranches in the 5ingston 4 St. Andrew area will !e

used for this study.

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Staff from !ranches outside of 5ingston 4 St. Andrew will not !e used for this

study.

.efinition of Terms• *n this section0 you will define any term that is important to your study that the

average person might not understand

• You are to use woring definitions

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)&g& Suppose your topic is " #he *mpact of the 7on on 8uvenile 7elinquency

among Youth Between the ages of +9 " +: ;rowing up in an *nner<city

%ommunity

Persons living outside of 8amaica may not now what a =don> is so you will

have to define it

You will also have to define the term =inner<city> to ensure that readers now

e3actly what an inner<city is classified as in your study

Chapter 0 – -iterature Re"iew – To be written in the past tense

eneral introduction

• *ntroduce the purpose0 highlighting the areas focused on in the review

Re"iew – organi!ed b( headings

• $ae sure this part flows. Because persons have different writing styles0 have

one or two persons edit the reviews to ensure that one section flows into the

other.

eneral conclusion

2B3 Ensure that references are cited according to APA specifications and that all

references in the review match the reference list

Chapter 4 – Intended Methodolog( – Must be written in the future tense

You can start !y stating your topic again "

)&g& #his research proposes to e3amine???

Intended Research .esign

• *n this section0 state whether you plan to use a qualitative approach0 a

quantitative approach or a com!ination of !oth.

)&g& )esearch will !e gathered using a descriptive quantitative approach@

more specifically survey research will !e utili2ed.

• State why this design was chosen

Population 5 'ample

State6

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• /ho your population is

• /hat of your population is your sample

• /hat method do you intend to use to select the sample

)&g& " #he population for this study comprises of all Part<time Utech students.#hese are students who attend classes for appro3imately +, hrs per wee

and tae only - classes per semester. Based on information collected0 this is

appro3imately , persons. #he desired sample si2e is ,9 of the

population or 9 students. Part<time students are differentiated according to

year of study and then further differentiated !ased on their intended maor.

(or this study0 part<time students will !e selected !ased on the year of study

currently in e.g. Year + student0 year , student etc. #o ensure a representative

sample0 a proportional random sampling technique will !e utili2ed where ,9

of students from each year will !e selected.

Instrument .esign

• Briefly discuss the instrumentCsD to !e used maing reference to it in the

appendices. " E3amples of the instrumentCsD should !e placed in the

appendices

)&g& 7ata will !e collected using a structured questionnaire Cshown in

Appendi3 +D. #he questionnaire will see to address the research questions

as well as collect demographic information from the participants.

2B3 *f you have more than one instrument0 each is to !e placed in a separate

appendi3.

.ata collection Procedures

• 7escri!e in detail how you intend to collect the data for this study. Ensure that

whoever reads it can easily replicate your data collection procedures.

)&g& 7ata will !e collected over a , wee period at supermarets across thecorporate area. Prior to this0 a letter seeing permission will !e sent to the

management of these supermarets asing their permission to conduct

research on their premises. A copy of this letter is shown in appendi3 ,.

Persons will !e approached and ased to participate in the study0 upon

agreement0 the questionnaire will !e interviewer administered Cthe



researchers will as the questions 4 complete the instrument for the studentsD

??.

2B3 You only need to write a letter seeing permission if you are going into a

!usiness place to conduct research. *f you are ust approaching persons on the

street there is no need for a letter.

Criteria for 6dmissibilit( of .ata

• #he conditions under which data collected will !e accepted

)&g& *f it is pertinent to your data that the demographic questions !e

completed0 the criteria for admissi!ility of data should state6

&nly questionnaires with demographic information completed will !e used in

the analysis of data.

Treatment of the .ata

• 7iscuss what you will do with the data once you have collected it

)&g& &nce the data is collected0 it will !e collated0 entered in E3cel and

analy2ed using SPSS " #his e3ample is for a quantitative study only

Reference page

• #o !e done in APA format

• #o !e arranged in alpha!etical order

6ppendices

• Should have your instrumentCsD0 and permission letter Cif necessaryD

• Each item must !e placed in a separate appendi3

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