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MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Proposal In the last two sessions we have been discussing the nature of research and the Research Question itself This week we will be discussing “The Proposal” The Research Proposal is basically a statement of intent The proposal is normally required by Research students (PhD and Masters) from academic institutions Also required by researchers applying for grants and other government or private funding Used by institutions and funding bodies to assess the value of the research (or choose between options) Hence the term “PROPOSAL” MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved 3 The Proposal The proposal serves a number of purposes from an academic perspective Sets out the broad topic you would like to research What the research would set out to achieve Aims and objectives How you would go about researching it Methodology How you would undertake it within the time available Outline plan What the results be and mean in relation to knowledge and understanding Benefits and potential outcomes MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Proposal Additionally…. The proposal serves as a contract between you and your supervisor (and the research committee) Is like a blue print of a building plan before construction starts It is intended to convince others that you have a worthwhile research project You have the competence and the work-plan to complete it The problem is significant and worthy of study The technical approach is likely to yield results MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Proposal Essential Ingredients of a Research Proposal The Issue What problem does your research address? Research Design How will the research achieve its objective? Benefit What will the research contribute? MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Proposal Writing a research proposal is both science and art As well as serving the previous functions discussed, the Research Proposal: Outlines the steps in your proposed research Provides yourself with intellectual context Helps you justify your research Helps you be creative Think through your experiments Anticipate potential problems Anticipate a realistic timetable MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Proposal Structure Every Institution/ Department may have their own structure for a research proposal The Structure outline below captures most of elements you will see in many of these Structure Proposed Title Abstract Outline of the Proposed Research Research Topic and central research question Methodological Approach Research Design Contribution Proposed Time Schedule Literature References [ see template document provided ] MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Proposed Title Many people judge a book by its cover – and a research project by its title, abstract, and key Words Titles of research proposals have two primary goals: To communicate the main topic(s) of the research The title should be self-explanatory and include key words about its main topics, disciplinary affiliations, and methodological approach methodological terms (e.g. qualitative, ethnography, naturalistic, interview, participant observation) To invite the reader to learn more The title should be at least easy to understand and devoid of technical language, and also potentially creative or catchy However, forgoing clarity in favour of cleverness is ill advised MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Abstract We briefly discussed the abstract last session The Abstract captures The background to the study A statement of the problem The research objectives Significance of the study Scope and delimitations of the research Assumptions One of the most important paragraphs you will write Some reviewers do not look past the title and abstract Often immediate decisions re made on the basis of key words and abstract MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved The Abstract Is the first part of your research that most people will read To make sure that it's not the last thing they read, your abstract needs to be well-written As a guide include What What will the researcher do in their research? Why What are the reasons for doing the research? What questions is the researcher trying to answer? How How will the researcher go about finding out the answers? What methods will they use? What What is it expected the researcher find out? Why Why is this research important? What is the significance? See [https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/abstracts/] MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Outline of the Proposed Research This section (also called Introduction) provides an opportunity to quickly grab the attention of your reviewer and explain why they should care about the project Includes several key elements The background The Purpose The Rationale MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Outline of the Proposed Research The background A brief section of the Outline that provides background information for the research Purpose is to establish a framework for the research Helps readers establish context and how it is related to other research The Purpose This is not the Research statement The reviewer needs to understand the primary purposes and goals of your research Make the goal statement obvious and explicit It is perfectly fine to say: “The primary purposes (or objectives or goals) of this research project are…” Revisiting this statement repeatedly is crucial for ensuring that the project, as eventually written, actually carries out the goals framed in the introduction MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Outline of the Proposed Research Rationale In the rationale, the researcher clearly answers the questions “Who cares?” “Why are we doing this” This is accomplished through an explanation as to why the study is significant, important, and helpful Strong rationales are specific They also tend to be multi-pronged, meaning that they attend to why the study is significant theoretically, practically, and methodologically It is important to keep in mind that potential key reviewers are those who have studied your same topic using other types of research methods Perhaps identify gaps! There is often a repetitive nature to the Research Proposal MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Research Topic and central research question This is where you state the research question Some Proposal formats will have this done within the introduction This is significant and is served well in its own section You will already have the Research Question from the first assessment This just needs to be restated here with context You can provide further specific background to the topic, and lead into the Central Research Question This is the context The research question should flow from the context and not read as disjoint MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Research Topic and central research question As well as the central research question there may be sub-questions the research will address State any sub-question or objectives if there are any Examples MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Example Example from Umbach, P. D. & Kuh, G. D Student experiences with diversity at liberal arts colleges: another claim for distinctiveness Hu and Kuh (2003) found that students in private institutions more frequently interacted with students from different backgrounds and that students at large doctoral-extensive universities and liberal arts colleges had more experiences with diversity than their counterparts at other types of institutions. It is not surprising that students at large universities would have more exposure to diversity, given that these institutions typically enroll more students from different racial, ethnic and cultural groups. Somewhat unexpected is that students at smaller liberal arts colleges would report equally frequent experiences with diversity. Historically, small liberal arts colleges have claimed to have distinctive missions, especially when compared with large public universities (Clark, 1970; Kuh, Schuh, Whitt, & Associates, 1991; Townsend, Newell, & Wiese, 1992). But they also tend to be located in rural and less racially diverse locations. Even so, it appears that a distinctive dimension of contemporary liberal arts colleges is their ability to expose students to diversity in educationally purposeful ways. How they do this is not clear. MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Methodological Approach The Methodological Approach and Research Design are often combined into a larger section They can also be separated as in the Proposal template The methodological approach is not a full methodology chapter It outlines the methods you will use in conducting the research and analyzing the data Details the context, the participants, the researcher’s role, the participation level, and the data collection and analysis procedures providing this information allows reviewers to judge the correctness of the approach and determine possible success and correctness of results Enables the, to provide suggestions about the planned procedures, scope, and framework Should explain specialized qualitative words (e.g. what is an “emic approach” or an “etic approach”) and should use citations to support the procedures used MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Research Design The Research Design describes how you will go about collecting your data It provides a description of the approach to be used to reach your objectives For example, whether it is a case study, descriptive, cross-sectional, before-and-after, experimental or non-experimental design Include details about the various logistical procedures you intend to follow while executing the study Design One characteristic of a good study design is that it explains the details with such clarity that, if someone else wants to follow the proposed procedure, they will be able to do exactly as you would have done For example Are you building software a “proof-of-concept” Are you developing a simulation How will it be used to gather data MITS6011 Session 3 ‹#› Copyright © 2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved Contribution The researcher needs to detail the expected contribution of the research to the field of knowledge Indicate how your research will refine, revise or extend existing knowledge These could have minor of substantive implications The contribution could be theoretical or practical Contribution could be of methodological significance This section can be