PSY 693 Professional Capstone

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 What did you enjoy the most about developing an original research proposal? What was the most challenging aspect? Do you plan to follow-through with this study? Why or why not? Feel free to share any other thoughts relating to your study’s future.

DQ2 Revisit the Peer Review Forum Activity and review two additional presentations. Comment on the learner’s proposals, addressing the following:

Strengths

Weaknesses

Potential Ethical Concerns

Areas Needing Clarity

Specific Suggestions

 

 

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Developing an original research proposal

Introduction

If you’re an academic, you’ve probably heard the term “research proposal” before. But what does it mean? And how do you write one? In this post, I’ll give an overview of what a research proposal is, how to develop one and what to include in your final proposal.

Initial research

Researching the topic and reviewing literature is the first step in developing an original research proposal. You should identify a gap in existing research, which will help you develop your hypothesis. A gap occurs when there is not enough information to make an informed decision about a particular issue or problem. For example, imagine that you want to study whether light therapy can improve sleep quality for people who have trouble sleeping through the night (e.g., insomnia). You might decide that this would be a good topic for your dissertation because it could potentially change how doctors treat patients with insomnia and other sleep disorders in the future by providing more effective ways of treating these conditions than current methods do today.

Conduct a literature review

A literature review is an important part of your research proposal. It allows you to summarize the state of the art in a particular area, and to identify gaps in knowledge that need to be filled before any conclusions can be drawn.

The aim of this section is not only to present what has already been written on your topic, but also to make sure that readers are aware of relevant work from other researchers. In order for them to understand why yours is relevant, it’s best if you can show how each piece connects with its predecessors—for example by citing specific passages from those works (or linking directly).

In general terms:

• Use credible sources wherever possible; 2) Be sure they’re relevant; 3) Cite as many sources as possible within each paragraph/chapter/section etc., 4) Include any references at the end of each paragraph or section where appropriate

Identify a gap in the existing research

A research gap is a gap in the existing knowledge and understanding of a topic. The idea behind this is that, if you know what you don’t know, then there’s no reason to keep doing the same old thing—you can start looking for answers instead.

Research gaps are important because they allow us to start fresh and make new discoveries about our world. Without them, we might never have found out about how much water can fit into our bodies when we drink it all at once (or how many different kinds of animals live on Earth).

There are many reasons why someone might identify a potential research gap: for example, an academic researcher may want to study something that hasn’t been studied before or maybe even something never thought possible before! Or perhaps someone else has already done some work on this subject matter but wants an additional perspective on things because theirs was limited by their own experiences or interests during their time studying those topics within their specific field(s). In any case though—if you think there could possibly be anything new discovered through further exploration into your chosen subject area (or even just getting started!), then chances are good there’s likely already been plenty written about it online somewhere else online somewhere else online…but just wait until tomorrow night when we’ll check back again later tonight…

Develop a hypothesis based on your gap

The next step is to develop a hypothesis based on your gap. A hypothesis is a statement of what you think will happen, not what actually does. It should be testable and based on existing research.

Your hypothesis should be clear and concise so that it can be easily understood by readers who have no prior knowledge of the topic or field being researched.

Design an appropriate methodology for testing your hypothesis

Before you start writing, it’s important to design an appropriate methodology for testing your hypothesis. This will help ensure that you have a plan for conducting the research and collecting data that is valid and reliable.

To design an appropriate methodology:

• Describe in detail how you will conduct your research. For example, if conducting a study on the effects of exercise on anxiety levels in people with depression, describe how long each participant will be followed up with at regular intervals (e.g., every week) and what kind of information about their condition (e.g., number of sessions attended per week) will be collected along with any other relevant information about their health status or lifestyle habits during this period

Prepare an outline of the final research proposal

An outline is a great way to organize your thoughts and ideas. It’s also an effective tool for structuring a research proposal, so it’s important that you learn how to create an outline before you begin writing your initial draft.

The first step in creating an effective outline is identifying the key points of your project. This can be done by answering questions such as: What are my main objectives? What questions will I ask? How will I go about answering those questions? Where do these answers lead me (and my readers)? Once these questions have been answered, they should guide all subsequent paragraphs throughout the entire document; however, keep in mind that some may be more relevant than others depending on what type of topic or question has been asked beforehand (i.e., “What are my main objectives?”). It might seem obvious now but keep this assumption in mind during future revisions too!

Research proposals are not as hard to write as they seem.

Research proposals are not as hard to write as they seem.

They are a good way to get started on your research.

They can help you think through the research process, plan your research and evaluate results of that research.

Conclusion

A research proposal is a written document that describes the purpose and scope of a project. It typically contains information about the study’s hypothesis, background reading and literature review, research methods or design, data collection procedures and analysis plans.

A professional author will never write their own research proposals because they are too busy doing other jobs such as writing articles for publications or conducting other scientific studies (like those mentioned above). That’s why we have done all this work for you by providing step-by-step instructions on how to write one yourself!