The intent of this assignment is for you to share your research proposal with an interested audience via a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation. This assignment will allow you to gain experience in oral presentation skills by providing and receiving feedback for your research proposals.
Content
· Introduce the topic background and significance. State the research question/problem. (Intro)
· Literature Review – themes and best quotes to support topic. (Intro)
· Identify hypotheses and independent/dependent variables. (Intro)
· Clearly identify and describe your target and accessible populations. (Sampling Plan)
· Describe sample size, sampling procedures and bias. (Sampling Plan)
· Describe your survey – what and how you asked. (Methods)
· How will you check the reliability and validity of your instrument? (Methods)
· How will your survey be administered and how will you complete triangulation? (Methods)
· What are the ethical dilemmas you have to address in your research? (Methods)
· Pilot Study – fully describe your results using descriptive and inferential statistics – use stats and visuals (graphs and tables). (Analysis)
· Wrap up – discussion and conclusion information – bring it all together. Are you accepting or rejecting your original hypothesis?
