Research Plan

By answering the questions below, you create a plan for your class research project.

Research goal What do you hope to accomplish with this research?

Research question(s) List your RQ(s) here.

Concepts What are the main concepts and possibly theories that you employ in this research?

Data Collection Methods How do you plan to collect data for this class project? Why is this method the most appropriate for your research purpose? Please describe the exact procedures you will use, including details about how you will record and store the data.

Sampling What sampling strategy will you use? Why did you choose this sampling strategy? If your sampling strategy is not the ideal one, what would be an ideal sampling strategy for this research? If you are using R6 or VI: please include some graphs that show relevant data collected from at least one platform. The data should be obviously relevant to your research question. Data Analysis How will you analyze the data you collect? What data analysis methods will you employ? Do you need a research instrument (such as a survey questionnaire, interview schedule, content analysis coding sheet?). If yes, draft it and include it here. If not, be specific about what analyses you will perform on your data.

Other notes you wish to make:

Questions for Dr. V:

Timeline: (Please insert rows as needed) Activity Literature review part of the paper Completion Date Oct 27

Final project draft Final project presentation Final project

Dec 1 Dec 8 Dec 12

Grading criteria: The research plan is worth 3 points out of the 25 points for your final research project. I expect to see that you have thought everything through to the best of your abilities. Know what you plan to do and why. The more detailed and specific the plan, the better it will be. Think of it as a recipe for your research. Make it sufficiently detailed so that if you get run over by a bus, someone else can conduct exactly the same research by following the steps you outlined here. You cannot proceed to conduct your research unless you have an approved research plan (or you can proceed, but it will not count for a grade).