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    This document provides guidance on writing an informal research proposal in 3 sections: 1) State the research question and hypothesis about what is being studied and why it is important. 2) Provide background from existing literature and theories that inform what is already known about the topic. 3) Describe the proposed methodology including the data source, research design, and whether it will be qualitative or quantitative. The research proposal should be 1-2 pages single spaced.

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    This document provides guidance on writing an informal research proposal in 3 sections: 1) State the research question and hypothesis about what is being studied and why it is important. 2) Provide background from existing literature and theories that inform what is already known about the topic. 3) Describe the proposed methodology including the data source, research design, and whether it will be qualitative or quantitative. The research proposal should be 1-2 pages single spaced.

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    Howtowriteaninformalresearchproposal: 1.Stateyourresearchquestion. Youcanuseeitheraquestionorastatement,butneedtoclearlyarticulateyourcuriosityand yourpurpose.Youcanalsoincludeahypothesis.Forexample,ifyourquestionwhetherstudent employmentaffectstimetodegree,yourhypothesiswouldbethemorehoursyouwork,the longeritwouldtakeforyoutograduate.Hypothesestypicallytaketheformofcomparative adjectivesoradverbs(butnotalways).Statetheimportanceorcontributionsofyourresearch. Whoitcanbenefitandwhyyoudoit. 2.Yourtheoryorliteraturebackground. Whattheoriesisyourresearchbasedon?Howmuchdowealreadyknowthetopic?Where doesyourresearchstandgiventheexistingliterature?Ifyouarenotsureofthisoryouhavent hadtimetodoanindepthresearchonliterature,youcanbebriefinthissection.Butyouwill needtomakeitupwhenyouembarkonyourresearch. 3.Methodology.Inthissection,stateyourdatasource.Doyoucollectprimarydata (firsthand,youcollectnewdata),ordoyouplantousesecondarydata(existingdatasets)?

    ts)? Whatisyourresearchdesign?Survey?Experiment?Orcontentanalysis?Doyouplantodoa quantitativeresearchoraqualitativeone? Thelengthofyourproposalshouldbearoundonepagetotwopages,singlespaced.

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