This research proposal should cover approximately 8-12 double-spaced pages (not including references or the title page).

This research proposal should cover approximately 8-12 double-spaced pages (not including references or the title page). The grade will be based upon the demonstration of relevant literature in your area of research, the clarity and logic of your methodology and overall research design, your plans for data management and analysis, and spelling/grammar/formatting. A bibliography of sources for your research needs to be provided and citations made within the text. At least eightacademic sources (peer-reviewed journals) must be cited and referenced in the literature review.

The official citation style or either the American Sociological Association (ASA) or American Psychological Association (APA)

The required sections for the paper are as follows:

1. Title Page (formatting example attached, do not number this page)

2. Project Summary (similar to an abstract; start with this heading, on its own page). The project summary is a brief (page-length) summary of the proposed project. This should address the purpose of and rationale for the proposed project and key aspects of each section of the proposal.

• Description of the research topic
• Key results from literature, including the theory that explains the relationship between your key concepts
• Your expected contribution to the literature; the intellectual merit (why the research is important to undertake) should be addressed
• The question(s)/hypotheses you intend to answer/test
• Methods and Data
  • independent and dependent variables
  • sampling methodology (incl. population and sample)
  • data gathering method (e.g., interview, questionnaire, field observation)
  • ethical issues and how addressed
• Strengths and Weaknesses of Proposed Project (esp. for reliability, validity)
• Projected timeline
• Your data collection instrument goes here (interview schedule, questionnaire, content analysis guide, etc.).

3. Project Description (include as a heading)

Introduction (include this, and all of the sections that follow, as subheadings)

• Provide a short (approximately two or three paragraph) description of the topic of your study in general terms. Emphasize why this topic is important to study.

Literature Review

• Identify the concepts and their relationship for your proposed study. Critically review each of the pieces of literature that form the background for your study. What are the most important theories and analyses that are pertinent to your proposal? What does the author(s) say that informs your research question and/or methodology? What is missing in the existing literature that you can attempt to fill in?
• Transition from the literature to your proposed study with a paragraph summarizing the literature review and explain what your proposed project may add to it. How are you going to build on or fill in holes in the existing literature? What is the theory that is guiding your research?
• What are the research question(s) [for qualitative research] or hypothesis(es) [for quantitative research] you seek to answer or test? Each independent variable should have a hypothesis or question.
• Include:
  • identify the independent and dependent variables and provide nominal and operational definitions of your main concepts/variables;
  • the unit of analysis;
  • the population, sampling methodology, and sample size;
  • the technique and instrument you will use to gather data and how you plan to manage and analyze it once gathered;
  • discuss any ethical issues that could arise and how you will deal with them. Of particular importance is your proposal for working with human subjects, if that applies. In that case, you must discuss your plan to seek IRB approval, the use of informed consent, and anonymity or confidentiality of the participants’ data.
  • discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed methods and data strategy.
• Provide an estimated timeline for the completion of all of the project components, up to turning in the final manuscript. For example:
  • Weeks 1-3: Seeking Institutional Review Board approval
  • Weeks 4-7: Gathering data
  • Weeks 8-11: Analyze results
  • Weeks 12-15: Finish manuscript

Research Questions or Hypotheses

Methods and Data

Project Timeline

4. References (heading, its own page(s))

• All references that appear in the body of the proposal must appear here in full. Alphabetical order.

5. Appendix (heading, its own page(s))

Below is every information I have on the paper. the topic is ANTI-DEPRESSANTS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. this is the main focus!!!! other things such as smoking weed, therapy, etc should be included but the main focus is that anti-depressants are beneficial.

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