Guided Research Proposal
Adopt the general-to-narrow style here and comment on each of the following sections:
What is the general area of your proposed research study?
What is (are) the main theoretical framework(s) relevant to this topic?
What have you learned from previous research in this area?
Are there any knowledge gaps (e.g., those related to limitations identified in previous studies)?
What is the importance of addressing/investigating those knowledge gaps? In other words, what is the main aim and rationale for your proposed research?
Based on your review of the literature, do you formulate a particular hypothesis or are you exploring research questions? Or both?
Describe your target sample of participants (e.g., their demographics, where you will be recruiting them from, etc.)
Identify the measures/surveys you would administer to your sample and explain the reason you would like to use each of these measures.
Briefly discuss the overall procedure and how your study will follow ethical guidelines in conducting research with human participants.
What type of design will be used in your study (e.g., between-groups or within-groups)? What are the variables, and how will you operationalise them?
What is the main benefit of your proposed study? For example, do you expect the findings to extend current theoretical understanding of a particular topic? Or will the results have any real-world implications, too; for instance, in the clinical domain?
