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Planning and writing your Research Proposal:

Planning and writing your Research Proposal:. Caroline Malthus Te Puna Ako Learning Centre. Introducing you …. Name Programme A question I have about research proposals is…. This session:. What does a research proposal look like? Why is it necessary?

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Planning and writing your Research Proposal:

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  1. Planning and writing your Research Proposal: Caroline Malthus Te PunaAko Learning Centre

  2. Introducing you … • Name • Programme • A question I have about research proposals is…

  3. This session: • What does a research proposal look like? • Why is it necessary? • How is a research proposal usually evaluated? • How can we write key sections of a proposal?

  4. What is the purpose of a proposal? • Let me do the study? • Plan, then do • Provide a road map • Opportunity for advice • Check quality / rigour/ do-ability • Avoid costly mistakes • Convince lecturers and you

  5. Standard requirements: • Title • Outline • Literature Review • Methodology • Methods of data collection and analysis • Ethical Issues • Timeline • Resources • Outcomes • Reference list • Title • Research question • Aim and objectives • Rationale and context • Methodology • Methods • Plan of work • Resources / Support • Outcomes • Reference list

  6. Getting started: • Title • Clear • Concise • Understandable • Introduction / Project outline: • What? • Why is this research needed?

  7. Background to the study / outline / overview • What ? • Why ? • Who? • How ? • When? • Building on previous work or theory

  8. Aims and Objectives The purpose of this research is to… • Clarity • Useful and do-able tasks • Scope and specificity • Sub-questions Why do a number of major IT projects fail to produce the outcomes expected? What is the educational achievement of children of Korean immigrants who came to Auckland between 1990 and 2005?

  9. Background to the field / Literature review • Scene setting – what’s known about the topic? • Generate interest • Show what has been done • Relevant theory and current issues • Descriptive and Critical • Identify gaps / justify your study • Don’t assume your reader knows your field

  10. Methodology / Method • Methodology • Methods (appropriate to methodology) • Collection + analysis of data • Validity / Reliability • Rigour / Bias / Sampling • Reflexivity • ETHICS • Confidentiality / Anonymity / Fairness / Honesty • Storage of data

  11. Practicalities • When / Time lines • Problems / issues • Resources • Costing • Materials • Outcomes / Outputs / Significance • References • Writing up – include drafts and revisions

  12. Planning your project:

  13. Your role as the researcher?Proposal reviewer role? Exercise: What are the criteria for evaluating research proposals?

  14. Range of perspectives

  15. Burden and Balance

  16. Problems may not be where you think they are…

  17. Look out for the unexpected: positive and negative

  18. Listen to your supervisors…Use support available - Experts in the field - Other researchers - Ethics committees - Learning centre • Accept that a variety of feedback and rewrites are part of the process

  19. References: Collis, J., & Hussey, R. (2003). Business research (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Dunbar, K. (2010). Research plan. Retrieved from http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/research/research-students/kirsten-dunbar.aspx Hart, C. (2005). Doing your masters dissertation. London: Sage. O’Leary, Z. (2010). The essential guide to doing your research project. London: Sage. Phelps, R., Fisher, K., & Ellis, A. (2007). Organizing and managing your research: A practical guide for postgraduates. London: Sage.

  20. Kia kaha! all the best for a successful project

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