{"id":337,"date":"2019-05-15T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=337"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:22:29","slug":"15-step-approach-to-writing-a-research-proposal","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/chapter\/15-step-approach-to-writing-a-research-proposal\/","title":{"raw":"Fifteen-Step Approach to Writing a Research Proposal","rendered":"Fifteen-Step Approach to Writing a Research Proposal"},"content":{"raw":"Caroline Martin and Valerie Fleming (2010) provide the following a fifteen-step model for writing a research proposal:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Step 1: Give the research proposal a title.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 2: Provide relevant personal and professional details (Below title).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 3: Provide a short abstract or summary of around 300 words. (Some proposals do not include an abstract. Ask if unsure.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 4: Supply five keywords to describe the research proposal.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 5: Construct an introduction that contains the rationale and overview of relevant literature review.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 6: State the aim, research question, sub-questions and hypotheses\/null hypotheses (if applicable) of the proposed research study.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 7: Outline the research methods.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 8: Select setting, participants, sampling method, inclusion\/exclusion criteria and method of recruitment.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 9: Describe data collection instruments.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 10: Detail intended data processing and analysis.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 11. Declare any ethical considerations and outline data protection procedures<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 12: Produce a timetable. Consider potential problems that may occur and describe the limitations of the study.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 13: Estimate resources that may be required.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 14: Create reference list or bibliography<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Step 15: Append relevant additional material.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Caroline Martin and Valerie Fleming (2010) provide the following a fifteen-step model for writing a research proposal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 1: Give the research proposal a title.<\/li>\n<li>Step 2: Provide relevant personal and professional details (Below title).<\/li>\n<li>Step 3: Provide a short abstract or summary of around 300 words. (Some proposals do not include an abstract. Ask if unsure.)<\/li>\n<li>Step 4: Supply five keywords to describe the research proposal.<\/li>\n<li>Step 5: Construct an introduction that contains the rationale and overview of relevant literature review.<\/li>\n<li>Step 6: State the aim, research question, sub-questions and hypotheses\/null hypotheses (if applicable) of the proposed research study.<\/li>\n<li>Step 7: Outline the research methods.<\/li>\n<li>Step 8: Select setting, participants, sampling method, inclusion\/exclusion criteria and method of recruitment.<\/li>\n<li>Step 9: Describe data collection instruments.<\/li>\n<li>Step 10: Detail intended data processing and analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Step 11. Declare any ethical considerations and outline data protection procedures<\/li>\n<li>Step 12: Produce a timetable. Consider potential problems that may occur and describe the limitations of the study.<\/li>\n<li>Step 13: Estimate resources that may be required.<\/li>\n<li>Step 14: Create reference list or bibliography<\/li>\n<li>Step 15: Append relevant additional material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":724,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-337","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":325,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337\/revisions\/625"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/325"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}