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COUN 5083
Signature Assignment – Research Proposal Template
Must only be 3 pages in length
This length does not include the title page, abstract, and reference page
Your section headings will include: Literature (with
Research Questions as a subheading and with other subheadings as needed) and Integration (subheadings as needed).
Must be formatted in current APA formatting.
At least five citations and references must be included (include in-text citations, along with page number). Acceptable sources include peer-reviewed literature such as journal articles and books.
Please follow this template to write your
Benchmark
Research Proposal Assignment:
Literature Review
(No more than 3 pages)
The purpose of the literature review is to make a compelling case for the study (i.e. the research topic/question that you are proposing).
Each assertion must be supported by a citation
. The literature review must be no more than 3 pages and must include at least 5 citations and references from peer-reviewed literature in current APA format. 3 out of the 5 citations must be published within the last 5 years.
Conclusions from peer-reviewed articles must be provided to make a compelling case for the significance of the problem
. In addition, relevance to the counseling field must be established, and the literature review must include an articulation of how the proposed study fills a gap in the peer-reviewed literature. You will need to demonstrate scholarly writing skills, paraphrasing the literature with
no quotations
. Along with a narrative of the previous literature surrounding the topic, the literature review portion of your research proposal must also explain the following:
· What is the problem statement (gap identified in the literature) this research addresses? This must be stated clearly, using citations to tell the narrative.
· What is the purpose of the research proposal (how this study fills the gap)? This must be stated clearly.
Research Questions
· What is (are) the research question(s)?
· Why is this research question important?
· What research design will help answer your questions and why (see Heppner et al. Chapter 6)? (Descriptive lab, Descriptive field design? Experimental lab design? Experimental field design?)
· Will your research produce qualitative or quantitative data?
· If quantitative:
· What is the researcher’s hypothesis? What is the null hypothesis?
· What variables are you planning to explore?
· If qualitative:
· What strategy of inquiry fits best with this research?
· Considering the chosen strategy of inquiry, what is one way you can enhance trustworthiness of the data?
Implications
· How will this research investigation contribute to the field of counseling?
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