Final Research Proposal Draft
Do not include an abstract, cover page, and your literal literature review. Your literature review should be naturally incorporated into your background in the introduction
INTRODUCTION (1.5-3 pages; double spaced)
• Background on your topic:
o providing statistics, telling the reader findings from previous studies, definitions, if need be, and why it matters, so the importance
o Should be around 1-2.5 pages
• Your research aims and hypothesis(es):
o This should be around .5 pages.
• DO NOT USE FIRST PERSON LANGUAGE
METHODS (IN FUTURE TENSE, e.g., will do this and going to do that) (2-4 pages double spaced)
a. Participants:
• Who are your participants? Where will get you get them? How will get them? Informed consent?
b. Inclusion Criteria
c. Exclusion Criteria
d. Procedures:
• Day 1 to Day #? Tell me what happens in chronological order (DO NOT PLAY)
e. Statistical Analysis:
• Are you performing a correlational analysis (e.g., Pearson or Spearman? ANOVA (e.g., one-way, two-way? T-test? Linear regression analysis? T-test?
DISCUSSION (1-2 pages double spaced)
• You are going to have a part in your discussion that mentions, briefly, your anticipated results. Example: “If the hypothesis is found to be true, then the experiment or study expects to find the following…”
• Summarize more stats regarding your topic and explaining why your findings would matter aka WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
• Go over any potential limitations in your study (2-3 limitations).
• Conclude your paper.
REFERENCES (IN APA FORMAT; DO NOT PLAY WITH ME)
APA IN-TEXT CITATIONS
• When there are two authors: (Brown & Bubba, 2012)
• When there is one author: (Cookie, 2009)
• When there are three or more authors: (Bambi et al., 1982)
Again: Hypothical research
Research question: Why do first generation Ecuadorian college students age 18-21 suffer from major anxiety?