Research Proposal Outline (20 points)

Cover Page in APA format (2 points)

Title (bold)

Full name

Affiliation (CSUF)

Author Note

Introduction (1 point)

Rewrite your title not “Introduction"

2-3 bullets with how you will open your paper convincing the reader that there is an important issue to address

State your research questions clearly (1 points)

Background/Relevant Literature (2 points)

Include 2-4 sub-headings with 2-4 bullets under each section

Conceptual/Theoretical Framework (min 1 reference) (1 point)

Minimum one bullet describing the framework you chose

Minimum one bullet stating why that framework is appropriate for your proposed study

Minimum one bullet describing how you will incorporate tis framework into your proposed study

(e.g., how is it informing the development of your survey or interview questions, your analytic plan, your recruitment strategy)

Positionality Statement (1 points)

3-6 bullet points (make specific to proposed study not general like HW1)

Methods/Research Design (min 1 reference) (3 points)

Describe your Sample or Dataset or both if relevant

(e.g., Research sites)

Participant recruitment if collecting your own data and not using an available dataset

Data Collection/Measures

How will you collect data and what data will be collected (describe the variables/measures)?

If using established dataset, then which measures/variables in that dataset will you use (describe them)

Analytic Plan/Empirical Strategy (min 1 reference) (3 points)

If doing interviews, how will you analyze them

Will you transcribe them yourself or use a transcription service (if so which one)

Will you use memos, will multiple people code or only you etc. (use references on canvas)

If using a dataset, how will you clean/analyze it/ If using surveys, how will you analyze them

STATA, R, SPSS, MPLUS, Excel

Do some scales need to be added up and averaged or are they already averaged?

References List in APA format (6 points)