Research Proposal on Social Media Impacts

Research Proposal on Social Media Impacts

Note: There are some parts of this assignment that have been done already and they are attached. Please use them and then answer the rest of the sections in order to fully fulfill the requirements of this assignment. Also note you must use only the references provided in the reference document attached and not others as earlier submitted with the subsections of this assignment. 

Research Proposal Requirements, Guidelines, & Grading Criteria

Final paper must be submitted to turnitin.com by 9:00am on the Friday of week 4 of the summer session. Information regarding the course ID and password for turnitin.com is available on the course syllabus. Early papers are welcome. Please keep in mind that LATE PAPERS will NOT be accepted under any circumstance.

Requirements and Guidelines 

1. You must select your topic from one of the ten research topics provided on the course syllabus.
2. Your assignment is to propose a research study.
3. You are to read research material (i.e., journal articles, books, book chapters, etc.) that interest you, and propose your own idea for a study
4. You may want to:
5.         Make minor changes to a study that you have read about
6.        Design a study based on “future directions” suggested by a published author

iii.      Propose a design entirely dissimilar to anything you’ve read

4. The most important aspects of this assignment are:
5. To propose some type of research study
6. To base this original idea on empirical evidence and existent literature (i.e., peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, etc.)
7. Other important aspects of this assignment:
8. It should be at least ten pages in length, double-spaced, and in Times New Roman 12 point font.
9.         If you do NOT do this, you will LOSE POINTS.
10. It must be in APA style – see handouts and class notes
11.         ASA style may only be used if you are a sociology major
12. You must include at least eight peer-reviewed (i.e., journal article) references
13. You must use these references as the basis of the argument for your proposed study
14. You must discuss the references and your ideas using proper scientific language, as discussed in class

Paper format:

1. Your paper MUST include a Title page, complete with a running head and page numbers

1. The majority of your text will be in the form of an APA style literature review, including the proper style of references in the text

1. The first paragraph should clearly introduce the topic of interest and should end with a clear purpose statement
2. Toward the end of the literature review section, you will state your original idea in paragraph form, based on the literature you’ve just reviewed
3. Within your final paragraph, immediately preceding the beginning of the method section, you will state your hypothesis clearly
4.                     Tell me what you would expect to find
5. The next part of your paper will be in the form of an APA style Method Section. The Method Section will be in future tense, because you are proposing this study. Your Method Section should include the following subheadings:
6. Participants
7. Who and how many?
8. Where will you get them?
9. Measures
10. Detailed description of the instrument(s) to be used (i.e., survey, questionnaire, etc.)
11. Design
12. Detailed description of the experimental design (i.e., correlational, case study, experiment).
13. Description of the manipulations (i.e., IV) if any.
14. Procedure
15. Detailed explanation of exactly what participants will experience, presented in the future tense.
16. This should be a step by step description of the entire data collection process.

4. The very last part of your paper will be a References section, in proper APA style format.
5. At least eight peer-reviewed references
6. You will only list references that were cited in the body of the paper.
7. No references should appear in the reference section that was not cited in the body of the paper, and no references should be cited in the body of the paper that was not included in the reference section.
8. If you provide references that were not cited or cite sources that are not provided in the reference page, you will lose points!

Grading Criteria:

The proposal is worth a total of 100 points. You will be graded primarily on how well you have proposed your study. This includes; the clarity of the introduction paragraph, complete with a clearly stated purpose statement, how well you provide evidence (i.e., empirical evidence along with the appropriate citations) to support your claims, and whether or not you have included a clearly stated, falsifiable research hypothesis. The methodology chosen for the study will also play heavily in your final grade. The method is very important!

You will also be graded on how well you have followed all of the APA formatting and style guidelines. This includes, but is not limited to; the running head, page numbers, appropriate title, correct section headings, correct use of in-text and reference citations, and the appropriate use of language for a scientific research paper.

Finally, you will be graded on the overall quality of your writing. This includes, but is not limited to your use of appropriate language (i.e., non-sexist, non-biased, or use of jargon), your ability to present clear and concise sentences and paragraphs, and a lack of grammatical and spelling errors. Your paper should be clear and concise, yet still flow well throughout, and it should be evident that you have taken the time to incorporate your peer-review feedback, my feedback, and spell check your document.

ATTACHMENTS

20160627093716list_of_references.docx

research_proposal_requirements__1_.docx

hw_2.doc

ATTACHMENTS

psychology_paper_6_18.docx

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