Research Methods

After choosing a topic, you will complete the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Assignment using the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Template provided. This assignment will be used as a springboard for your research. It may also be used to begin to explore ideas or concepts you find interesting within the realm of the topics covered in this class.

Students will choose a research topic of their interest and develop a research project abstract. Abstracts should include: Introduction, Background, Design and Methods, Expected Results, Conclusions, and Implications/ Significance.

For this Discussion, you will consider the role of theory in research and the relationship between theory and philosophicaFl orientations. You will also familiarize yourself with a theory in your field so that you may become more conversant in your discipline’s theoretical foundations.

For your final research paper in this course, you will write an analytical research paper addressing a major issue of your choosing from among the topics covered in this course. As a research paper, your paper will have to answer a significant puzzle related to a course topic.

Using the South University Library do a search and find at least three (3) research article addressing the questions: