The Proposal
Why Should I Care?
TheYour research project may need to be presented to a review board for academic approval, or for financial considerations. In this case you would be required to provide a proposal. This is a short text (max 800 words),text, where you map out what you would do if you got the green light on this research project. Reviewers will appreciate that some of the background research is on the right track. They might propose more documents, or to add sources from opposing view-points.
This lesson has 2 parts
- Proposal Details
- Annotated Bibliography
What is a Proposal?
IncludeA research proposal is a short text that outlines the aims of a research project, the main questions, the types of analysis used and the costs of the project. A great proposal needs to convince the decision makers that the research is important. A proposal does not have to specify the results of the research, but should show that the research results are important because they will help guide better policy, or find solutions to an important problem.
How to write a research proposal
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Proposal Details
The proposal should include the following details:
- Research Question
- Methodology: Population / Sample / Instrument
- Time needed and Total cost
- Potential sources of information
When presenting the potential sources of information, you may be asked for an annotated bibliography. This is a very useful tool at the beginning of the research project.
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Annotated Bibliography
You can think of this as a bibliography, to which you add annotations, which are short summaries of the documents (max 80 words each).
Annotations include
Format
The reference is done in the style prescribed (APA or MLA). The Annotation follows under the same paragraph, using the hanging indent (CTRL-TAB). References are in alphabetical order.
Example:
Example of an annotation
Annotated Bibliography
Bergeron, L. (1971). The History of Quebec, a Patriote's Handbook. NC Press, Toronto.
A retired Concordia University History Professor, Bergeron is a pro-revolution Quebec nationalisthistorian and playwright. Other.Other works include history-themed comic books, and Quebec-French language dictionaries. A translation from French, this handbook provides an account of Quebec history from thea French-Canadian point of view,view. an incursion for Anglophones to read into a Quebec nationalists’ mindset. (supposed to be indented)