Instructions This assignment is something that you will be able to draw upon mov

Instructions
This assignment is something that you will be able to draw upon moving forward in the program. A research proposal is a very common start to a research project as it helps to frame out the importance of the project itself and show the knowledge gaps that currently exist in the literature. Typically after a solid research proposal is written, the paper unfolds from there as you have a clear framework to follow moving forward.
This assignment requires you to write a proposal that states your research question and your research strategy for addressing it. As mentioned throughout your previous assignments you may draw upon each one to help you build your proposal.
Remember, you are not answering the question in this assignment.
Research Proposal:
The research proposal must be between 8-10 pages in length not including title page or references.
Your title page should include the working title of your research project, your name, date, and course title. You should also have an ABSTRACT and keywords on your title page.
Your proposal should have the following sections:
1. INTRODUCTION: The introduction is where you identify your specific research question and where you set the general context for the study. In this section you need to include:
a hook in the first sentence
a statement of the problem and context leading to a clear statement of the specific research question;
background and contextual material justifying why this case or topic should be studied; and
a purpose statement.
2. THE QUESTION: Make the question explanatory, not simply descriptive.
3. LITERATURE REVIEW: This complete literature review section reviews the literature important to your specific research question. Remember, it sets up the variables that you will propose measuring later in the data. It also ends with the hypothesis. Do not use data that you plan to propose using later in the data section of a finished paper. In this section, you need to include:
theoretical framework (if you think you need to tell the reader about that separately from the variables)
variables (use the variables as headings)
hypothesis (put this in the conclusion)
From here you would then include a transition into your methodology section.
4. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This section describes how you will answer your research question or test the hypothesis. This section describes your overall research design and how you plan to collect, synthesize, and interpret your data. Remember, your overall research method is deductive qualitative hypothesis testing. Within that method you can also choose things like: case studies, comparative case studies, pattern matching, counterfactuals, process tracing, or game theory. For ideas, check out the Monmouth Guide: https://politicalscienceguide.com/
Start your method section with a discussion of the current knowledge gaps. This is an opportunity to once again promote the importance of your own research. Justify your research question again and review the variables and hypothesis (briefly). How will your research fit within this larger body of knowledge? What are you doing differently? What gaps will your research fill? Then, in this section you need to include:
identification and operationalization (measurement) of variables
a sampling plan (what is the data going to be and why)
parameters for the data — when does it begin and end
data collection/sources (secondary literature, archives, original data collection, observation, interviews, surveys, etc.)
a summary of analysis procedures/method (in other words, what are you doing to test the hypothesis?) In this class, you are doing qualitative deductive hypothesis testing. There are method options within this category, like: single case studies, comparative case studies, process tracing, longitudinal studies, etc.)
ethical discussion. Will you be working with human subjects? Did the secondary data sources work with human subjects? What are the ethics of using this data?
the limitations of the study and bias discussion.
5. CONCLUSION: Reemphasizes the importance of your study and tie the proposal together. Remember, this is not a complete research paper. You did not answer your question. You wrote a proposal only.
Reference List: As with all academic papers you need to references the works that you have cited (direct quotes or paraphrases) in the text of your document and incorporate a complete reference list or bibliography at the end. This list needs to be in the style used within your field. APA= Criminal Justice, Turabian for all others in this course.
Remember that the references you use demonstrate your knowledge of the topic area. This research proposal is meant to convince your professor that you not only have identified a worthy question in need of investigation but that you are also capable of carrying out the research involved to successfully answer that question. At the very least you should have referenced 12-15 peer-reviewed sources in this proposal.
Since multiple writing styles are in use within this course, on your title page, please note which style you are using within your assignment. This will help me cater my comments to the style you are using. The style you use needs to be the one that is used within your program of study.
Format:
Standard academic format will suffice: 1-inch borders on all four sides, double spaced, with times new roman 12-point font.
As you proofread your assignment, I encourage you to work with Belcher, Wendy Laura. 2009. “Editing Your Sentences” In Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success. Sage. This resource has a nice step by step process for enhancing your writing.
TOPIC IS: Does economic hardship among children encourage increased diseases as an adult? Why or why not?