CRIM 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Literature Review, Depersonalization, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
15 May 2016
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Criminology 220: chapter 5: constructing a research proposal. Specific hypothesis testing can be specified in detail, more emergent and exploratory research will be more open ended. Final published research papers, articles and reports that fill libraries are so well polished and structured that it is difficult or impossible to piece together the underlying methodological decision making process that produced the published results. A research proposal has: introduction, body, conclusion. Goal is to develop and articulate an argument supporting the thesis. Proposal must show that the techniques you have selected to go about answering questions are ethical and methodologically sound. Most important consideration of how a research proposal is structured is the nature of the research question being asked. The research question provides a general framework for the design decisions. First step in writing a research proposal is to select a research topic. Research ideas guided through deductive approaches are guided by theory.
