Research Proposal
Your research proposal will be based on one of the research scenariosprovided below.
- Scenario 1: Migrating to a new environment can affect our access to food, health care services and other resources. Design a study to investigate the impact of new environment factor(s) on sexual health of migrants.
- Scenario 2: Remoteness can affect uptake of health services. Design a study to investigate the effect of an online health service or mobile application for sexual healthin a remote population.
You will use specific keywords of interest to search for relevant peer-reviewed literature around your chosen topic.
You will then critique the literature around the chosen topic. Through this critique, you will reveal "gap of knowledge" (niche research question that is unknown, which warrants further investigation to confirm preliminary findings).
You will formulate an original (i.e. not using secondary data) quantitative research question based on the gap that you revealed from your critique exercise. Your task is to develop a quantitative research proposal suitableto enable scientific investigation around that niche and unique research question.
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Literature Review
You will provide a brief summary of the published findings around the topic area as an introduction to your research question. In your literature review, you should critically review the articles by commenting on the appropriateness of the study designs, sampling techniques, measurement validity and reliability and if any bias/limitation in the studies could have impacted on the reported findings. As you do this, the gap of knowledge will be revealed. This gap of knowledge will inform you of a research question that you can design your quantitative research proposal around.
Synopsis
o Title : [Write your quantitative research title clearly with the exposure and outcome factors in less than 20 words.]
o Background: [Write a brief statement of the gap of knowledgeto be investigated. You MUST cite references when you refer to facts that you did not develop or discover, and to support your statements. Failure to do so is plagiarism.]
o Research Hypothesis/Hypotheses : [List the quantitative research hypothesis/hypotheses that are related to the research question you identified earlier. You need to clearly state the key variables you wish to investigate.]
o Study design :[Name the quantitative study design, including duration of study, place(s) of study.]
o Sampling technique :[Name the sampling technique you plan to use, the target population and sample frame, inclusion/exclusion criteria.]
o Data collection : [Name the data collection method you plan to use, including the validated and reliable tools (or plans to test for validity and reliability) to enable the collection of your listed key variables.]
o Statistical analyses :[Name both the descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, including consideration about groups to be compared if applicable, and the significance level.]
o Ethics application :[Name the human research ethics committee(s) where this application needs to be submitted to.]
o Limitations of the study : [Name all the biases that may occur during this proposed study.]
o Significance of the study : [State the benefit(s) of the study as you relate to your initial research question.]
*You will list your reference list on the last page of your research proposal. There is no page limit for your reference list.*
Justification of proposed synopsis
This is where you will justify the methods you proposed in the synopsis. You can use the recommended weekly pre-readings or the peer-reviewed journal articles you read to support your justification. The justification needs to be done on ALL the five areas listed below, and be done sensibly. Justification of your choice of quantitative study design against at least another quantitative study design: You can describe and provide details of your proposed methods mentioned in the synopsis section above in a paragraph, followed by your justification in another paragraph.
a) Justification of your choice of sampling technique against at least another sampling technique: You can describe and provide details of your proposed methods mentioned in the synopsis section above in a paragraph, followed by your justification in another paragraph.
b) Justification of your choice of data collection method against another plausible approach, including comments on validity and reliability of the tools where applicable: You can describe and provide details of your proposed methods mentioned in the synopsis section above in a paragraph, followed by your justification in another paragraph.
c) Justification of your choice of descriptive AND inferential statistical analyses: You can describe and provide details of your proposed methods mentioned in the synopsis section above in a paragraph, followed by your justification in another paragraph.
d) Justification of your choice of Human Research Ethics Committee(s): You can describe and provide details of your proposed methods mentioned in the synopsis section above in a paragraph, followed by your justification in another paragraph.
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