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The general advice is to start writing brief responses for the categories below. Bullet points and short sentences are fine. No need to offer long elaborations or literature reviews. Cut to the chase, define what your project is about and how you intend to make it happen. Elaborate and refine your plans later when you're ready to prepare a more polished report or writeup of the project. | The general advice is to start writing brief responses for the categories below. Bullet points and short sentences are fine. No need to offer long elaborations or literature reviews. Cut to the chase, define what your project is about and how you intend to make it happen. Elaborate and refine your plans later when you're ready to prepare a more polished report or writeup of the project. | ||
# Rationale | # Rationale | ||
#* Answer questions like: What questions and concerns motivate your research project? What previous findings and claims will your project test, elaborate, or extend? What phenomenon are you going to study that hasn't been investigated before in this context? | #* Answer questions like: What questions and concerns motivate your research project? What previous findings and claims will your project test, elaborate, or extend? What phenomenon are you going to study that hasn't been investigated before in this context? | ||
#* Clearly define each of the terms you will be using in your research questions. | #* Clearly define each of the terms you will be using in your research questions. | ||
#* Clearly describe the rationale for why the audience you identified is going to care about answers to the research questions you articulate. | #* Clearly describe the rationale for why the audience you identified is going to care about answers to the research questions you articulate. | ||
# General and specific objectives | # General and specific objectives | ||
#* What is the general objective of this study? What broad goals will it achieve? Essentially, what is the main research question (or questions)? | #* What is the general objective of this study? What broad goals will it achieve? Essentially, what is the main research question (or questions)? | ||
#* What specific objectives this study will accomplish? (more narrow goals or conceptual aims related to your empirical setting) | #* What specific objectives this study will accomplish? (more narrow goals or conceptual aims related to your empirical setting) | ||
# Empirical puzzle or contradictions | # Empirical puzzle or contradictions | ||
#* wip | #* wip | ||
# Ethical Concerns | # Ethical Concerns | ||
#* Are identifiable data to be included? Is IRB review anticipated? How will you protect data privacy and your research subjects? | #* Are identifiable data to be included? Is IRB review anticipated? How will you protect data privacy and your research subjects? | ||
# Data | # Data | ||
#* Briefly describe the data used in this study. Be sure to identify the data source, the unit of analysis, the population of interest, the sample included in the study, the sampling technique (and the relationship of the sample to the population). | #* Briefly describe the data used in this study. Be sure to identify the data source, the unit of analysis, the population of interest, the sample included in the study, the sampling technique (and the relationship of the sample to the population). | ||
#* Describe the tools you'll use for collecting qualitative data (e.g., will you develop an interview protocol, survey, or take on participant observation techniques to study the population in question?) | #* Describe the tools you'll use for collecting qualitative data (e.g., will you develop an interview protocol, survey, or take on participant observation techniques to study the population in question?) | ||
# Analytic approach and methods | # Analytic approach and methods | ||
#* What is your analytic approach in this study (e.g., will you use Grounded Theory, thematic analysis, or content analysis when analyzing your qualitative data)? | #* What is your analytic approach in this study (e.g., will you use Grounded Theory, thematic analysis, or content analysis when analyzing your qualitative data)? | ||
# Threats to validity & limitations | # Threats to validity & limitations | ||
#* Are there potential sources of bias or threats to the validity of your study? List them out and explain why they are (or are not) salient. | #* Are there potential sources of bias or threats to the validity of your study? List them out and explain why they are (or are not) salient. |