Andrew@writingservicesprovider.com Text: Fraenkel, J. R. & Wallen, N. E. (2006) How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education. 6th edition. Boston: McGraw Hill Companies. ISBN 0-07-298136-9 part of ISBN 0-070312654-3.Text: Publication Manual For the American Psychological Association, 5th Ed. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 2001. ISBN 1-55798-791-2 Sample Proposal number one chapter one and two Sample Research Proposal.doc (97 Kb) Click on this link to see a sample proposal. Please know that this in not a perfect paper since the goal is not to provide an error free template to fill in but to give some idea of how the paper should be organized. Students must refer to the Table of Contents provided, the APA Style Manual and the explanation of major sections of the Research Proposal on pages 595-601 of the textbook. Key questions listed on these text pages should be used to make certain that all necessary elements are addressed. The key questions are used as a checklist when the proposal is graded!! Key Questions: Have I identified the specific research problem I wish to investigate? (Problem) Have I indicated what I intend to do about this problem? (Purpose) Have I put forth an argument as to why this problem is worthy of investigation? (Justification) Have I made my assumptions explicit? (Assumptions) Have I asked the specific research question I wish to pursue? (Research Question) Do I have a hypothesis in mind? Have I expressed it? (Hypothesis) Do I intend to investigate a relationship and have I identified the variables? (Design) Review of Lit: Have I surveyed and described RELEVANT studies related to my problem? Have I surveyed existing expert opinion on the problem? Have I summarized the existing state of opinion and research on the problem?