Essay Instructions: Write a research proposal (15 pages, not including reference pages) that is aimed at testing a hypothesis based on the research question (aforementioned above -- i.e., about the death penalty and racial bias). Research proposal must include (IN EXACT ORDER):
1) an abstract,
2) an "INTRODUCTION" caption, followed by
3) a "LITERATURE REVIEW" caption that includes a review of the relevant literature and an explanation of why the research is important with the proposed hypotheses (approx. 6-9 pages);
**THE REMAINING 6-9 PAGES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:**
4) a "CONCEPTUALIZATION" section that includes several different definitions of main concepts/constructs of interest in the application of the death penalty from the literature review and how will they be measured and gathered?
5) a "METHODOLOGY" section describing what steps you WOULD TAKE IF YOU ACTUALLY WOULD DO THIS PROPOSAL, which must include your research design(time-series component), sampling (study site and sample population), participants, and how data collection will be carried out (e.g., self-report surveys, questionnaires, etc.) -- in other words, exactly how is your research going to be conducted, and ethical issues, if any;
6) a "CONCLUSION" section, containing a 1/2- to 1-page discussion of the significance to your study objectives (i.e., what are the major findings, how these findings ad to the research of racial bias in the application of the death penalty in the U.S., how do they support, refute, or inform current theory, etc.),
7) include appendices, especially if you plan to use, for example, charts, graphs, or an instrument in your study such as a few sample survey questions, AND
8) bibliography and/or works cited page at end of paper.
FORMAT:
The proposal should be in APA format, typed in 11 font and page margins should be no wider than 1 inch. Be conscious of spelling and grammar. The paper should include a minimum of 10 citations, which MUST INCLUDE PEER-REVIEWED, SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES.
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