Posted: April 15th, 2016

what you will complete for either your doctoral study??

Research Proposal Guidance RSCH 8250 /8251 Advanced Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis In order to demonstrate your application of concepts learned in this course, you will complete a research proposal. This will be a much abbreviated version of what you will complete for either your doctoral study or dissertation and a more advanced version of what you created in the foundational quantitative methods course. For example, the literature review that you conduct in support of your actual doctoral capstone project will be much more complete than what you will write for this course. The goal is to expose you to critical sections of the doctoral capstone and what they contain for you to leave this course with a well-developed outline that you can continue to work on as you move into the capstone phase of your doctoral research. We highly recommend that you choose the topic for study in this course that will be your topic for the capstone project; doing so will make the experience of completing this assignment more meaningful. The overall proposal is worth 100 points and will contribute significantly to your overall course grade. The grading will be in accordance with the writing rubric provided in the course. You will be provided example dissertations (links to the same ones that you had access to in your previous course in Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis) to guide you in writing the sections. Again, you will not have to go into the same level of detail in all sections; however, the exposure will help you as you begin working with your capstone research committee. Also note again that this is a proposal to satisfy the requirements for the course. Once you begin work with a committee, the committee will likely have suggested modifications to the study; however, what you learn and write here should help you considerably in writing the actual capstone proposal. Treat this assignment as a “launch point” to focus your attention to this very important part of the doctoral experience.’’ Finally, use the rubric at the end to check your work before submitting it. This is the rubric the instructor will use to grade your proposal. Note that there are four specific areas being checked (Responsiveness to the Assignment, Content Knowledge, Quality of Writing, and Research, Scholarship, and Professional Style).