Investigative Work Project
Research Proposal Presentations

Questions to be addressed in presentation

1. What is the aim of your research?

2. What are your objectives (stepping stones to your aim)?
•
•
•

3. Do you have any hypotheses?
•
•

4. What is the rationale behind you doing this research and its relevance to your FdSc (include relevant literature sources)

Rationale for you

Rationale for the organisation

Rationale for the subjects

Rationale wider context

5. What will your literature review include? (be specific with topics, concepts to be explored)

6. What research methods are you going to employ and why (think of their advantages over other methods/ what theory can you incorporate)?

7. What are the ethical issues you may have to consider?

8. What are the practical issues you may need to consider (access, finance, time)?

9. What methods do you intend to use to analyse your data and why?

10. Now give your research a title

• A copy of the questionnaire/ research questions must also be submitted
• Ethics protocol, must be submitted too

Some additional support can be found on:
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/research.htm#ResearchProposal

Useful further resource

http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/research.htm#ResearchProposal