Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

1. Research Project Plan

• Weighting Percentage: 

40%

• Addresses learning outcome(s):
  • On successful completion of thus unit, students will be able to: 1. Be familiar with key methodological issues and challenges concerning quantitative and qualitative research methods;
  • Be familiar with some of the different qualitative and quantitative methods for gathering research material;
  • Be familiar with some of the different quantitative and qualitative data and information analysis techniques;
  • Reason about how research questions and their underlying theories relate to research methods;
• Related graduate attribute(s):
  • UC graduates are professional – communicate effectively
  • UC graduates are professional – use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
  • UC graduates are lifelong learners – adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
  • UC graduates are lifelong learners – reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

A 1000 word report, which is a structured assignment to outlines your plan for a research project. The plan must include: (1) a description of the topic and identification of a research problem or question: (2) an identification of 6-10 existing research / data sources; (3) a description of the theoretical ideas and/or concepts and demonstration of their relevance to the investigation; (4) a description of the intended methodology to be used. An evaluation rubric will be provided to summarise the expected requirements for the research project plan in relation to these four components.