CJBS 250-Research Methods and Statistics in Criminal Justice
Research Proposal
A research proposal is your plan to conduct research.
All IRBs require you to submit this plan for review and authorization to conduct the research.
For your proposal, complete the following steps:
Part I:
Locate any three (3) peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic that you selected for your proposal.
Read the essays and answer the following questions for each essay:
What is APA citation for the article?
What is the purpose of study? What questions were asked?
What is the sample size?
What is the research design? (Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Description—your response must be one of these choices)
What type of data collection method was used? (i.e., survey, experiment, observation)
What were the major findings, conclusions, recommendations of study?
Make sure to answer the questions for each article, separately. Do not mix the article responses together.
Part II:
What is the research topic? This is the topic that is based on the three articles that you selected.
What is the research question? What is the question that the research is trying to answer?
What is the research hypothesis? This is the proposed answer to the research question.
What is the analytic plan? How do you plan to analyze the data? This requires quantitative or qualitative steps.
What are the proposed benefits of the research? Why is this research important?
Remember to use 12-point font, double-spacing, and one-inch margins. All citations require the APA format. Bullet points are preferred and there is no page length requirement.