The FINAL research proposal will consist of the following
NINE (9) items:
1. A business research topic.
Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
2. A brief literature review of the research topic
Produce 2 to 3 pages on background information on your
research topic.
3. Research questions for the identified problem or
opportunity
Strengthen and improve initial proposal
4. Appropriate research methodologies and techniques to use
for the research project
Strengthen and improve initial proposal
5. A project plan using a Gantt Chart and clearly defined
milestones (if in a group with clearly defined individual tasks, contributions
and milestones)
Use Microsoft Project or other software to produce the Gantt
Chart.
Your milestones for HI6008 are:
Week 6: Literature Review due.
Week 10: Data Collection and Analysis Report due.
Week 14: Final Business Research (Capstone) Thesis due.
6. Description of the research process
Strengthen and improve initial proposal
7. Description of data collection and analysis methods
Strengthen and improve initial proposal
8. Description of expected research outcomes
Strengthen and improve initial proposal
9. A completed Ethics Checklist.
Complete and sign ethics checklist below and attach with
FINAL research project proposal.
All students will need to pass the final research proposal
submitted in week 12 to be able to start the capstone research proposal in
HI6008 the following semester.
Submit hard copy of FINAL research report to Holmes by 4pm
on Friday of Week 12.
ETHICS CHECKLIST FOR STUDENT RESEARCHERS
• This checklist is designed to alert you to your ethical
obligations when you conduct research involving human subjects.
• These questions must be answered when a research project
is proposed and before a research project is implemented.
• Attach the completed checklist to your final research
proposal in week 12.
Please circle your answers:
1) Will the human subjects be informed of the nature of
their involvement in the collection of data and of features of the research
that reasonably might be expected to influence willingness to participate? Yes
No
2) Will the human subjects be told that they can discontinue
their participation at any time? Yes No
3) Will the human subjects in your study be aware that they
are the targets of research? Yes No
4) If the subjects are underage, will their guardians be
asked to sign the consent form? Yes No N/A
5) Is the confidentiality of the human subject’s identity
positively ensured? Yes No
6) In cases where there is a possibility that the human
subject's identity can be deduced by Yes No someone other than the researcher, is the
subject's right to withdraw his/her data respected?
7) Will the researcher fulfil all the promises made to the
human subjects including providing Yes No the summary of the findings upon
request?
8) Will all necessary measures be taken to protect the
physical safety of Yes No the human
subjects from dangers such as faulty electrical equipment, poor grounding, lack of oxygen, falls, traffic
& industrial accidents, possibility of
hearing or vision loss etc.?
9) Will the human subject be debriefed (told the true nature
of the study) after Yes No the data has been collected?
10) In cases in which the human subject is dissatisfied or a
complaint about the researcher or Yes No procedure, will the researcher explain to the
human subject that he or she may express this complaint to the Subject Coordinator?
11) Does the study involve concealment from and/or deception
of the human subject? Yes No
12) Will deception be used in order to obtain agreement to
participate? Yes No
13) Will the study involve human subjects who are legally or
otherwise not in a position to give
their valid consent to participate such as children, prison inmates, mental
patients? Yes No
14) Will information on your human subjects be obtained from
third parties? Yes No
15) Will any coercion be exerted upon subjects to
participate? Yes No
16) Will the study involve physical stress to the human subjects
such as might Yes No result from heat,
noise, electric shock, pain, sleep loss, deprivation of food and drink, drugs, alcohol?
17) Will the study cause any mental discomfort to the human
subjects such as fear, Yes No anxiety,
loss of self-esteem, shame, guilt, embarrassment etc.?
18) Could publication of the research results possibly
interfere with strict confidentiality? Yes No
19) Could publication of the research results possibly harm
the human subject - either directly or
through identification with his/her membership group? Yes No
20) Are there other aspects of the study that may interfere
with the protection of the Yes No well-being
of the human subjects?
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