Research Design – Schizophrenia Study
- Create a research proposal that will highlight learned components of this course.
- Provide a clear statement of a public health problem, review of literature, explain how the literature relates to a proposed study, develop formal research statement, and synthesize a full methods section.
Instruction
1. Cover Page – The cover page should contain the title of your proposal and identifies your partner’s name and your own name, course number, professor, and date of submission. This APA Guideline could be helpful for setting-up your paper in adequate APA format.
2. Abstract – This section summarizes the content of the Research Proposal and is no longer than 150 words. The abstract is written after the proposal is completed, thus providing an overview for the entire paper. It is situated at the beginning of the paper after the cover page, in its own page, and is not indented as a normative paragraph would.
3. Statement of the Research Topic – In this introductory section, the research problem and significance will be established. This section answers the following kinds of questions: What exactly do you want to study? Why is it worth studying? Does the proposed study have theoretical and/or practical significance? Does it contribute to a new understanding of a phenomenon, an area where research is limited, does it explore familiar area in a new way, does it challenge an existing understanding, or extend existing knowledge? Note: This section should include some combination of national, state, and/or local demographic and statistical supportive information for the health topic, population, and behavior selected. Examples, include the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Institute of Medicine (IOM), Health People 2020, Los Angeles County of Public Health data, etc.