Research Proposal and Preliminary Bibliography

In Module 2, you began conducting research for your final paper examining one of the themes noted in the course.

Forthis Critical Thinking Assignment, provide a short research proposaland cite 7 or more credible sources in an annotated bibliography. Youmay use the sources you worked with in this week’s discussion.

This Critical Thinking Assignment has two parts.

Part 1: Research Proposal

Address the following in your proposal:

• Whattopic/question do you plan to research? Why? What sparks your interestin this issue? And why does this issue matter to others beyond yourself?
• Whoare the various stakeholders when it comes to this issue? Then, whoyour intended audience? What specific group of individuals has the powerto make change when it comes to this issue?
• How have you narrowed this topic/question to make it more manageable? How could you keep narrowing it if needed?
• What makes your topic/question debatable? What are 3-5 open-ended questions within this topic?
• Basedon your preliminary bibliography, how researchable does this questionseem? Have you found a wealth of diverse sources and opinions? Howcredible and reliable do your sources seem? How easy or difficult was itto find peer-reviewed/scholarly sources? Which sources are mostpromising? Why?

NOTE: This assignment is not afull research essay. For now, you are writing a few paragraphsdefending your research topic, why it matters, what its centralquestions are, etc.

Your research proposal must be approved by your instructor to move forward with your research.

Part 2: Annotated Bibliography

Address the following for the annotated bibliography:

• APA formatting for the citations
• Citations/sources listed in alphabetical order
• Note how each source will help you explore your topic more fully.
• Allsources should be print books, eBooks from the library, articles fromthe library databases, or articles (print or web) from local, regional,and national/international newspapers and magazines. No generalwebsites, .com websites, wiki sites, personal blogs, etc.
• Atleast 2 of your sources need to be peer-reviewed/scholarly journalarticles from the library databases. What is a peer-reviewed scholarlyarticle? Watch the following video: The Peer Review Process (Links to an external site.)
• Allsources should be from the last five years (approx.) to avoid out ofdate information. Include annotations for at least 4-5 sources cited inthe discussion board.

Use the following template:

• Research Proposal and Preliminary Bibliography Template (Template found in the Module folder.)

Required elements to turn in with submission:

• Research Proposal
• Annotated Bibliography
• Appendix – following references:
  • Pattern of error log (Template found in the Module folder.)
  • Turnitin report (provide similarity score and any comments)

Requirements:

• Part 1 Length: Minimum of 300 words
• Part 2 Length: 1-2 paragraphs

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