18 Jun WHAT DO I REALLY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?
Write a research proposal for a topic in your major (or any field of interest) that examines a specific problem using a spatial or geographic perspective. A research proposal includes a thorough description of what you want to study, why you want to study it, why there is a need for it to be studied and how you are going to study the issue.
Your proposal should be submitted in canvas by 5pm on Monday Dec 5th
STEP 1: PREPARING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL (This helps you get started thinking about the assignment – you don’t have to actually turn any of this in)
FORMULATING A QUESTION:
TOPIC – what are your interests?
BACKGROUND RESEARCH – what is already known about this topic? Now that I’ve read some of the information that is out there, What do I really want to learn about this topic? What questions have I developed by reading about this topic?
SPECIFIC QUESTION – what specifically do you want to know about the topic? Is this a question that can be answered?
DEVELOPING A METHODOLOGY:
VARIABLES – what kind of data might you need to collect in order to answer your research question. The variables are the categories of data that you would collect. They are the column headers in your database (if you were to create a data base).
DATA – Now that you have identified the variables or categories of data that you need to collect, determine how you would actually collect that data.
WHAT KIND OF DATA WILL YOU USE? http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/10919_Chapter3.pdf (链接到外部网站。)
Quantitative – broad term referring to scientific methods that incorporate some combination of collecting numerical data such as metric-level measurements, collecting data using relatively structured and closed-ended approaches and formats, and analyzing data with numerical and statistical approaches; commonly used in both physical and human geography
Qualitative – broad term referring to scientific methods that incorporate some combination of collecting nonnumerical data such as verbal or pictorial records, collecting data using relatively unstructured and open-ended approaches and formats, and analyzing data with nonnumerical and nonstatistical approaches; commonly used only in human geography
HOW WILL YOU COLLECT IT?
Collect it yourself through fieldwork (primary data): Consider costs, feasibility, time frame
Gather it from other sources (secondary data): What format is it in? Do you need to manipulate it? Is the scale acceptable
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE DATA?
How will you use or ‘put together’ the data that you have in order to answer your research question? How will you analyze the data?
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