Study Population

The title of your proposed research

The research team: demonstrating the integrity of the research (5%)

The study background and aims: this section will summarize the core findings from your literature review (AT2), and justify the research question you propose and definitions of key terms (5%)

The type of study: outline the level of research design you wish to choose and justify this choice – you will need to consider factors such as prior knowledge of the problem, feasibility, and the study aims (15% of grade)

Research participants – a description and rationale (20%)

● Your proposed study population and sample (10%)

● Your proposed recruitment strategy, including how you will manage any foreseeable risks and how you will address the specific ethical requirements for social work research (making reference to the relevant Code of Ethics) (10%)

Research procedure (35%):

● Outline your proposed data collection strategy, justifying your choice by taking into account: what we need to know (knowledge), how we can know (research paradigm) and ethical practice; include a list of topics or sample questions (20%)

● Describe and justify your proposed method of data analysis (15%)

Data access and research benefit (10%) : To ensure appropriate communication of findings, describe who will benefit from your research, and your strategy for sharing your findings

● identify one organisation or group you will work with to achieve this – showing use of core ideas from the required reading from Morton Phipps and Nutley (2012)