Research Proposal Quiz

 A research proposal is a simply a structured, formal document that explains 

 ______ you plan to research (i.e. your research topic), 

______ it’s worth researching (i.e. your justification), and 

_________you plan to investigate it (i.e. your practical approach). Fill in the blacks in sequence.

• How, Why, What

• What, Why, How

• Why, How, What

• What, How, Why

A research proposal is a statement of how you intend to carry out your research. It is essentially stating what you are going to investigate and how you plan to accomplish your investigation

• TRUE

• FALSE

In choosing a research problem to investigate, a researcher will (check 3 answer)

• identify the topic statement

• conduct the survey to solve the issue

• review related literature to refine the approach and way to analyse it

• find resources that can help you to broaden, strengthen and develop your ideas and arguments

Use action verbs that is specific enough to be evaluated and measured. This describes

• Abstract

• Objectives

• Problem statement

• Methodology

Which statement describes the purpose of a research proposal?

• A document for scientific scrutiny for others to judge the appropriateness of the project

• It is an overall plan, structure and strategy designed to obtain answers to the research questions

• A reference document to show how the research was carried out

• All of the above

Merely quantitative research uses research proposals to conceptualise the process that is proposed to be undertaken.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a function of a research proposal of a study?

• What answers have been found to what is proposed

• Why proposed strategies of investigation are selected

• How answers will be found to what is proposed

• What is proposed to be done in a study

The proposal should start with ______________.

• The proposed structure of the report

• Sampling technique

• An overview of the main area under study

• A time frame of the proposed research

The sampling section in the proposal needs to provide information about ___________.

• The Population and Sampling unit

• The software used

• The names of participants

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• The type of analysis used

A research proposal does not need to give detailed information about the strategies that will be used for data analysis because data has not been collected at the point of writing the proposal.

• True

• False