The student will identify a historic or modern threat to military, economic or political power which will be analyzed within a Case Study format. Develop a research question & hypothesis, a purpose statement, and identify a theoretical framework and research design used answer the research question. The proposal should be 4-5 pages in length.
For example, since the course is centered on intelligence/threat analysis you might pick an event such as a cyber-attack, or something from history like the threat of German U-Boats off the east coast at the beginning of World War II and research something specific to analysis surrounding those events. Throughout this project, you will use the concepts discussed within this course in your case study. However, don’t be constrained with these 8 weekly topic areas. We will use iRubric to evaluate your work.
Let’s get into the specifics of this requirement:
Assignment 1: Research Proposal
The goal of your first assignment is to present a clear research project and should be between 5-6 pages (but not more) in length not including a title page, your preliminary literature review (not an annotated bibliography), and references (of the sources you cite within your proposal).
Assignment Formatting: your assignments should follow the conventions of graduate-level writing. This includes having 1-inch margins on all four sides, being double-spaced without an extra space in between paragraphs, using 12 point Times New Roman font, as well as being grammatically free and stylistically free of errors. You should be using the Turabian writing style for this assignment as well as all others within this course. For more information on writing style please review the course overview section of the course. There is no need for fancy cover sheets or pictures inside the document itself.
In this assignment you will need to:
1) Present the research problem you intend to assess and provide some contextual information that helps demonstrate your understanding of the nature of the problem.
2) Clearly state your SINGLE academically rich research question and hypothesis.
3) The purpose and importance of your research should be made clear. Explain why this is important to investigate as a research project. What can we learn from this event? How will the knowledge we gain through your research help our understanding of the topic?
4) Conduct a preliminary literature review. You should discuss enough literature to explain the current state of research on your topic and to identify a gap in that literature that warrants your research.
5) Discuss your theoretical framework and then your research design that you plan to use to answer your research question. This should be done in a language common to the social sciences. Here’s a hint as a case study you should be discussing how you plan to carry out case study research. Within this discussion, the references you used to support your comments should reflect your knowledge of case study methodology, and content analysis including specifics on the application of qualitative or quantitative research.
The research proposal that you submit for this class is similar in style to what you would submit as a research proposal for your master’s thesis. The specific format to be followed has the following parts.
These include:
Title and Abstract: Your title should be descriptive enough that it helps readers understand what your research is about. Your abstract should stage for the research topic, explain the method in use, and mention important implications of the study. The abstract should be between 150-250 words in length.
Introduction: Identifies student’s specific research question and sets the general context for the study.
This section should include:
a statement of the problem or general research question and context leading to a SINGLE clear statement of the specific research question;
background and contextual material justifying why this case or topic should be studied; and
a purpose statement and hypothesis
Literature Review: Reviews the literature on a specific research question. The literature review focuses on discussing how other researchers have addressed the same or similar research questions. It introduces the study and places it in a larger context that includes a discussion of why it is important to study this case. It provides the current state of accumulated knowledge as it relates to the student’s specific research question.
Summarize the general state of the literature (cumulative knowledge base) on the specific research question.
Include a short conclusion and transition to the next section.
Theoretical Framework/Approach: The theoretical framework section develops the theories or models to be used in the study and shows how the student has developed testable research hypotheses.
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