Research Proposal
Lab 3: A Research Proposal
The laboratory 3 report will describe your laboratory 3 experiment. It must be:
APA style
contain 2 references cited in text and in the reference list
be at least 2-3 pages in length, excluding the reference list
Please write in paragraph from. (No one page long paragraphs.)
be written IN YOUR OWN WORDS, no direct quotes
Follow the outline bellow. And use these same headers in your paper.
Introduction:
Start with a paragraph that describes the question your project will attempt to answer.
Briefly state why the question is interesting–why do you find it interesting, what pattern caught your attention, or why you chose this question to investigate.
Then clearly state your hypothesis(es).
Remember that your hypothesis is your educated guess about the reason or the mechanism that causes your predicted outcome.
This is a statement, NOT a question.
Literature review
You should conduct a library search on your question, so you have an idea of what information is available in the literature.
These should be peer reviewed or credible science sources.
Be sure to cite your sources of information.
This section should be a minimum of two paragraphs describing two different studies on our topic.
*This section should have a lot of in-text citations.
Methods
Describe how you will test your hypothesis.
Define your study area(s). This is WHERE you plan to collect data
What materials will you need? Why do you need these materials?
State explicitly how you plan to collect your data:
How the data will be arranged or located
how the data will be gathered
Preliminary Results
State how you will display your data
What types of graphs do you think you will use?
How many do you think you will need?
What data will your graphs show?
What variable will be on the X-axis what variable will be on the Y-axis?
What challenges do you expect will arise?
How will you overcome these challenges?
If we have the time, we may be able to conduct a mini version of your experiment where you will have a table/graph to report on.
Conclusion
What are the impacts of your study?
How does it help to improve this field of science?
What new information will you discover?
If you have some results, do they support or disprove your hypothesis?
What ethical considerations need to be accounted for during your study?
What future research questions can be asked?
