Assignment Task

Objectives

What are the main aims of your research?

Rationale

1. What are the main issues/problems you seek to address/understand?  
2. Who is impacted by this? Why? When? Where?
3. What are the consequences?
4. Why should we understand more about this issue?
5. Why is this issue worth exploring? What impact will this have?

Literature:

1. Have you identified any key papers or documents yet?  
2. Have you identified any key debates?
3. Have you identified any pertinent theory?

Methodology

1. Have you identified a suitable theoretical approach to your research?
2. What are the advantages & limitations of this approach?

Data collection:

1. What are your initial ideas for the following –
2. Method of data collection?
3. Who are you intended participants?
4. How will you recruit them?
5. What Procedure will you follow?
6. What research tools and resources do you need?
7. What are the advantages & limitations of these approaches?

Data analysis:

1. How do you plan to analyse the data you collect?