A New Blue Line: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Budget Cuts and Its Impact on Crime and Community Relations in Urban Cities
Each student will be required to complete the term project, which is a research proposal written in an APA Style. The project should have at least 8-10 pages of substance not counting the cover and reference page.
Include a Cover Page, an abstract and a list of references. The research proposal you write in this course will NOT be sent to the IRB for approval. This is because you will not be conducting actual research for the purpose of this class. You will, however, gain an insight as to how to write a research proposal.
Each student will be required to complete a research proposal, as the term project. The research proposal will include the following:
Title page
Abstract (100-120 words)
Introduction
Problem Statement
Purpose Statement
Hypothesis
Literature Review and Definitions included in the research
Research methods/design
References
Appendices – as needed (annotated bibliography, example consent form, example survey if used)
The research proposal (Term Project) must be in a Word Document (.doc) uploaded to the student’s folder through the assignment section. Students will be required to use at least five scholarly references in their work.
Be sure that you collect a minimum of 5 -8 current (within the last 5 years) peer reviewed articles/studies from the APUS online databases for the annotated bibliography. The annotated bibliography must be relevant to your ‘working title’ of your research proposal.
