1. The Final Section: An Overview
James Byrne, Nov.25th, 2014

2. Research Proposal : Final Steps
Step 7: Detailed workplan-personnel needs, cost estimates, completion timetable for all key project costs
Step 8: Limitations of proposed study— study design limitations, data collection/data analyses limitations, the trade-offs between qualitative and quantitative analyses, ethical concerns.
Step 9: Putting the pieces together—the final research proposal should include the following sections
Step 10: Proposal Submission ( include all references in APA format)

3. Step 7: Developing A Workplan
Step 7: Detailed work plan- include the following:
personnel needs: How many research staff( including you) will be needed to conduct the proposed study?
cost estimates: How much funding will be needed to complete the proposed study? Here, you can estimate salaries for key personnel, cost of supplies needed( e.g. copying, computer acquisition, travel are typically included here)
completion timetable for all key project activities: In this section, you need to tell the funding agency what you propose to do each month( or quarter) for the duration of the project, and to identify any key deliverables( e.g. initial data collection begins month 3, data collewction ends month 12, report draft submission in month 15, final report in month 18, etc.)

4. Step 8: Limitations of proposed study
Limitations of proposed study— In this section, you tell the funding agency the limitations of the proposed research
study design limitations: Every design decision has advantages and disadvantages.
For non-experimental designs, be sure to address the likely threats to validity detailed in our text and in class: history, maturation, regression, instrumentation, selection bias, etc.
data collection/data analyses limitations; in this section, you can mention sample size decisions, availability of data, use of self report, UCR arrest data, and/or victimization data, etc.
the trade-offs between qualitative and quantitative analyses:
ethical concerns: Does the proposed researcher pose any threats to either the survey subject or the researcher? If so, how will these issues be addressed?(

5. Putting the Pieces Together
The final Proposal should include the following:
Title page
Table of contents
1.Introduction and brief overview : key research question with identification of key independent and dependent variables( steps1,2)
2. Literature Review(step 3)
3. Research Design Description( steps 4-6)
4. Work plan(step 7)
5. Limitations (step 8)
6. References
7. Appendices( as needed)