Discussion: Partial Research Proposal-outline
Discussion: Partial Research Proposal-outline
Question Description
Depending on the literature review that you did, please review the 15 articles I attached below and complete this assignment.
Partial Research Proposal-outline (Its like a brief first draft for the final proposal) But it should include the aspects about the final proposal briefly.
This assignment is to provide a research proposal outline, i.e. a draft, if you will, of you research proposal.
The submission at this point should include, in APA format, all of the essential topic subtitles from Research articles on my chosen question and research type (Quantitative vs qualitative).The outline may contain the parts you feel you have finished writing, or may simply include notes on your choices, and how you intend to complete the section over the net very few weeks.
The proposal (project, paper) need not be complete for this particular assignment, but needs to have all the parts listed and how you intend to flesh out the formal proposal.
APA Format for titles (MUST apply)
Titles as described in Leedy and Ormrod Chap 5 text book (if you have access for it) or any other scholarly resource. .
Sections to be completed includes:
Introduction to the problem, background, guiding questions, delimitations and limitations, significance of the study (the reason you feel it is important.
REFINED Literature review
The EXISTING theory and practices (if applicable)
References
3-6 pages.
REMEMBER: My research question is:
What preventive methods that Saudi should use to stop the occurrence of floods in the future? (You can paraphrase the question if you have a better idea) And my targeted population is the three cities of Saudi Jeddah, Makkah, and Ryadh (The capital city).
Also: Include that the public of Saudi should be more aware to know how to deal with floods, so increasing the awareness is a very important aspect.
Th articles are attached below, and here is a brief description for the articles:
1-Targeting flash flood potential areas using remotely sensed data and GIS techniques:
This article helps to decision makers in Makkah, Jeddah, and Ryadh to target flash flood potential areas that showed in this article below.
2-Flash Flood Risks and Warning Decisions:
This article helps to understand and improve extreme weather risk communication and management, the tools and methods that were used in this article should be applied in Makkah, Jeddah and Ryadh
3-Flash flood inundation map preparation for wadis (this word means valleys) in arid regions
This article helps to prepare flood risk maps so as to delineate the risky areas to educate the administrators and local settlers. The availability of these maps is the key requirement for any urban development that entails land use allocation, identification of dam, tunnel, highway, bridge sites, and infrastructure locations for sustainable future
4-Raising flood awareness
This article aims at raising flood awareness with the public in general, it should be applying to increase the awareness of the public of Saudi and decision makers.
5- The other 11 articles discusses the floods that occurred in Saudi Arabia in the three cities including Jeddah, Makkah, Ryadh (the capital city)
By the way: You already did Review ten articles, I just added 5 articles that you did not review.
Please fully read carefully read the requirements, its a very important assignment.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
Discussion: Partial Research Proposal-outline
