After you have begun background research on your topic and have a preliminary hypothesis, you will write your proposal. A proposal is a document that describes the proposed experimental design of your research project. Essentially, it is a paper written by you to show your teacher that (a) you understand the background of your topic, (b) you have a testable hypothesis, and (c) you have an appropriate procedure to test that hypothesis. In the proposal you also address safety and ethical issues. The proposal will include the following six components: title, introduction, experimental design table, hypothesis, materials, and methods. If necessary, your proposal will also contain one or more appendixes. By the end of the chapter, you should also be able to explain the purpose of writing a research proposal, defend the need for a detailed methods section in a proposal, describe how pretrials might apply to your own research project, and analyze the disagreements that scientists and journal editors have about various aspects of scientific writing.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 10/7/2011Stock # PB297X_5