Research Proposal Assignment

This assignment will be broken up into $3$ main components, each component will build off of the next. Beginning with identifying a research topic, you will then develop a proposed introduction to what you would like to investigate. The proposed research topic of interest should be geared to patterns of behavior, or issues identified within society that you would li to know more about. You will then conclude the assignment with the submission of a condensed literature review identifying existing research pertaining to your topic of choice. Although you will not conduct actual research on this topic, this assignment will develop the skills needed to begin empirical research.

Research Topic

Submit a one sentence statement on the research topic of your choice. This statement should clearly state what it is that you wish to investigate, including a dependent variable and an independent variable. Ex: I will investigate the correlation of the purchase of eco$-$friendly cars ir relation to the buyers age.

Introduction

Submit an introduction to your proposed research topic, further stating what you will be investigating, and how you would intend to do it$.$ This page will include details on how you would collect data to help you study your topic.

Literature Review

Submit a $2-3,$page paper identifying $3$ scholarly articles and how the evidence brought upon by these articles supports or enhances your proposed research. Your paper should include information of what the research identified has added to the academic study of the topic of interest. The paper should be Times New Roman, $12$ pt$,$ double spaced.