Page 1. Title page: Name (ODU HONOR PLEDGE), Title and Subtitle, Date
Page 2. Introduction: Describe & explain why you chose the topic, including motivational story.
Pages 3-5. Literature Review–Summary
What question(s) guided your literature review? Summarize in your own words the BEST knowledge and practice(s) you found in your exploratory literature review. Use in-text citing of authors, e.g. (Baesler, 2017) for this summary part of the paper, and then provide the full citation in the reference section at the end of the paper.
Pages 6. Hypotheses and Research Questions
Based on your exploration (literature review), what further hypotheses and research questions would you like to pursue for a possible project or thesis?
List 4 well-developed hypotheses and/or research questions and provide a rationale/explanation for each of them.
Pages 7-10 Propose a test of one hypothesis OR one research question. Include:
Describe the method(s) (e.g., survey, interview, focus group, experiment, field study, case study, autoethnography, critical/rhetorical/interpretive)—include procedures, that is, how to conduct the study using this particular method.
Participants and/or Texts in the study (for participants, include demographics, recruiting, consent form; for texts, describe sampling frame and method of sampling)
Measures: include at least one quantitative measure and one qualitative measure (include the complete measures in an appendix)—provide information on validity and reliability of measures where possible
Lifespan component (list at least two different stages of the lifespan that you will compare)—paragraph describing these stages and why you want to compare them.
Sample table or graph of what the results might look like and a one paragraph explanation of the “mock” (fictious) results in the paper (include in appendix)
Pages 11+ References and Appendixes
Provide the full references for your in-test citations in current APA (American Psychological Association) format
Appendixes for: consent form (if applicable), measures (one qualitative and one quantitative), and sample table or graph
