Submit this project to the course facilitator using a Microsoft Word format (.doc; .docx; or .rtf), as a single email attachment. 
 

List of Park and Recreation Journals 

The Model Study MUST BE DATED BETWEEN 2018 TO THE PRESENT AND COME FROM A JOURNAL IN THE LIST OF PARK AND RECREATION JOURNALS OR A ZERO WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.

Sample Research Proposal - This sample study may not be used for any assignment!

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Assignment Format

Below is the required outline for the research proposal. Specific information for each section is given in the proposal outline. Remember SPELLING COUNTS.
 

I. Include the citation for the model study (the research study that you are using as a model for your study. Remember to change the location and population for your research).

The Model Study reference MUST have a working link so the Model Study can be verified OR you MUST attach a copy of the complete Model Study article.

 
    Sample APA Model Study format below. (See APA Guidelines).

Dunger, D. R. & Roft, G. E. (2019). Trailhead Satisfaction Study in Wilderness Waterway. Journal of Leisure Research, 26 (3), 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1235/rev0000126

II. Abstract

This is a brief overview of the research study and identified need. It should include the purpose and a little about the methodology (population, sample, data analysis). Since you do not collect any data, you will not have any results and would not address results in your abstract. The abstract has a maximum of 150 words.

III. Introduction

The Introduction should include the following information:

• Identify the specific research problem.
• Review research objectives and revise for your research study.
• The hypothesis or research question. This would be the same or similar to the hypothesis or research question in the Model Study.
• Briefly discuss methodology and how objectives will be achieved.

IV. Literature Review

A minimum of four articles is required and this section is usually two to three pages in length.

The literature review is a critical evaluation of existing research that relates to your research topic. It is NOT merely a summary of these articles and manuscripts. A good literature review should summarize and evaluate relevant research. It will also identify relationships between different work and your topic. It should NOT only provide a description of the article or manuscript. It will discuss different aspects of the research, including methodology, and describe how it relates to other current research. A minimum of FOUR articles are required in the Literature Review.  One of the articles must be the Model Study. The Model Study must be dated from 2018 to the present. The other three articles can be published in any year.

• books
• conference proceedings
• corporate reports
• government reports
• journal articles (print and Internet)
• magazines
• newspapers
• College/University theses and dissertations

• What are the key concepts?
• Describe the relationships between these key concepts?
• Identify any existing theories?
• What evidence is lacking, inconclusive, contradictory or too limited in the current studies?
• What contribution can the present study be expected to make?

Do not answer these specific questions in the Literature Review, but this is the type of information covered in any Literature Review.

V. Methodology

Use the outline format below for this section

    1. Identify the category of research design used (ie. pre-experimental, quasi-experimental or true experimental).
    2. Identify if this is applied or basic research and why.
    3. Describe where the study would take place (exact location)
    4. Describe the data collection method.
    5. Describe the population and population size. A population number is required. YOU MUST also include a citation (document or personal communication) for the population number.
    6. Sample selection method, sample size. A sample size number is required.
    7. Describe your margin of error. This is a projection, since once your data is collected it may change.
    8. Describe how data would be analyzed (describe the statistics used ie. ANOVA, correlation, t-test, etc.).

VI. Pro Forma Budget: This would be included as an Appendix to the research proposal.

VII. References: List ALL references. References must be in the correct APA Guidelines format.

Do not use any online citation/reference program. They will not have the correct APA format.

 Grading/Comment Key - this "key" identifies information on errors in your course assignments by number and provides additional information.

  Submit this document to the course Instructor in an MSWord format (.doc; .docx; or .rtf), attached to an email.