Study Project Research Design and Data Collection: Instructions and Guidelines

This is a Study(Research) project. I have attached two file where you will have everything. please read carefully the coursework file. If you read this file carefully then you can understand everything. so please read carefully.

Outline the research question / hypothesis you will use either for the project as a whole (if a study project), or to help you structure your literature review (if an engineering project).

Explain why you have selected the research question, why you feel it will be useful, and also note any personal biases that you think you might bring to the research question. You should also consider the difficulties might you face trying to answer this research question?

Prepare a short academic paper, which compares three (or more) research papers in an area that relates to your project. The comparison should be placed in the wider academic context (e.g by reference to other papers – perhaps those you aren’t considering in depth), and should include a discussion of the approach you are taking to the comparison.

-Title

-Author (just you – you can just give your UP number here in place of your name)

-Abstract

-Keywords

-Introduction

-(Sections as you require: This part of your paper ought to compare the different arguments advanced in the three papers)

-Conclusion

-References

You should ensure that you have cited and referenced your work correctly.Your paper should be a 'conference' type paper, maximum length 1500 words (excluding any appendices), and you should follow a presentation format, such as the one described below: 

Outline the way in which you intend to gather data. This should include an overview of the research paradigm you intend to use, and the appropriate research methods. Make sure that you cover methods of data collection (e.g. survey/interview/online survey/ethnographic study etc.) focussing on reasons for your choice(s), and how it will help you answer your research question. You should indicate potential issues that could occur, during the collection of the data. Ideally, include a draft set of interview questions/questionnaire etc, as one of the appendices.You should also discuss how you intend to analyse the data, once you have gathered it.

[N.B. We do not expect to see an in depth discussion of the differences between surveys and interviews etc., with an “I’ll use …” tagged on at the end. The selection of an appropriate tool, and the discussion of your choices will demonstrate that you know the differences between the methods]

Identify sources of published data (e.g. the types of sites we looked at in SWS 3) that could be of use to you to support your research. Try to be critical of the data – for example, how reliable is it? What bias could the data collector have had? How relevant is it (e.g. look at the date gathered, the location gathered etc)?  What about the questions that were asked? Could they be useful for part of your own data gathering?

This section should be no more than 500 words long (excluding any appendices), you should cite and reference your work correctly.

Write a 500 word report on the potential ethical, legal and professional issues that could arise in the project you are planning, or – if your ideas are not yet finalized – in a project of a similar nature to the one you anticipate doing.

Along with a project specification, due before you start work on your project, you will have to complete an ethical review form for your particular project. For this part of the coursework, we would like you to consider the broader ethical, professional and legal issues that could be encountered in a similar project. It may be that when you complete the ethical review form, you are able to select the “right” boxes, knowing that the type of data you will be using will not be confidential; or perhaps that you know all your potential interviewees will be over 18.

For this report, it may help you to think about the “worst case scenario” / “what could go wrong” – i.e. those types of situations where you may need to tick the “wrong” boxes.

-Legal issues

*Relating in particular to a named country (not necessarily UK/EU, if you intend to work further afield).

*Data protection.

-Professional issues:

*Codes of conduct from named countries.

*Issues of re-use of others’ material – be it code / intellectual property.

*Issues of protection of personal data.

*Safety critical systems

-Ethical Issues

*Working with vulnerable individuals (e.g. under 18, those with reduced mental capacity)

*Political issues – for example working in an environment with ethical standards with which you personally disagree.