LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR ASSIGNMENT 3:

At the completion of this assessment you will be able to:

• Critically analyse underpinning literature to support the development of a research proposal

• Demonstrate skills in professional written communication.

ASSIGNMENT PURPOSE

You now have an understanding of your research problem and an idea of how you will undertake your research in SRR721 Construction Research Project. You will now take the feedback that you received for Assignment 2 and expand sections to develop a formal Research Proposal.

You will need to build on assignment 2, Research Design, to provide a substantial literature review to support your research aim and also elaborate on sections that were drafted in the Research Design. If it helps, you can think of a Research Design as a draft version of a Research Proposal.

ASSESSMENT TASK

You will write a Research Proposal where you will critically evaluate current literature on your topic, so that you have a clear vision of current knowledge and how your research fits within that current knowledge. You will elaborate on what you want to investigate, what data or information you need to obtain in order to address your research question and how you will obtain this data.

The importance of being “critical” cannot be over-emphasised. Your review of existing literature to address your research problem is not just an account of what others have said, but a thoughtful analysis and synthesis of ideas. You are allowed and encouraged to disagree and to question, seek out controversy and perhaps test it later in your research.