Assignment task

Your task is to conduct an empirical research project on a topic that relates directly to your chosen degree area and to write a report on the research project you have undertaken. The report must include the following elements:

Introduction

 Presentation of the problem that you have identified

 Rationale for conducting the research, who could benefit from it and how

 Research aim and objectives

Literature review

Methodology

 Approach and design

 Methods used and rationale for these. Presentation of the instruments for data collection

 Participants and Sampling (for quantitative research)

 Participants and criteria for selecting the participants (for qualitative research)

 Ethical considerations – (what ethical issues you have identified and what you did to address them)

 Validity and reliability (for quantitative research)

 Credibility and reflexive analysis – (for qualitative research

Results (graphs, charts, results of statistical analysis-without interpretation)

Discussion (interpretation of the elements presented in Results section)

Results and discussion (For qualitative research these two sections could merge into one)

Conclusions and limitations

References (Using Harvard style)

Appendices

 -Table of results for quantitative research

 -Transcripts of interviews, interview notes for qualitative research.

 -Ethics checklist accompanied by the relevant supporting documents such as participant information sheet, participant consent form and other relevant evidence.

 -Reflective career skill development summary

 -Supervisor meeting notes

 -Research project Gantt char