Address the “So What?” of this research. That is, why does what you are investigating matter as more than an academic exercise? Why should your audience want to read it? Why does it matter?

In building on your Literature Review Paper, you will include the previous paper in your Research Proposal Paper. For this paper, you will expand to include additional information in your Introduction, Methodology, and Conclusion. Please know that for a research proposal the tense you will use in this paper will be future tense as you are proposing your research study. This paper must demonstrate your overall understanding of the course content. It must have at least 10 pages of content (excluding cover page and reference page). It must have at least 15 reference sources, peer-reviewed journal articles and books. APA formatting is required.

This paper should be written in the following format with related headings included:

Introduction: introduction section should include the purpose statement, problem statement, and research question(s) to be studied

Literature Review: a well-written summary of the literature that you reviewed in relation to your identified topic (this is your previous paper that you add in this section)
Methodology: selecting the approach (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods) to be utilized for your research proposal
Conclusion: concluding points of your proposal paper. Address the “So What?” of this research. That is, why does what you are investigating matter as more than an academic exercise? Why should your audience want to read it? Why does it matter?

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