Research Proposal

 4-5 typed paragraphs that address the following questions: (a) What is your research question and why is it important or relevant? (b) What is your main dependent variable? (c) What specific hypotheses are you testing, and which key independent variables are you using to accomplish this? (d) What other variables are being used as control variables, and why are the needed? (e) How does your research project relate to at least one peer-reviewed study?  The specific data source(s) that you will use to conduct the study Citations for at least four other relevant peer-reviewed journal articles.  Table A1, as shown in the example research packet, that includes a list of dependent & independent variables.