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Term paper Final versionDUE: 12/3 by 11:59 pmThis assignment has 3 pages. Please make sure you read all of them.Please keep graded final assignment for COMM 499, Goal 1 Objective 1Learning activities1. Chose an appropriate research design (a sampling scheme and a method of datacollection) for your research problem and justify your choice;2. Consider the possible ethical risks of your chosen research design;3. Choose a data analysis plan consistent with your data collection plan;4. Reflect on the limitations of your research;5. Identify new directions of research suggested by your research proposal;6. Revise your work based on the instructor feedback and assemble a coherent researchproposal, including cover page, abstract and references. (It is not necessary to include anauthor’s note.)AssignmentFor this term paper, you will complete your research proposal by adding the Methods section (toinclude your sampling scheme, method of data collection, and your reflection on how you willensure that your research is ethical); the Analysis section (to include your plan for data analysis);and Discussion section (to include your reflection on the limitations of your research in terms ofvalidity and reliability and your proposed future directions for research). Revise your TP1 toincorporate the instructor’s feedback, then add the new material. Your final paper will thereforehave around 3,000-3,500 words (the word count does not include the References section).NoteYour paper will be submitted to TurnItIn, which is an online platform that checks for plagiarism.Avoid plagiarism by paraphrasing or citing properly (see Lesson II.3 online).Include the revised TP1 in the paper (Introduction, Literature review ending with thehypothesis or the research question) and the following additional information:Method section1. Explain the type of data you seek to collect (e.g., individual attitudes, opinions orbehaviors; texts; artifacts). Choose a sampling scheme from among the randomsampling designs and explain why you made that choice. Explain concretely how youwill be implementing the sampling scheme.2. Explain the method you will use to collect the data (survey, experiment, contentanalysis) and why you made that choice. Describe the method in detail, with theconcepts appropriate for that method. Explain what instrument of measurement youwill be using.3. If you are doing research on human subjects, think through the ethical implications ofyour research design and discuss how you will mitigate the possible risk of harm tothe participants. 2Analysis sectionExplain how you plan to analyze your sample data by using what you learned about data analysis(descriptive and inferential statistics).Describe what kind of inferences you would hope to make about the study populationDiscussion section1. Identify what validity and reliability issues might appear in your research:a. Is the instrument of measurement unbiased? How did you make sure?b. Is the sample representative? How did you make sure?c. If you conducted an experiment, how did you control for confounding variables?How did you ensure internal validity?d. If you did a content analysis, how did you ensure intercoder reliability?e. What other sources of bias could occur in your research?2. Explain what future directions of research you would like to pursue and why.Do not forget the References section, as well as the cover page and the abstract. FollowAPA 6th writing and formatting standards (including the formatting of references). Ensure thatyour paper is free of typographical, spelling, usage and grammatical errors.3GRADING RUBRICThe grade on this paper is worth 20% of your final grade.GRADING CRITERION # POINTSThe paper includes a clearly articulated communication-related research
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