PSCI 202 –Research Design Report Instructions
Details:
Due Date March 25th – papers due by 6:00 pm, Vancouver Time.
Worth 10% of the final grade
Late Assignments
5% per day
No submissions accepted after April 2.
Extensions granted with proper documentation.
Paper Length: 6 double spaced pages (1500 words, excluding citations and bibliography).
Typed, 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1” (2.5 cm) margins.
Do not include your name or student number as it will be submitted to Turnitin.
Clearly number all your pages in the upper right corner.
Research Question:
Why does Canada have universal health care but US does not? Write a comparative research design report by following the steps below. (This is a Most Similar Systems Design)
Requirements:
The report should be written in a proper essay format with proper research.
Citations are required. Please use APA or MLA citation style.
You are only allowed to use academic sources. This means books and journal articles. If you use online websites, newspapers etc. they will not count towards your academic sources. At least 5 Scholarly/Academic sources must be used, but you can use more if you want.
Include a proper Reference List/Bibliography at the end.
The paper should follow the following steps in paragraph form:
Original title
1. Introduction
2. Research question: ______________?
3. Research design: (MSS or MDS: select and state the design used below here)
[Insert the initial table here – only include the two cases that you are comparing]
Make sure to fill in entire research design table
with SIX or more control variables (excluding independent and dependent variables)
4. Hypothesis: ___________________ (as a written sentence)
___________________ (as an arrow diagram: X Y)
5. Justify variable and case selection in research design (one or two paragraphs). Why did you pick these specific cases and these specific Independent and Dependent Variables?
6. Hypothesis test: Describe how you are testing your hypothesis with evidence? What kind of evidence you will be using, quantitative, qualitative etc.? Explain everything clearly with proper logic and all your evidence and research should be cited properly.
7. Explain hypothesis test results and how they affect initial hypothesis (one paragraph). Do your test results support or oppose your initial hypothesis?
8. Initial theory: Based on the results of your hypothesis, what is your theory regarding the relationship between your IV and DV? Basically, in this paragraph, explain the causal logic of how your X and Y are connected?
9. Bibliography. Cite all the sources that you have used in the document at the end as well. Separate the sources for your variables and the sources used in other paragraphs as follows:
Sources for Control variables #1-6 (or more):
Sources for Dependent variable:
Sources for Independent variable:
Any other sources consulted for remaining steps:
Plagiarism:
DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.
DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE OFFENCE, PENALTY RANGES FROM 0 ON THE ASSIGNMENT, AN F ON THE COURSE, TO COMPLETE EXPULSION FROM COLLEGE. A NOTATION WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED ON YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD.
IF IN DOUBT REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES PLAGIARISM, IT’S ALWAYS BETTER TO CITE.