Topic: Emotional Experiences conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia-Carers Perspective

STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Title, researcher’s name. Brief summary statement of purpose and design (around 200 words)
Background and Literature Review (around 1000 words)
Discussion of relevant literature that informs and ‘positions’ your topic in relation to current knowledge
Remember to include definitions and description of key relevant terms
Aim and Objectives. Research question or Hypothesis (if relevant).
Methodology (around 1250 words)
Set out your proposed methodology; give a clear rationale for using your chosen approach (i.e. this may include a brief discussion about issues of validity or if a quantitative research, power calculations of sample size. Include:
some basic definition and description of the methods
¥ indicate proposed sample size and recruitment strategy
Ethical issues (around 1000 words)
This should cover the ethical perspective of each key stage of the proposal fieldwork process: recruitment strategy; conducting fieldwork (data collection); data management and storage; dissemination. Indicate what supporting documents will be required and at which stage
Note that the actual supporting documents must be submitted with your ethics application form (Part 2) . You will be carrying elements of this section onto your ethics application.
Timetable ( around 100 words)
Dissemination plans (up to 150 words)
A brief summary of key points
References (not counted in word count)