Social Cognitive Theory and Adolescent Obesity
Research proposal: If you choose to write a research proposal, you will be writing a literature review and predictions that are providing the context for a proposed study. In this proposal you will be using literature to make an argument for your predictions. You will also need to provide several hypotheses and/ or research questions. Finally, you will need to provide a brief methods section. If you are doing qualitative you need to explain how you would collect your data, what questions you would ask, and how you would analyze your data. If you are doing a quantitative study you need to discuss what participant population you would recruit, how you might recruit them, how many you might need, and what scales you would use. Basically, at the end of this assignment you should have a document that is prepared for an IRB submission.
You will also present your papers in a formal oral presentation at the end of the semester. These presentations will model the type of presentation you might give at a conference. You will have approximately 12-15 minutes to discuss your paper. Please rehearse these presentations before giving them.
