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Applied Research Proposal You began your research proposal in Unit 2 and Unit 3 when you completed the first drafts of the Problem Statement and Literature Review. Now it is time to complete an abbreviated version of a formal research proposal on your criminal justice issue and submit it. The following structure (and page counts) can be used to guide the development of your Applied Research Proposal.  NOTE: If you are proceeding on to CJ598 or HM598, you will NEED TO SAVE your graded Unit 6 assignment, as it will form the basis of your Unit 1 Assignment in CJ598 or HM598. Similar to CJ graduate students, Homeland Security and Emergency Management graduate students going on to HM598 after CJ525 will further refine their research proposals that they started in CJ525. The length of the final research proposal should be 9–12 pages long (not including title page, reference section, or appendices), double-spaced, and use APA formatting. Each proposal should have a title page with name, date, course, term, title, running head; using APA format. Your proposal should include the following headings and subheadings (minimum page counts are provided in parentheses): I. Proposal Timeline: Using the percentages mentioned in the unit Reading, create a timeline (with actual dates) for the completion of each step in your proposed study. II. Introduction (1 page): This would be an edited version of the introduction you completed from the Unit 3 Assignment. III. Problem Statement (1–2 paragraphs): Insert the problem statement that you created earlier in this course. Make sure you make corrections or revisions, as needed. IV. Literature Review (3–4 pages): Again, insert the literature review that you completed earlier in this course, after making any necessary corrections or revisions, following feedback from your professor. V. Methods (4–5 pages): Outline how you would propose to conduct your applied research study. Make sure to address the following items: Main concepts to be studied (e.g., substance abuse treatment and recidivism). Conceptual and operational definitions for your primary study variables. For example, you might conceptualize recidivism as re-offending following completion of a substance abuse treatment program; and you might operationalize recidivism as any conviction for a crime occurring within one year of program completion. Research hypothesis/questions that the applied study would address/answer were it to be conducted. Sampling design or strategy for your study. Explain how you would identify members of the population and how you would select the study sample. Research design. Will the data be quantitative, qualitative, or both? Would the study involve: experimental design, quasi-experimental design, process evaluation design, outcome evaluation design, cross-sectional or longitudinal design, etc.? Explain the rationale for your selections. Data collection. How would you collect the data? Would you use quantitative surveys/questionnaires, qualitative interviews, participant observation, focus groups, and/or secondary data, for example? Discuss any data collection tools you would use, including examples of questions you might ask or data fields that you might collect. Ethical considerations. Describe how you would ensure the protection of any human subjects and confidentiality of data for your proposed study. VI. Conclusion (1 page): Provide a summary of the problem and plan for studying the issue, emphasizing why the research is important and what would be accomplished were the proposed study to be conducted. Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English. Use examples to support your discussion. Cite all sources on a separate reference page at the end of your paper and cited within the body of your paper using APA format. Save your Assignment in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit6_Research Proposal).  Submit your Assignment by selecting the Unit 6 Assignment: Dropbox by the end of Unit 6.