Week 5: 20th Oct - 26nd Oct: Lecture And Goals

We were told in the lecture that the next worksheet to be done for 2 weeks time would be worksheet three. Shown as follows:

Honours Project Worksheet — #3,


Your draft research proposal

In the presentation be prepared to talk for 2 or 3 minutes describing the main points of your proposal.

The proposal should address the following points.

Introduction
What is the aim of the project (general overview)?

Motivation
Why do you want to do this and why would anybody be interested in what you want to do?

Research question
The research question to be answered.

Addressing the Question
What will be done to answer the question

Resource Requirements
What equipment/resources will be needed/used

References and Bibliography
The supporting evidence for your proposal


The proposal should be properly referenced throughout in Harvard format.

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Aim: by week 8/9 - done worksheets and presentation and therefore should be ready to write the proposal.

Remember: What?

Why?

How?

So What? - what is the measure of success

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I really think more research is needed. I have to define the question a bit more and be able to explain it by giving sufficient background into why it is a problem.