This document outlines the key components of a research proposal, including an introduction that establishes the problem, research questions, and objectives; a literature review that connects the planned research to current knowledge and summarizes prior studies; a methodology section describing the research design, participants, data collection instruments, and data analysis procedures; and a references list.

1. Componentsof aResearchProposal
I. Introduction/Background
a. The problembeinginvestigated,the researchquestionsorhypotheses,withaclear
purpose/ objectivesprovided
b. Howthe plannedresearchcontributestothe fieldof knowledge
c. Definition of keyterms
II.Brief Literature Review
a. Connectionof plannedresearchtocurrentstatus of topic
b. Descriptionof mostrelevanttheories,models,constructsorideas
c. Summaryof mostsignificantpriorresearchrelatedtoproposedresearch
III.Methodology
a. Researchdesignandtypesof variables
b. Researchparticipants(populationandsample) andselectionprocedures
c. Ethical issues
d. Data Collectionprocedures
i.Instruments
ii.Scoringandensuringmeasurementsoundness
g. Analysisof Data
IV.References