Research Proposal

Research: Factors that contribute to increased Gun Violence among adolescence

1. Background and Significance 

1.1. Social Condition or any other Source of Research Problem (Epidemiological statistics on the problem): Justify the importance of the research problem in terms of the social condition or any other source of research problem that made you interested in the topic. So, discuss the situation in the community with some statistics.

1.2. Relevance for Social Work: Justify the importance of the research problem for the profession of social work. So, discuss how frequently professional social workers are involved in helping people affected by the issues in the research problem

1.3. Prevailing scientific knowledge: Discuss some scientific knowledge, with appropriate citations, that professionals and scientists know about the issues in the research problem

1.4. Gap in scientific knowledge: Justify the importance of the research problem in terms of the gap in current knowledge base at specific variable level  

1.5. Problems that social workers encounter due to gap in knowledge: Discuss the difficulties that social workers encounter in providing the effective services due to the gap in knowledge.

2. Research Questions & Hypothesis

1. Variables (5) I have two already which is Peer Influenced and Violence Exposure

3. Methods of the study: This section must cover:

3.1. The list of major variables under investigation

3.2. Measurement procedures for each variable

3.3. Population that you plan to study

3.4. Sampling procedures 

3.5. Data collection procedures

3.6. Research design

3.7. Data analysis procedure

4. Limitations: (Include the possibilities of threats of internal validity, among other things)

5. Implications: Discuss how the knowledge gained from this research, i.e. the generalizations or the broad understanding stated in conclusion could be used to improve micro or macro social work practices, social welfare policy, future research and social work education. 

6. Conclusion

7. References