An annotated (bibliography) of about 20 academic articles on research conducted on the same or a similar topic as the one you have chosen.(Killer of youth “Car accident”) That does not mean it has to be research only conducted in the UAE. Certainly, any research conducted on your topic in the UAE should be included, but similar research conducted elsewhere can also be included to give you ideas of how to conduct such a project and to compare the results. You do not have to read all the 20 articles but you should be able to identify and briefly summarize their relevance based on the abstract, introduction and /or conclusion. You should only include academic articles, not newspaper articles or other non-academic items.
(Reasearch paper : Normal fonts, margins, line spaces.)
-> Step1: Statement of Research Problem. Short paragraph, concise and to-the-point summary, “In a nutshell”, Meant to catch reader’s interest, Avoid quotes & technicalities (terms, theories).
-> Significance of Research Problem : Why is it important to study this issue? Importance to: (Social) science: scientific community, Importance to society as a whole, Your personal interest, How did you get interested?, Give it a personal dimension, Bring it down to microlevel.
->Review of Research/Literature : Review of existing research on the problem: , Where was it conducted? , What methods used? , What were the main findings? , Structure of review: Relate different research reports to each other, They build on each other (early/later), Identify gap(s), Locate your research in context of existing research.
-> Methodology : What methodology did you choose? Quantitative or qualitative? Positivist or interpretive? Why did you choose this over others? Advantages/disadvantages of each in relation to the research topic.
-> Methods/techniques of data collection : Questionnaires, open/closed?, What Questions are you going to ask?, Sample size, composition, representativeness distribution? interviews, structured/unstructured? Interviewees: sample, key informants? Questions scuedule?
-> Methods of data collection : Fieldwork: participant observation, Where? How long? Who? What observed? How participated? Documentary/historical: What documents? Records? Primary/secondary? Reliability?
-> Presentation of Data/Results : (Statistical )Tables and diagrams, Visual information: photos, maps, Narrative, Quotes, excerpts.
-> Analysis of Results : Look for patterns in the data, Explain presence or absence of patterns, Compare to other research projects, Refer back to literature review, Summarise main findings.
-> Discussion of problems & Limitations : Problems faced during research, Methodological problems, Problems in the field, Problems with presentation & analysis, Suggestions for future research.
-> Appendices : Bibliography/references: APA format, Questionnaires, interview schedules, Any other document relevant.
(Over all you going to address an isse which is car accident in the UAE and why it is the most cause of the death in the UAE and what possible solutions to the problem.)
