Discuss theories relevant to your research question/hypotheses. Summarize what is already known about the field. Include a summary of the basic background information on the topic gleaned from your literature review.

Assignment Question

Each component of this project must be used to craft the final. The assignments should adhere to APA style guidelines, utilizing double spacing and a 12 pt—Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.

This assignment will be carried out in five consecutive stages:

a. Research question and annotated bibliography. Literature review and theoretical framework. Methodology and discussion. Presentation. The final version of the research proposal.

Research question and annotated bibliography (3-4 pages): You’re supposed to write: Research question: How does solitary confinement impact the mental and physical well-being of current and newly released prisoners? Ensure that your research question is suitable for investigation through true or quasi-experimental research.

Significance of your proposed research Annotated bibliography of at least 5 peer-reviewed academic articles related to your research question and topic.

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books and peer-reviewed articles. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 100-200 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, which informs the reader about the relevance of the cited study to the research question. b. Literature Review and Theoretical Framework (3-4 pages): Use 10 peer-reviewed academic articles (you may include articles from your annotated bibliography) to develop the theoretical framework and literature review.

You will

Discuss theories relevant to your research question/hypotheses. You should bring scholarly arguments (or theoretical frameworks) on how research variables are related to each other.

Summarize what is already known about the field. Include a summary of the basic background information on the topic gleaned from your literature review. Cite your references.

Discuss some major critical studies that have already been done in this area (cite according to APA style).

Point out why these background studies are insufficient. In other words, what question(s) do they leave unresolved that you would like to study?

Specify the research question(s) you are pursuing in your research proposal.

Methodology and Discussion (4-5 pages)In the Methodology part Describe how you can answer the research question. Explain your plan of action that you can pursue, bearing in mind the time and cost. You need to consider whether your plan is doable and feasible.

Explain the conceptualization and operationalization process. Explain specific terms and concepts you use in your research.

Describe the research hypotheses you will test.

Describe the measurement procedure and make clear how you will measure research variables. Describe independent and dependent variables and their operational definitions(Include a diagram/figure that shows how the variables are related to each other).

Describe the type of data you will use for this study (e.g., Large survey data, secondary data, etc.) and explain how you will access/collect data to answer your research question. Are you going to collect your data or use a secondary source, or both?

If you use secondary data or official data, specify the sources of data with brief information and explain how you will access the data.

If you plan to conduct a survey, provide the survey questions necessary to test your research question and hypotheses. Describe the population, unit of analysis, and sampling methodology. Give the number of observations, if possible.

In the Discussion section Discuss your expected results. (You are not supposed to run any data analysis at this stage). What kind of results would confirm your hypothesis?

Discuss possible threats to the internal and external validity of your proposed research.

Discuss, in general, how your proposed research and findings would lead to a significant improvement over the original studies, and/or how it would benefit the field. (In other words, why should someone care?

The final version of the research proposal (10–12 pages)This is the final version of your proposal, which includes all sections of your proposal. The final paper must be 10-12 pages (double-spaced; including references, tables, graphs, etc.