Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management
HLT5030 Research Methods
Scoping a Research Topic
When undertaking an Independent Study, Dissertation or Enterprise Project in your final year are required to initially complete a project proposal form. In addition, if you complete a Dissertation or Enterprise Project you will need to complete an ethics form.
To support your preparation for these tasks and to get you all to think about what goes into designing a research project (important for your future professional practice) Part 2 of your assessment requires you to work through the following template.
PLEASE NOTE: Participant recruitment or data collection is not required for this assessment. We want you to focus on developing some initial ideas and working through some principles of good research design.
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Bachelor of Arts (Honours) International Hospitality Management
Working Title:
Think about how you might convey the broad area of research you are interested in or your business idea
Draft overall aim:
Think about how you might convey the overall purpose of your research project or aim of your business idea in a single sentence
Draft project objectives
Think about how you might break your overall aim (area of interest) into three objectives
Objective 1:
Objective 2:
Objective 3:
In no more than 150 words, provide a rationale for your area of interest or your business idea. This should include reference to at least 3 credible sources of supporting research literature, grey literature or market intelligence data. Please include the full references at the end of the section. These will not be included in your word count.
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TWO
A RESEARCH DESIGN
A1 Describe one approach to research design that could be used to help you answer your draft research aim. In this section outline what is involved in using your chosen approach to data collection (what it is and an indication of what is entailed in using the approach – for example, any necessary sampling, methods of recruitment, analytical techniques for transcripts, survey data and, or documentation). Also consider reliability and validity for quantitative methods and credibility and trustworthiness for qualitative work. Include at least three academically credible sources to support your approach to design. Please include the full references at the end of the section. These will not be included in your word count. (350 words)
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B PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE and LEARNING
B1 What previous experience of research do you have? Briefly outline any primary or secondary research you have undertaken at college or on your current programme that may help prove helpful in developing your idea. Also list any modules that you have taken that could be used to develop your understanding of the topic and provide subject underpinning.
C POTENTIAL ETHICAL ISSUES
C1 What potential ethical issues do you foresee? If you are thinking of undertaking primary research, consider what risk might be involved in developing project in your area of interest. If you are thinking of undertaking a desk-based study, consider the challenges (and therefore the ethics) of using secondary sources to develop your understanding of your area of interest (130 words)
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C2 How will you deal with the potential issues? Outline how you could go about try to address and mitigate the risks outline in C1 (120 words)
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HLT5030 Assessment Part 2 Scoping a Research Topic 1
