Submit your Milestone Two literature review. The literature review should be a paper integrating your review of the existing research and theory and relating it to your fully developed topic. You should have incorporated feedback to revise your research questions, and you should have provided support for the basic or applied study.
Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the
guidelines and rubric.
If you have any questions after reading the feedback for this submission, reach out to your instructor. Remember that your instructor is a resource you should utilize throughout the course.
n Module Two, you submitted a paper summarizing potential resources for your research proposal and how they relate to your research questions and purpose. For the Milestone Two Literature Review, you will expand your Milestone One submission to fully address the theoretical framework of your project and additional research you have found. The literature review is a major section of the capstone research proposal. Completing this milestone will provide you with a solid foundation for your capstone project. Refer to the Module Four resources for additional information on how to write a literature review. Review the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric and the Final Project and Milestone Alignment Guide to see how the critical elements in this milestone prepare you to meet the final project requirements and course outcomes used to evaluate your final capstone project.
The final project is meant for you to propose a hypothetical study. You are not and should not be conducting human-subject research for this project. It is not necessary for the purposes of this assignment. All human-subject research requires written approval from the SNHU COCE Institutional Review Board in order to protect the welfare and ensure ethical treatment of the subjects.
Prompt
Write a five- to seven-page paper integrating your review of the existing research and theory and relating it to your fully developed topic. Organize your review so it provides a logical argument for the background of your proposed research and how your research fits into the big picture. Revise your research questions and support for the basic or applied study based on feedback. Appropriately synthesize the literature into the message you want to convey. Draw from multiple sources to communicate your points.
In your submission, be sure to include the
critical elements listed below.
· Clearly state your
research questions or intervention.
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Evaluate how your chosen
topic fits into the field of psychology.
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Synthesize previous scholarly
research findings related to the topic, research questions, or intervention.
· Ensure synthesis includes scholarly, peer-reviewed research.
· Compare and
evaluate the
studies and resources discussed in the literature review.
· Evaluate and compare their arguments, methodology, conclusions, and impact.
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Address research gaps. Connect gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of your chosen research questions or intervention.
· Explain how your research will address gaps you have identified in existing research on your topic.
· Review the
contribution of existing research to your chosen research question. Discuss how this research will help your chosen research questions or intervention address real-world problems. Describe implications for the general public.
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Organize and align the literature review to your
message. Synthesize the literature into the message.
· Revise and synthesize new points and theories from Module Three and feedback you received.
· For applied research projects, integrate stakeholder information.
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Develop a
synthesizing conclusion. Include a
conclusion that does the following:
· Ties together the literature addressed
· Reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument
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Articulation of Response. Ensure that the submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax.
What to Submit
Your paper must be submitted as a five- to seven-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Milestone Two Rubric
Criteria Meets Expectations (100%) In Progress (80%) Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) Value
State Research Question Clearly states the research questions or intervention N/A Does not clearly state the research questions or intervention 5
Evaluate Topic Fit to Field Evaluates how the chosen topic fits into the field of psychology Evaluates how the chosen topic fits into the field of psychology, but evaluation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not evaluate how the chosen topic fits into the field of psychology 5
Synthesize Research Findings Synthesizes previous scholarly research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention Synthesizes previous research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention, but not all research is scholarly or peer-reviewed Does not synthesize previous scholarly research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention 10
Evaluate Studies Compares and evaluates the studies and resources discussed in the literature review Compares the studies and resources discussed in the literature review, but does not effectively or accurately evaluate them Does not compare or evaluate the studies and resources discussed in the literature review 15
Address Research Gaps Connects gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention Connects gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention, but some relevant or pivotal gaps were not addressed Does not connect gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention 20
Review Contribution of Existing Research Discusses how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real-world problems and implications for the general public Discusses how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real-world problems and implications for the general public, but discussion is cursory or has gaps in logic Does not discuss how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real-world problems and implications for the general public 15
Organize and Align Literature Review to Message Organizes the literature review according to the message and synthesizes the literature into the message Organizes the literature review according to the message and but improvements can be made in the way the literature is synthesized into the message Does not organize the literature review according to the message or synthesize the literature into the message 20
Develop Synthesizing Conclusion Includes a conclusion that ties together the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument Includes a conclusion that ties the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main arguments, but connections are unconvincing or conclusion does not effectively connect to literature Does not include a conclusion that ties together the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument 5
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has minor errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization with room for improvement Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization 5
Total: 100%
