IMPLICATIONS OUTLINE
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Instructions: Fill in the following outline to start working on your Implications section. The Implications section tells the reader why the proposed study is important and needs to be conducted, so this section is an incredibly critical part of your research proposal!
To help you write this section of your paper, here are some key phrases that are often used to describe implications. Feel free to use any of these in your final research proposal!
The proposed study has implications for [insert topic in basic research or aspect of society here].
Findings from this study has the potential to benefit [insert topic in basic research or aspect of society here].
The proposed study has the potential to impact [insert topic in basic research or aspect of society here].
[Insert topic in basic research or aspect of society here] will benefit from this study because…
The proposed study could shape [insert topic in basic research or aspect of society here].
Section 1: Literature Review – This is here just to remind you that your Literature Review will come before your Method section in your final research proposal
Section 2: Method – This is here just to remind you that your Method section will come after your Literature Review in your final research proposal. This is the section of your paper that will be written as a group, and therefore, be identical across all of your group members.
Section 3: Implications
Paragraph 1: One Implication for Basic Research
Identify one topic in basic research that findings from your study could potentially impact. Examples include—but are not limited to—learning, emotion, sleep, executive function development, and language development. Note: The topic in basic research that your proposed study has implications for should be related to your 2 independent/predictor variables. Describe this implication in a way that anyone—including someone like your grandmother—would be able to understand:
Write your topic sentence for this paragraph in a complete sentence:
Write your transition sentence for this paragraph in a complete sentence:
Paragraph 2: One Implication for Society
Identify one aspect of society that findings from this study could potentially impact. Examples include—but are not limited to—educational practices/policies, parenting/parenting education, and policy/laws concerning children. Note: Societal implications are often related to your dependent/outcome variable. Describe this implication in a way that anyone—including someone like your grandmother—would be able to understand:
Write your topic sentence for this paragraph in a complete sentence:
Write your transition sentence for this paragraph in a complete sentence:
Paragraph 3: A Second Implication for Society
Identify one aspect of society that findings from this study could potentially impact. Examples include—but are not limited to—educational practices/policies, parenting/parenting education, and policy/laws concerning children. Note: Societal implications are often related to your dependent/outcome variable. Describe this implication in a way that anyone—including someone like your grandmother—would be able to understand:
Write your topic sentence for this paragraph in a complete sentence:
Write your last sentence for this paragraph—which is also the concluding sentence of your research proposal—in a complete sentence