Research Design:You need to design an experiment that will answer your research question.

Format: Use the thesis specifications outlined in the lecture for ENGG955 students. You must submita WORD document!Plagiarism: Any section with major plagiarism issues will be given a score of zero for ALL relevantmarking criteria! See Lecture 2 for full details on plagiarism! Remember the learning objective of thissubject is to provide evidence of your higher order skills!Feedback: As this is the major assessment task for ENGG955, the final marks will be withheld.The assessment requires the following:1) Abstract:Write an abstract for your research (this abstract will take the form of one suitable for ajournal article). It should take the following form:a. TOPIC: Outline topic areab. SIGNIFIGANCE: Why is your research important?c. METHODOLOGY: How are you conducting your research?d. FINDINGS: What came from your research? (Create your own finding – make it up)e. CONCLUSION: As a result we recommend…..The abstract should be no longer than 200 words. While the abstract is the first activity itshould be the very last thing that you write. If you try and write this first you mightstruggle. You won’t have any findings (as you are not undertaking any real research), sopretend that you did the experiment and mention your findings. Your abstract shouldnot have any paragraphs or citations.2) Introduction:You need to IMPROVE and resubmit your Introduction Chapter from the AssignmentOne. You should use the feedback from the marked version and make all the necessaryimprovements. Take note that it is ok if Turnitin finds substantial similarity with yourPage 2 of 4submission in Assignment one, this is expected. You should also consider the discussionsheld with the sample student submissions in the lecture. If you need to slightly changethe wording of your research question, you may do so. However, you should not bechanging your topic; this should be a continuation of your existing work. The markerswill have greater expectations compared to the Assignment one.3) Literature Review:Complete a Literature Review Chapter. This is only a short literature review (~1800words) identifying key findings in the area, leading into the gaps in our currentunderstanding that your research studies seek to address. In this section you should beshowing your ability to critique literature! This should then lead into a researchproposal/design. Look at the examples provided in week 2 lecture, and consider thediscussions held with the sample student submissions in the week 2 lecture.4) Research Design:You need to design an experiment that will answer your research question. This isaccomplished by answering the following questions. In your document use the followingsubheadings to clearly identify each question. You will be penalised for not doing soa) Research Question (max 100 words)Restate the research question outlined in your introduction and why it is importantb) Related Work (max 400 words)Select two research designs from the literature that you have read related to yourresearch question. For each paper in about 200 words explain the research design, thestrengths and limitations of the design and how this design will be useful to support yourresearch design.c) Design (max 350 words)What research design will you use to answer your research question? That is,experimental, quasi experimental, correlational, ethnography etc.Explain your design. For example, outline your control and experimental groupings, thenumber of samples you need, and how you will determine the accuracy of your results.Why did you select this design? What are the strengths and limitations of this design inrelation to your research?Your design should show how it will answer your research question5) Design QuestionsThis section is NOT related to your research topic. This is simply testing yourunderstanding of the key concepts taught in the ENGG955 lectures and tutorials. Use‘Design Questions’ as the subheading. DO NOT include this section in the presentationand critique (peer review activity). Answer the following questions:a) What are the five major steps in a research design process? (2 MARKS)Page 3 of 4b) List the 10 types of plagiarism (2 MARKS)c) What are the specific aspects of structuring a sentence in academic writing? (2MARKS)6) Literature PlannerAt the end of the document you MUST submit your updated literature planner. Everyreference you use must be outlined in the literature planner.Note: No marks are assigned for the literature planner in this assessment. However, aliterature planner that is incomplete, not attached, of bad quality or does not reflect thereferences used in parts 1 – 4 will receive UP TO 20 penalty marks. It is expected thatthere will be substantial similarity with your earlier submissions of the literatureplanner.Submissioni) Submit ONE document comprising a partial thesis (Title page, Abstract, List of Contents, List ofFigures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Symbols, Introduction, Literature Review and ResearchDesign and Questions and Literature Planner. This needs to be a WORD document.ii) You need to upload this document via the Turnitin link available in Moodle. You must submit thelink to the discipline that your topic belongs to. The tutor from each school will be responsible formarking the assessment task. A penalty applies for submitting your work to the wrong Turnitin link.IMPORTANT – You can submit your work to Turnitin as many times as you like up until the penaltyfree period expires. If you already have a submission in the system you will not be able to updateyour document after the penalty free period expires. When resubmitting ensure the file nameremains the same. Only the last version will be used to confirm the originality. The first time yousubmit your work to Turnitin it will take only a few minutes to generate the report. All furthersubmissions will take at least 24 hours to produce the report. Therefore you need to plan your workvery carefully. Waiting for a Turnitin report is no excuse for late submission!Page 4 of 4Words of advice1. Use the marking rubric and subject outline to guide you through what needs to be done andsubmitted. Understand all the penalties that apply2. Use the structure of the introduction and literature review examples, and plagiarism examplespresented to you in lecture 2 to guide you. Also, consider the previous student submissionexamples and the related discussions in the lecture 2 to guide you.3. Get a friend or colleague to proof read your work. Your ability to write is a major contribution tothe assessment4. Use EndNote to help with referencing5. Do not leave this to the last minute. A lot of work is required to complete the assessment6. Turnitin will find all sorts of plagiarism. Any attempts to beat the Turnitin system will face majorpenalties. See the marking rubric for more details.