Module 6: Discussion - Short Proposals & Research A Research for Proposals One of the primary ways to establish your credibility is by providing reliable, specific evidence to support & explain your argument. Your audience must be persuad
Module 6: Discussion - Short Proposals & Research A
Research for Proposals
One of the primary ways to establish your credibility is by providing reliable, specific evidence to support & explain your argument. Your audience must be persuaded that you've done adequate research on the topic before they will consider accepting or acting on your message
For example: Sally suggests that her HOA make the neighborhood a gated community to increase safety & privacy. In order to support that proposal Sally has to provide specific data such as funding resources for the gates, costs for the HOA to assume maintenance of the streets from the city, & feedback from residents.
How can Sally estimate costs & benefits? She can find data about HOAs that added gates, their costs, city approval for gating the streets, & resident satisfaction levels. Ways to gather this data include researching current business news articles, statistics on crime, residential surveys, & city government websites. Sally has to make sure she supports each point in her proposal with specific evidence.
[FYI: The above is just an example. Do not use it for the Project 3 assignment.]
The more specific data you can provide to support your proposal the more persuasive it will be to your audience.
When developing your proposal for Project 3, you'll need to conduct research for supporting data. That data needs to be reliable, & not just based on someone's opinion. Your data also needs to be current. If it's too old then more recent data can negate your proposal. Consult the guidelines for "Evaluating Information Sources in Ch. 12 of the textbook AND the guidelines in the ASU Libraries video "Evaluating Resources" (see Module 6 Lectures). These will be helpful as you research data & determine what to include in your proposal.
Note: The type of research data necessary will depend on what you're proposing. For example, one student's proposal may require statistics & financial data, while another student's proposal may require historical, governmental, or scientific data.
For Discussion:
Part A: Find a recent article (within the last 3 years) that could support ideas for your proposal. Cite the article in APA format & include the article's link so everyone can access it. The Purdue OWL provides guidelines & examples for citing sources in APA: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Then, provide a brief summary of the article & evaluate its reliability by applying the "Evaluating Information Sources" guidelines in Ch 12 of the