Original title 1. Research question: ______________?
2. Research design: (MSS or MDS: select and state the design
used below here) [Insert the initial table here – only include the
initial two cases] Make sure to fill in entire research design
table with SIX or more control variables (excluding independent and
dependent variables)
3. Hypothesis: ___________________ (as a written sentence)
___________________ (as an arrow diagram: X à Y)
4. Justify variable and case selection in research design (three
or more paragraphs).
5. First hypothesis test: _______________ (comparative checking
or within-case comparison: select and state the test that you will
apply in steps 6-7.)
6. Explain the application of the hypothesis test to research
design (one paragraph).
7. Explain hypothesis test results and how they affect the
initial hypothesis (one paragraph).
8. Initial theory: _________________ (one written sentence)
9. Explain initial theory (i.e. its causal logic: XàY or XàzàY
or …) and how it applies to research design so far (two or three
paragraphs)
10a. Second hypothesis test: _______________ (comparative
checking or within-case comparison: select and state the test that
you will apply in steps 10b-10c.)
10b. Explain the application of second hypothesis test to
research design and how its results affect the current hypothesis
(three paragraphs)
10c. Explain how the results of the second hypothesis test
affect initial theory (two or three paragraphs) **OR**
10d. New independent variable: ______________ (identify here
only the independent variable that the initial theory proposes --
that is, the one that now replaces the previous independent
variable that the first hypothesis test refuted)
10e. New hypothesis test: _______________ (comparative checking
or within-case comparison: select and state the test that you will
apply in steps 10f-10g.)
10f. Explain the application of a new hypothesis test to
research design and how its results affect the new hypothesis
(three paragraphs)
10g. Explain how results of new hypothesis test affect initial
theory (two or three paragraphs) List of sources Control variables
#1-6 (or more) Dependent variable: Independent variable: Any other
sources consulted (for steps 4, 9, and 10c or 10g)?
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