RUBRIC FOR THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Prepared by: MARY ANN M. DE LA VEGA, Ph.D.

Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Date:___________________
General Instruction: This rubric is designed to assist you in the development of your research proposal. Please print this copy
and staple it in front of your proposal.
Component of the Project and Criteria for Assessment

Possible
Points
5

Your Points

Introduction
What contributes to the development of your study? What inspires you to conduct this study?
What current realities provided you a push to conduct this research? Do you provide an
engaging introduction to your paper? Do you cite relevant literature to support your
introduction/argument? (1-2 pages)
Rationale
5
What is the problem? How it has been addressed in the literature? What is the gap in the
literature? How does your study contribute to this literature? What makes your study important
or unique? How will your study benefit humankind? Are your arguments grounded in the
literature ? (1-2 pages)
Statement of the Problem
3
What is the purpose of the study? What are your research questions? (about page)
Theoretical Framework
5
What is your epistemological stance? What is your overarching theoretical research framework?
What are your substantive/formal theories informing your study? How might the epistemology,
theoretical framework, and microtheories inform your research topic? Do you provide an
engaging and clear connection between/among them? What kinds of questions will your
framework allow you to answer? What are its limitations? (1-2 pages)
Methodology and Methods
10
Do you describe your methodology? Do you situate your methodology in relevant literature?
What is the context of the study? Do you describe the setting of your study? Who are the
participants in your study? What is your rationale for selecting participants? Do you have
selection criteria? What is the procedure of your study? What are the sources of data? What are
the methods of data collection? How do you analyze your data? How you might write up your
study? How will you represent your data? (3-4 pages)
Subjectivity
5
What particular sensitivities and subject positions do you bring to this study?
Are you an insider or outsider? What is the relationship of your personal subjectivities to the
research topic and participants of your study? ( 1 page)
Ethical Issues
5
How would you address ethical issues with respect to the use of human subjects? What are the
ethical and political issues that might emerge as you engage in the study?
How will you build strategies into your design to address these issues? What are the perceived
risks and benefits for your research participants? (about 1/2 page)
Writing
5
Does your writing exhibit clear organization? Is it a fluent and accurate writing?
Does it exhibit proper use of APA format? Do you include of all citations in your paper? Do you
have a complete list in your bibliography/references?
Oral Presentation
7
Do you exhibit evidence of a well-prepared presentation? Is your class presentation clear and
engaging? Do you communicate important aspect of your proposal? Do you use appropriate
tools/ visual materials/technologies (e.g., power point) in your presentation? Do you answer as
honestly as possible queries from the audience? Do you provide a hard copy of your presentation
to the professor before or during the presentation? Do you present on schedule?
Total
50
Formatting:
Font size 11, Tahoma; double-spaced; 1 margins on all sides
Papers should be stapled and submitted in hard copy. Another copy will be submitted as an e-mail attachment for group
sharing.