Final Project – Research Topics



Final Project –01– Research Topics

In this first assignment for AQR-Final Project, you are going to generate three to six ideas for a research study, and then turn these topics into well stated research problems.

Generate three to six research problems as follows:

1. Look through the titles of articles in four issues of your favorite research or science journal (see our librarian for help) and select one or two quantitative research ideas and state the research problem for each.

2. Look through the table of contents of a major textbook or book in the career or degree field of your choice (see our librarian for help), select one or two quantitative research problems, and state the research problem for each.

3. Based on your own experiences, sports, hobbies, and interests generate one or two more quantitative research topics, and state the research problem for each.

The models for stating research problems:

1. [variable], [variable], and [variable] among [type of subjects] - descriptive research.

2. The relationship between [variable] and [variable] among [type of subjects] – correlational research.

3. The effect of [independent variable not under experimenter's control] on [dependent variable] for [type of subjects] - quasi-comparative research.

4. The effect of [independent variable under experimenter's control] on [dependent variable] for [type of subjects] - experimental research.

Specific Format for Completing the Assignment

Once you have listed the three to six research problems you should create a word processing document for the assignment. At the top of the page, on the first line record the following: AMR, Final Project Assignment 1. On the second line record your name. On the third line record the date you completed the assignment.

After you have completed the assignment (and saved it on your computer) print it out and turn it into your teacher.

Here is an example of what a completed assignment could look like:

AQR, Assignment 01

Dallas Smith

day/month/year

Research Problems:

1. IQ, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, and Achievement in Written Language for gifted students with learning disabilities in the middle school.

2. The effect of type of instruction (computer program versus flash cards) on knowledge of addition and subtraction facts for elementary students with learning disabilities.

3. The effect of type of presentation (concrete manipulables versus animated computer images) on efficiency in learning addition and subtraction facts by first grade students.

4. The effect of mode of presentation, type of font, and type size on reading speed and reading comprehension among middle school students.

Final Exam Project Ideas

ALL projects must be approved through the instructor

Advertising –

• Magazines (create your own magazine, ratios, scaling, conversions, percents, relates with starting up your own business, Stats, etc.)

Chef –

• Creating a whole menu with cost and everything (ratios, scaling, conversions, relates with starting up your own business, etc.) Perfect for a culinary student.

Design –

• Architectural Engineering

• Interior Design

• Landscaping Design

(surface area, ratios, volume, cost, self-employed, paying employees tax forms, painting framing, grading, conversions, etc.)

Fine Arts –

• Correlation between mathematics and arts, nature, and/or other structures (Golden Ratio, symmetry, geometry, tessellations, ratios, angles, etc.)

• Music (frequency, sound, wavelength, resonance, harmonics, etc.)

Finance –

• Small Business Start-Up Costs (taking out a loan, interest rate, costs, revenue,

self-employed with tax forms, etc.)

• Stock Market (ratios, percents, interest rate, timing, Stats, charts, graphs, etc.)

• Compound Interest (different loans or situations that would apply compound interest formulas)

• Personal budget project (next year, 5 years from now, 20 years from now)

• Wedding Planning (Everything about a small business and more)

Health Sciences –

• Personal Trainer/ Weight Training (also relates to staring up your own business)

• Pharmacy (dosage, piece-wise graphs, exponential models, logistical models, etc)

• Doctor/Nurse (ratios of medications, also relates to statistics)

(BMI, calories, weight, burnout, reps, surveys (Sats), averages, charts, graphs,

comparisons, biomechanics, etc.)

Mechanics –

• Cars (horsepower, displacement, compression ratios, tire comparisons, mass, stats, etc.)

• Guns (trajectory, distance, time, rate, vectors, angles, launch speed, mass, velocity, etc.)

• Bicycle (force, radius, distance, rate, gear ratios, comparisons, etc.)

• Biomechanics (resistance, force, distance, angles, radius, etc.)

Physics -

• Roller Coasters (centripetal force, cyclical motion, mass, velocity, radius, acceleration, height, etc.)

• Bridges (trig, force, stress, area, angles, ratios, comparison, etc.)

• Airplanes/helicopters (drag, lift, weight, thrust, mass, wind corrections, density, velocity, etc.)

Probability –

• Darts

• Cards

• Games

(Design your own game (or do a pre-existing one), calculate theoretical and experimental probabilities of winning all different situations, geometric probability, combinations, permutations, counting principle, expected value, etc.)

Scheduling –

• Create a scheduling situation (probability, networks, graphs, etc.)

Science –

• Space (light, speed, planets, weight, ratios, percents, age, revolutions, spacecraft, etc.)

• Spread of disease (logistical model, rate of change, random generator, experiment, charts, graphs, etc.)

Sports –

• Baseball

• Football

• Soccer

• Tennis

(vectors, angles, acceleration, distances, height, rate, drag force, area, velocity, situations, weighted averages, etc.)

Statistics –

• General Information (so many different choices – come talk with me): Create your own study and go through all the parts: Question, Design, Collect, Analyze, and Report.

• Economics

• Sports

(gather data, compare, charts, graphs, ratios, percents, interpret, create reports off your findings, etc.)

You might also find a topic not on this list, or you may choose a topic that we have already done and go further with it (broaden it or expand on the ideas within).

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