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marksavailable1 = 0;
criteria1[0]= "Summary Comments ";
criteria1[1]= "Excellent and original research proposal supported with a clear understanding of the subject and methods selected. Considerable and effective use of literature, beyond that supplied as taught material. Excellent structure. In order to extend your mark further you would need to... ";
criteria1[2]= "This is a very good research proposal, well thought through subject and methods. Well structured research proposal. In order to reach a distinction level (70+) mark you need to... ";
criteria1[3]= "This is a reasonable research proposal. In order to reach a merit mark (60+) there are some key areas where you could improve detailed below... This proposal included a lot of important information but could have been improved if there was more structure through the use of subheadings. To improve, check your current content against the marking criteria and consider what explicitly maps to each section outlined in the assignment brief. ";
criteria1[4]= "This assignment does not meet the pass criteria. To achieve a higher grade, please address the points highlighted in your feedback. You do not need to re-write the whole assignment. The sections where you have done well are... To achieve a higher grade, you will need to make changes to the... We suggest that you restructure your assignment using the headings outlined in the assignment brief. To improve, check your current content against the marking criteria and consider what explicitly maps to each section. ";
criteria1[5]= "This assignment is a fail. The objective was to write a mixed method research proposal including both a qualitative and quantitative part. You have not included a... You do not need to re-write the whole assignment. The sections where you have done well are... To achieve a higher grade,  you will need to make changes to the... Restructure your assignment using the subheadings outlined in the assignment brief. To improve, check your current content against the marking criteria and consider what explicitly maps to each section.  As a rough rule, divide your word count between these sections after allowing for a brief introduction and conclusion.  ";

marksavailable2 = 25;
criteria2[0] = "1. Introduction & Background, Research question, Aims and objectives ";
criteria2[1]= "You have a clear and concise title which very accurately summarises your research project as well as your proposed methods. You provide a clear introduction that introduces your topic well and you've shown excellent  use of appropriate and varied range of literature to support your arguments with excellent critical appraisal throughout. Your literature review is comprehensive and provides good context to the issues. You present a clearly defined research question with appropriate research aims and objectives. To improve this section ... ";
criteria2[2]= "You have a good title which accurately summarises your research project as well as your proposed methods. Your literature review is comprehensive and provides good context to the issues.  Overall you have used a good range of literature to support your arguments. Some good critical appraisal skills of the included literature is evident. You have provided a clearly defined research question. Your research aims and objectives are clear. To improve this section... ";
criteria2[3]= "Your title reasonably attempts to summarises your research project and your proposed research methods. Your literature review  provides good general context to the issues.  Your mark would have been higher if you provided a more critical appraisal of the literature. You have provided a clearly defined research question although this would have been improved by... Your research aims and objectives are clear, but to get a  higher mark you could... ";
criteria2[4]= "Your title is unclear and does not fully summarise your research project topic or your proposed methods. You have provided some interesting points in your introduction but it is unclear from the end of this section, what the problem is, what the gap in literature is or what population is of interest.  Very limited critical appraisal skills have been demonstrated. You have included a very limited range of literature to support your choice of research area. The research question you present would have been improved by... Your aims and objectives could have been improved by... Your aim is what you hope to achieve by the end of your project and the objectives are the steps you’ll take to achieve these aims. ";
criteria2[5]= "Your title is unclear and does not accurately summarise your research project and does not include your proposed research methods. Your literature review is very weak. It is unclear what the main problem is and what the gap in literature is that your research intends to fill. You have provided some interesting points but you have not supported them with any evidence. No critical appraisal skills have been demonstrated. Very limited range of literature has been included. The research question you present would have been improved by... Your aims and objectives  could have been improved by... Your aim is what you hope to achieve by the end of your project and the objectives are the steps you’ll take to achieve these aims. ";

marksavailable3 = 10;
criteria3[0] = "2. Outline and justification of research design or methodology (mixed methods) ";
criteria3[1]= "You demonstrate an excellent understanding of mixed methods design and have provided a clear justification for its use. You have shown excellent use of appropriate reference to support your choice of mixed methods and why you would use this approach (theoretical underpinning). To improve this section ... ";
criteria3[2]= "You demonstrate a clear understanding of mixed methods design which is well referenced. You have made a good attempt to relate this theory to your research question. To improve this section more detail is needed... The (quantitative or qualitative) research plan needs to discuss why ... are most appropriate to collect relevant data for your question. ";
criteria3[3]= "You have demonstrated an adequate understanding of mixed method design, this could have been improved by including more theory to support/evidence this choice.  You could further develop this section by applying this theory to your research question. 'Why is the mixed methodology you are suggesting appropriate for answering your specific research question?' The (quantitative or qualitative) research design needs to discuss why ... are most appropriate methods to collect relevant data to explore your research question. ";
criteria3[4]= "You have started to demonstrate some understanding of mixed method design by describing some theory, however you have  not applied this theory to your research area. You have not provided sufficient justification to why your research question is best explored using mixed methodology. The methodology you present is focused on the (quantitative or qualitative) aspect of your study and details on the (quantitative or qualitative) aspect of this research is insufficient. To improve this section... ";
criteria3[5]= "You have failed to demonstrate an understanding of what is mixed methodology and you have not applied this theory to your research question. Your chosen research design is not clearly mixed method. To pass this assignment the research proposal must be mixed method with a clear qualitative and quantitative part. To improve this section... ";

marksavailable4 = 25;
criteria4[0] = "3. Plan of investigation (sampling strategy; Procedure including recruitment; specific methods used; proposed measures, approaches to analysis) ";
criteria4[1]= "You have provided a detailed description for the plan of your investigation and have given consideration to both the quantitative and qualitative elements of your study. Well done. To improve this section ... ";
criteria4[2]= "Your plan of investigation is well written and follows a logical path.  You could have provided more information about the (quantitative or qualitative)  data such as... To improve this section ... ";
criteria4[3]= "You have made a good attempt describing your  plan of investigation..  You could have provided more information about the (quantitative or qualitative) data such as... To improve this section ... ";
criteria4[4]= "Your plan of investigation is weak and in places difficult to follow what you intend to do. Such as... You could have provided more information about the (quantitative or qualitative) data such as... Your plan of investigation needs to be clearer. Consider restructuring this section using subheadings such as ‘Qualitative recruitment & sampling’ Quantitative recruitment and sampling’, ‘Qualitative data collection’  ‘Quantitative data collection’, ‘Qualitative analysis’ ‘Quantitative analysis’. You should be including any key references required to help justify your choices (e.g. in the use of particular outcome measures or methods of analysis). To improve this section ... ";
criteria4[5]= "Your plan of investigation is very weak. It does not include a (quantitative or qualitative) element. You have not included a Sampling strategy/Recruitment plan/Data collection plan/Analysis plan for the (quantitative or qualitative)  section. For this assignment you need to consider the Sampling strategy/Recruitment plan/Data collection plan/Analysis plan for both a qualitative and quantitative part to your MIXED method design. Consider restructuring this section using subheadings such as ‘Qualitative recruitment & sampling’ 'Quantitative recruitment and sampling’, ‘Qualitative data collection’  ‘Quantitative data collection’, ‘Qualitative analysis’ ‘Quantitative analysis’. You should be including any key references required to help justify your choices (e.g. in the use of particular outcome measures or methods of analysis). To improve this section ...";

marksavailable5 = 5;
criteria5[0] = "4. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) ";
criteria5[1]= "You have included an excellent description and justification of how your proposed research will actively involve PPI in the design/plan where appropriate and how this will benefit your research design/outcomes/dissemination. ";
criteria5[2]= "You have described well how your proposed research will actively involve PPI in the design/plan where appropriate, with some good justification included. Some good detail has been included on how PPI will benefit your research design/outcomes/dissemination. To improve this section... ";
criteria5[3]= "You have reasonably  described how your proposed research will actively involve PPI in the design/plan where appropriate, with some justification included. To improve this section you need more detail on how including PPI will benefit your research design/outcomes/dissemination. ";
criteria5[4]= "You have not fully described or justified   how your proposed research will actively involve patients and the public (e.g. service users and carers) in the design/plan where appropriate, and how including PPI will benefit your research design/outcomes/dissemination. This could include PPI  in refining research questions, designing research instruments, advising on approaches to recruitment, assisting in the collection and analysis of data, participation or chairing advisory and steering groups, and in the dissemination of research findings). ";
criteria5[5]= "You have not described or justified how your proposed research will actively involve patients and the public (e.g. service users and carers) in the design/plan where appropriate, and how including PPI will benefit your research. Where no PPI is proposed, a rationale for this decision must be given. This could include PPI  in refining research questions, designing research instruments, advising on approaches to recruitment, assisting in the collection and analysis of data, participation or chairing advisory and steering groups, and in the dissemination of research findings). ";


marksavailable6 = 15;
criteria6[0] = "5. Ethical concerns; Potential difficulties; ";
criteria6[1]= "Excellent section covering the relevant ethical considerations and potential difficulties  and how you would manage these. To improve this section ... ";
criteria6[2]= "You show a good general understanding of the ethical issues and have highlighted a good range of  potential difficulties with the research as well as describing how you might manage these. To improve this section... ";
criteria6[3]= "You have shown some understanding of the main ethical issues but a number of ethical considerations haven’t been mentioned in this study such as ... (e.g. confidentiality, anonymity, data protection, informed consent, data management and where you’d need to seek ethics approval from). You need to describe the ethical issues in more detail such as how will you ensure your consent is ‘fully informed’. You have reasonably identified and described a number of potential risks/difficulties to delivering your research project. But more detail on what contingencies you will need to put in place to deal with them would strengthen this section. To improve this section... ";
criteria6[4]= "You have covered some ethical issues that relate to your study such as... However there are many key ethical issues missing.   In this section I would expect to see  mention of: confidentiality, anonymity, data protection, informed consent, data management and where you’d need to seek ethics approval from. Some potential risks/difficulties to delivering your research project have been described but you need to include what contingencies you will need to put in place to deal with them.  Typical areas of risk might include ethical approval, site variation in data gathering, staffing, resource constraints, technical constraints, data access and quality, timing, management and operational issues; however, please note this is not an exhaustive list. To improve this section ... ";
criteria6[5]= "You have not described or justified how your proposed research will actively involve patients and the public (e.g. service users and carers) in the design/plan where appropriate, and how including PPI will benefit your research. Where no PPI is proposed, a rationale for this decision must be given. This could include PPI  in refining research questions, designing research instruments, advising on approaches to recruitment, assisting in the collection and analysis of data, participation or chairing advisory and steering groups, and in the dissemination of research findings). Your ethics section is inadequate.  You have failed to demonstrate a clear understanding of the main ethical concerns for this study.  In this section I would expect to see mention of: confidentiality, anonymity, data protection, informed consent, data management and where you’d need to seek ethics approval from.  I would also expect to see how you might deal with these potential ethical concerns. In this section you should also  include a summary explaining any potential risks/difficulties to delivering your research project, and what contingencies you will need to put in place to deal with them. This may include a discussion about any limitations with the design/methods selected and any mitigating factors. *A risk is defined as any factor which may delay, disrupt or prevent the full achievement of a project objective.Typical areas of risk might include ethical approval, site variation in data gathering, staffing, resource constraints, technical constraints, data access and quality, timing, management and operational issues; however, please note this is not an exhaustive list. To improve this section ... ";

marksavailable7 = 10;
criteria7[0] = "6. Anticipated impact and dissemination plan ";
criteria7[1]= "Very clear and detailed description of the anticipated benefits of conducting the research and dissemination. To improve this section ... ";
criteria7[2]= "A clear outline of the anticipated benefits of conducting the research and dissemination. You've included a dissemination strategy but you could make more of the impact of your research.  How will you encourage policy makers to consider and then implement your findings? ";
criteria7[3]= "Some anticipated impacts considered. You have included some standard methods of dissemination. To improve you could consider which Journal/Conference would be most appropriate. As well as considering how to engage the general public, perhaps via social media. To improve this section you could consider benefits to a wider audience such as; research participants, clients, service users, staff, government (local and national), the research site, the researcher. ";
criteria7[4]= "The potential impact of your findings are not clear and you have not clearly shown how you would disseminate your research and who the main audiences would be. To improve you could consider who the main audiences for your research would be and how you would reach these audiences.  You may consider a Journal/Conference to present your findings.  You may also consider how you would engage the general public or disseminate your results to your study participants. ";
criteria7[5]= "You have provided an inadequate consideration for the impact of your research and not clearly shown how you would disseminate your research results. To improve this section ... ";

marksavailable8 = 5;
criteria8[0] = "7. Research Management  ";
criteria8[1]= "Your timetable is realistic. In your study timetable you’ve covered most of the important project activities and have shown a good appreciation for the time some of these activities may take. ";
criteria8[2]= "Your timetable is detailed but a bit ambitious for this type of research. ";
criteria8[3]= "Your timeline is over ambitious for this scale of project. In your study timetable you’ve covered most of the important project activities although some of the timelines that you’ve given may be unrealistic. ";
criteria8[4]= "In your study timetable you’ve covered some project activities although a number of important project activities have not been adequately presented such as... ";
criteria8[5]= "You have not included a timetable or demonstrated a realistic understanding of the time your intended research activities will take. ";

marksavailable9 = 5;
criteria9[0] = "8. Style, references and appendices ";
criteria9[1]= "Excellent style and presentation throughout the assignment. References are consistent throughout. Good use of appendices for additional supporting evidence. Well done. ";
criteria9[2]= "Overall your style and presentation are good throughout this assignment. Some inconsistencies in referencing. Good use of appendices for additional supporting evidence. ";
criteria9[3]= "Your style and presentation is reasonable throughout. Better use of subheadings would have improved your assignments. Some errors in your referencing.  Your appendices include relevant information to your research proposal. ";
criteria9[4]= "There are weaknesses in your style and presentation of your assignment.  Using subheadings from the marking criteria would have helped structure your assignment. There are some missing references and errors in your referencing within text and in your appendices. Please revisit the university library online guidance on referencing to access support with this. You have included minimal additional supporting evidence appendices, you could have considered including... ";
criteria9[5]= "Your style and presentation is poor. Using subheadings from the marking criteria would have helped structure your assignment. There are many missing references and errors in your referencing within text and in your appendices. Please revisit the university library online guidance on referencing to access support with this.  You have not included any appendices, you could have considered including... ";





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