• Follow all APA formatting guidelines. • Proposals should be about 10-12 pages long. Remember, this is just a guideline. Longer proposals are not necessarily better proposals. The important thing is that you include all of the pieces of your proposal (as suggested below and in the Research Proposal Rubric). • Use future-tense verbs (e.g., “Participants will be asked to fill out the XYZ Personality Questionnaire.”; “The procedure will take about 30 minutes to complete.”) • Include the following sections (included are estimated page lengths for each section): ◦ Title page (1 page) ◦ Abstract (1 page) ◦ Introduction (1 page) ◦ Literature review (3-4 pages) ◦ Method (3-4 pages) ◦ Projected results (1 page) ◦ References (1 page) • Include (and label) the following in your proposal: ◦ Research question(s) ◦ Hypothesis ◦ Variables ◦ Hypothetical constructs ◦ Operational definitions ◦ Type of measure being used ◦ Sampling method (Convenience? Simple random? Stratified random? Cluster?) ◦ Research design (Experimental? Correlational? Quasi-experimental? Single-subject?)