What is meant by confidentiality and anonymity?

/in /by

This should succinctly encapsulate what the proposed research is about.

what is the effect of poverty on young childrens (11+)education in the Wembley north west London area?

must answer these research question.
1) does the effect of poverty influence childrens education?
2) how does poverty have an impact on parents with young children?
3) what is effect of poverty as a whole on society?
4) does children educational outcome have an direct impact on the fall of society?
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Purposes and aims (approx word count 300):

What does the research aim to find out and why (referenced to literature)?
Why is the proposed research important? (referenced to, for example, literature, media or government interest or personal/professional reasons)
Who might be a potential user of this research?
What are the specific research questions?

Literature review (approx word count 1,000):

You must demonstrate critical engagement with the literature on your proposed topic. You should:
Treat the literature reviewed as a body rather than itemised individual pieces
Identify relevant theory and define key terms
Identify, describe and analyse themes/issues in the literature
Identify, for example, gaps, weaknesses, strengths, contradictions, and areas of concentration, confusion, agreement, disagreement in the literature
Show how the existing literature influences your proposed research

Methodology (approx word count 1,000):

In this section you need to provide a rationale for the research design choices and discuss issues relating to validity:
Which research paradigm will be used – positivist (quantitative), interpretivist (qualitative) or both. Why?
Which research approach/strategy (e.g. case study, ethnography, survey) will it be using? Why?
Which data collection methods will be used in the study? Why? You might briefly touch on the methods you rejected?
How do you intend to ensure that the research is valid?

Your discussion in this section must be supported with relevant literature on research design.

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Ethical considerations (approx word count 500):

In this section you need to demonstrate understanding of ethical procedures and, where appropriate, how they will be applied in your proposed study. For example:
What is informed consent? How will you gain informed consent in the study?
What is meant by confidentiality and anonymity? How will confidentiality and anonymity be assured in the study?
What are the possible risks to the participants? Are there any threats to childrens well-being?
Do power dynamics or reflexivity create any threats to the validity of the research?

Your discussion in the Ethics Chapter section must be supported with relevant literature on ethics e.g. BERA guidelines

Conclusion (approx word count 200):

Provide a clear summary of issues addressed
Indications that you have considered some of the practicalities of how the research will be undertaken as part of the independent research project

Reference list:

Should include all items referred to in your assignment
Wide ranging (including the core texts)
* Does not over rely on websites
Follows academic conventions (Cite them Right)