HSM 421 Week 5 Final Paper

Use the following structure and answer all elements of this design template:

1. What is the Homeland Security Research question?
a. There should be only one research question that you are trying to answer. (1⁄2 page)

2. Establish at least two hypotheses that you will research and analyze in an attempt to answer you research question. Explain in a brief paragraph the logic for the generation of your hypotheses. (1 page)
3. Conduct a literature review related to your homeland security research question and your hypotheses. Discuss the findings of this literature review. (1-2 pages)
4. Create a reference page that accounts for all sources you identified relating to your research topic. Your literature review must have no less than 8 fully documented resources.
5. Establish variables that you will use to evaluate your hypotheses. Identify these variables and how they will be measured. (1-2 pages)
6. Determine the method by which you will gather the data that informs your research. Identify the quantitative and qualitative methods you will use to collect the data on your variables. For example, will you conduct a survey? Use existing statistics? Or, create a focus group. (1 page)
7. Identify the method you will use to analyze your variables and what techniques you will use to verify that your data is valid and representative of the population or theory you are examining.
8. Finally, describe where you believe the greatest challenge will be in conducting research and analysis on your homeland security topic.