Midterm Proposal Assignment

TOPIC : Texting and driving

Problem statement: Drivers who text and drive that use talk to text are LESS likely to have accidents than Drivers who text and drive that do not use talk to text.

Complete the following sections for your Midterm Proposal:

Cover page: Follow APA formatting for the cover page.

Abstract: Create the heading and leave this page (page 2) blank. You will complete this in the final proposal.

Introduction: Including a brief history of the problem, you present your topic, problem statement, and some general information about your topic.

Review of Literature: Summarize at least five relevant/related research projects. This part of the proposal can be taken from a modified version of your Review of Literature from the Unit 3 Assignment, but be sure to address your instructor’s comments.

Variables and Hypothesis: Give a brief description of your independent variable and dependent variable. Provide the specific hypothesis statement which includes the independent and dependent variable.

Research Design: Give a description of your research design and a justification of why this particular design was chosen.

Sampling: Create the heading and leave a blank section. You will complete this in the final proposal.

Data Collection: Create the heading and leave a blank section. You will complete this in the final proposal.

References: You must include correctly-formatted APA in-text citations in the body of your paper, and a matching reference list in appropriate APA form.

Format your work consistent with APA guidelines.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Texting while driving has been identified as being among the worst form of distracted driving that is responsible for numerous crashes and subsequently, deaths and disabilities. Research has established that during a texting episode, a driver uses up to 4.6 seconds in a 6 second duration looking at the device. This gives a dull picture of the amount of time that texting does consume while driving. The driver’s mind is, therefore, distracted away from driving for large periods of time. To reduce this amount a new technology of talking to text while texting and driving has been touted as a safer way of texting and driving on the basis that it allows the driver to have vision of the surrounding and hence less likely to have an accident. This study seeks to establish if indeed the drivers who text and drive using the talk to text are less likely to have accidents than drivers who text and drive without using talk to text. The independent variables are the two categories of drivers…