A Spatial View of Planning and Policy Approaches to Support Economic Development in Marginalised Townships
1. Write an abstract of no more than 150 words, describing your research problem and research purpose.© 2021 University of Pretoria 14
2. Develop your own research question or research aim and formulate no more than four
research sub-questions or research objectives.
3. Discuss the ontological and epistemological approach of your study
4. Select a research approach and research design appropriate for your research question or aim and motivate for its selection.
5. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the approach and design for your specific study .
6. Develop and discuss a data collection plan for your study. This includes various data collection methods), participants and sampling. Justify your choices for your specific study, and discuss potential challenges you may face when collecting the data and how you will respond to them.
7. Based on your research question and sub-questions, develop an interview schedule or questionnaire. Where applicable, develop an observation guide/schedule.
