Policies and Trajectories of Immigration in Italy
You are requested to write an assignment of 4000 words (+/- 10%) on a subject which is of a particular or
unique, interest to you. Once you choose the topic, you are requested to read and become more knowledgeable
on this subject matter. Therefore, prepare yourself to write this assignment.
This assignment is to be structured as follows:
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Research Objectives
1.3.1 Variables to be measured 1.4 Scope of the Study
2 Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical Framework
3. Research Methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.1.1 Formulate a problem
3.1.2 Develop a hypothesis
3.1.3 Make predictions based on the hypothesis 3.1.4 Devise a test of the hypothesis
3.1.5 Conduct the test
3.1.6 Experimental or Non-experimental Research
3.2 Study Area
3.3 Study Population
3.4 Sample Size and Sampling Procedure
3.4.1 Population and Sample
3.4.2 Sample Selection and Size
3.4.3 Sampling Methods – Probability and non-probability 3.5 Data Collection Methods
4. Data Analysis and Presentation 4.1 Data Analysis
4.2 Data Presentation
5. Conclusions and Recommendations 5.1 Conclusions
5.2 Recommendations of the Study
6. References
The word count can be in the following %:
• Introduction section: 5% of the word count
• Literature Review section: 20% of the word count
• Methodology section: 20% of the word count
• Analysis and presentation: 30% of the word count
• Conclusions and recommendations: 25% of the word coun
