Title: Research Design Template: The Legality/Illegality of NSA Surveillance on American Civilians
Contents
1. The Research Question
2. Literature Review: Theoretical Debate and Historical Context
3. Conceptualization
4. Variables, Operationalization, and Hypotheses
5. Case Selection
a. Cases
b. Justification:
c. Control variables
5. Methodology for data collection and data analysis, and justification:
a. Proposed Data Sources
b. Methods for data analysis & justification
C. Applying this methodology to my cases
6. Concluding Thoughts
Word count (without references): 2,415 (8.04 pages)