HPCOS81 ASSIGNMENT 3 2025 – FULLY ANSWERED (DUE 8 AUGUST 2025)

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HPCOS81 Assignment 3 Memo | Due 8 August 2025. All questions fully answered. Section 1: Front Matter (Template available under Study Resources, i.e., “HPCOS81_Assignment 3_TitlePage _2025”) Title of the research proposal, page with your name, student number and course code and your Turnitin score (should be less than 30%). Section 2: Table of Content (must be auto generated) Section 3: Introduction • This section provides an introduction to your research (½ page). Here you introduce the topic you are focussing on and the context in which you plan to study the topic. • Provide some insight on the background of your research (½ page). Introduce the key issues, problems and themes that have emerged from the literature you have read. Focus on the knowledge gaps and problems that others have highlighted. Also introduce the methodologies that others have used in their research. Section 4: Problem statement • Problem statement (+/- five sentences) – Based on what you have read from the previous sections, articulate the problem issues you are focussing on. • Research question – Articulate the main research question. This should align with the title. • Research sub-questions (two or three sub-questions that align with the main research question). For each of these questions, also articulate a purpose statement, e.g. ‘The purpose of this question is to …’. • Research objectives – each of these should broadly align with the sub-questions. • Research deliverables (expected outcomes) – if you answer the research questions and address the objectives, how do you expect the reader will benefit? Section 4 should not be longer than 2 pages. Section 5: Literature review Develop the literature review section: 1. Introduction – explain the approach you followed to do the literature review and the key themes you used to do searches on Google Scholar and the library website (½ page) 2. Define the topic of interest and what you will focus on (½ page) 3. Discuss some of the main themes emerging from the literature (½ page). 4. Explain the importance of focussing on and studying this topic according to literature (1 page) 5. Summarise your review of literature in some sort of framework, diagram, or narrative (½ page) to show the relevance of your topic. 6. In order to confirm your research questions for the reader, elaborate on the possible gap(s) you identified (1 page) and how your research will overcome this gap(s). 7. Conclusion (½ page) Section 5 should not be longer than four pages. Section 6: References (35 or more references) Section 7: Appendixes Appendix A: Add a screenshot of your home page of your referencing software Appendix B: Add a screenshot of your signed plagiarism pledge Appendix C: Turnitin submission receipt (optional, since all written submissions will be automatically subjected to Turnitin)