The goal you should focus upon in the final project is to develop a well-organized document that serves as a proposal for examining a public affairs problem related to your program of study. Your proposal should serve as the preliminary document that you might submit to a government agency to seek support for a research project. Please note, you are not being asked to actually complete an original research project. Your assignment is to construct a Research Proposal related to a public affairs problem related to your program of study (a problem in your primary or secondary areas of emphasis). This proposal could be a community-based problem or an organizational-based problem, utilizing case study methodology. The community or organization you select could be one in which you currently live or work in or have previously lived or worked in. You should have some familiarity with the community or organization you select. For example, you will use commonly available data about your selected community (economic development data, census data, or government records) to establish the need for research. Additionally, you will provide a review of the relevant literature from sources you select that support your research proposal. Again, keep in mind that you do not have to actually conduct the research project, but rather you are creating a rationale for why such a research project is needed. Research Proposal Students select a topic to complete a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research proposal, including case study methodology. Creswell, Chapter 4, especially example 4.1, provides the general required components of the research proposal. In addition, the proposal is required to have: 12-15 double spaced pages of research10-12 literature review sourcesReference and title pages (must conform to APA Style—do not count toward page count)Appendixes as needed (do not count toward page count)Headers and sub headers are encouraged (as provided in APA Style)