flawed decision-making

Assignment Instructions
Within INTL 506 you are required to design a line of research around an assessment of biases and

information processing errors that led to flawed decision-making in an international situation

(either historical or current). Throughout this project you will use the concepts discussed within

this course to assess how biases and errors in perception have led or are leading to errors in

analysis.

As you work through each of the assignments you’ll find that some of the components of

assignments 1 and 2 can be utilized within your final research paper. This is done so that you may

utilize the feedback you’ve received and incorporate any recommended changes/revisions.

The goal of your first assignment is to present a clear research project. Your research proposal

should be between 4-5 pages in length not including your preliminary source list and references.
You will need to:
1) Present the international situation you intent to assess and provide some contextual

information that helps demonstrate your understanding of the nature of the problem.
2) Clearly state your research question.
3) Explain why this case is important to investigate. What can we learn from this situation? How

will the knowledge we gain through your research help our understanding of cognition, information

processing errors and/or decision-making errors?
4) Discuss your theoretical framework. Here you’ll summarize/synthesize some of the

theories/models and concepts you’ll use to investigate the intelligence/decision-making failures

such as consistency theory, balance theory, bolstering, groupthink and etc.
5) Discuss your case study research design. Your research design should discuss how you plan to

carry out your analysis.

Introduction. Identifies your specific research question and sets the general context for the

study.
• Statement of the problem or general research question and context leading to a clear

statement of the specific research question.
• Background and contextual material justifying why we should study this case or topic.
• Purpose statement.
Theoretical Framework. The theoretical framework section develops the theories or models to be

used in the study and shows how you have developed testable research hypotheses.
• Introduction discussing gaps in the literature, how this study will help fill some of those

gaps, and justification for theory or model to be used in study.
• Summary of the theory or model to be used in the study, including a diagram of the

model if appropriate.
• Statement of hypotheses to be tested.
Research Design. Describes how you will test the hypothesis and carry out your analysis. It

describes the data you will use to test your hypothesis, how you will operationalize and collect

data on your variables, and the analytic methods that you will use, noting potential biases and

limitations to your research approach. It should include:
•   Identification and operationalization (measurement) of variables.
•   Sampling plan (i.e., study population and sampling procedures, if appropriate).
•   Justification of case studies used.
•   Data Collection/Sources (secondary literature, archives, interviews, surveys, etc.).
•   Summary of analysis procedures (pattern-matching, etc.).
•   Limitations of study and bias discussion.

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