research methodology
Research Methods-CC495
2014
How to Write a Research Proposal?
Proposal Writing
• A Research proposal is
– a short document designed to express your intentions and future plans for research
– a reasoned, systematic research plan that include the gaps that you want to fill by your approach and how you will handle them.
– similar in a number of ways to a project proposal; • however, a research proposal addresses an academic or scientific research.
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Proposal writing …. cont’d
Elements of a proposal
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Title
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose/Objective of the study
Literature review
Approach /Methods and procedures
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI
XII.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
Significance of the Study/expected benefits/limitations
Duration and plan of action
Cost
References
Appendixes
Proposal writing …. cont’d
Title
– An obviously important part of the process.
– You need to engage the reader with a short, relevant title that clearly demonstrates what the problem is and why this is important.
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Proposal writing …. cont’d
Introduction
– Provides readers with the background information for the research reported in the paper.
– Establishes a framework for the research, so that readers can understand how it is related to other research – In an introduction, you should
• create reader interest in the topic,
• lay the broad foundation for the problem that leads to the study,
• place the study within the larger context of the scholarly literature, and
• reach out to a specific audience.
Proposal writing …. cont’d
• Statement of the Problem
– A problem might be defined as the issue that exists in the literature, theory, or practice that leads to a need for the study”
– It is important in a proposal that the problem stand out—that the reader can easily recognize it.
– Sometimes, obscure and poorly formulated problems are masked in an extended discussion.
2014
How to Write a Research Proposal?
Proposal Writing
• A Research proposal is
– a short document designed to express your intentions and future plans for research
– a reasoned, systematic research plan that include the gaps that you want to fill by your approach and how you will handle them.
– similar in a number of ways to a project proposal; • however, a research proposal addresses an academic or scientific research.
1
Proposal writing …. cont’d
Elements of a proposal
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Title
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose/Objective of the study
Literature review
Approach /Methods and procedures
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI
XII.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
Significance of the Study/expected benefits/limitations
Duration and plan of action
Cost
References
Appendixes
Proposal writing …. cont’d
Title
– An obviously important part of the process.
– You need to engage the reader with a short, relevant title that clearly demonstrates what the problem is and why this is important.
2
Proposal writing …. cont’d
Introduction
– Provides readers with the background information for the research reported in the paper.
– Establishes a framework for the research, so that readers can understand how it is related to other research – In an introduction, you should
• create reader interest in the topic,
• lay the broad foundation for the problem that leads to the study,
• place the study within the larger context of the scholarly literature, and
• reach out to a specific audience.
Proposal writing …. cont’d
• Statement of the Problem
– A problem might be defined as the issue that exists in the literature, theory, or practice that leads to a need for the study”
– It is important in a proposal that the problem stand out—that the reader can easily recognize it.
– Sometimes, obscure and poorly formulated problems are masked in an extended discussion.