Format
Format
Research/Project Title:
I. INTRODUCTION
Cite the reasons why you have chosen the topic of your study.
Cite the problematic situation which prompted you to conduct the study from the
macro to micro levels, that is, globally, regionally, nationally, and locally, to zero
in on the local setting of the study.
Support your discussion with legal basis relevant to your study.
Pertinent statistical data should support your claims.
Make your presentation emphatic and explosive. It should create an impact on the
reader of your research. It should prod your reader to go on and find out what
good there is in your research study.
Name those who are to benefit from the study – people, institutions, agencies.
Cite how they will benefit from the findings of the research.
Do not fail to include the researchers as beneficiaries and what they are expected
to benefit.
Define the scope of your study, the parameters or boundaries of the investigation,
where and when the study was conducted, the variables included, and respondents
to be involved.
Cite the weaknesses or limitations of the study you anticipate, how you are going
to handle them so that they do not become bottlenecks of the investigation. A
limitation is a phase or aspect of the investigation, which may affect the result
adversely but over which the researcher has no control. Very honestly, you should
state this limitation as it brings credence to the study.
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Theoretical Framework
Conceptual Framework
Conceptual Paradigm
Definition of Terms
After the conceptual definition, define the key terms and phrases operationally or
how these are taken to mean in your study.
Operational definition is also known as functional definition. The terms are
defined based on the conceptual definition and operationalized in the context of the
study.
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II. REVIEW OF LITERATURES
(discuss related literatures or studies in this section and make sure you do author-date
citation in your discussion; synthesize your discussion or try to relate your discussion to
your own study)
(if a related study, make sure you discuss the purpose, methodology, findings and
conclusions and/or recommendations and explain how they are related or how relevant
they are to your study)
III. METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Research Locale
Identify where you are going to conduct your study and why you have chosen it
Respondents/Subjects
Sampling Procedure
Discuss the sampling procedure you will use in choosing your respondents
Research Instrument/Instrumentation
Discuss about the instrument you will use in gathering your data
Discuss each part of the instrument if it is a questionnaire
Discuss in detail each step that you are going to do in gathering data beginning
from the preparation of proposal to instrumentation
Explain how you will gather your data
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Analytical Framework (if a qualitative study)
Explain how you are going to analyze your data, what theories you will use in
analyzing your data
Present your graphs and figures with corresponding analysis and interpretations
State your conclusions based on the data analyzed. Directly answer your sub-
problems or objectives here
Draw your recommendations based on the findings
References
(arrange in alphabetical order all the references you have used in your paper using an
appropriate format, e.g. APA style 6th ed.)
Appendices