UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE & POLICY STUDIES

BACHELOR IN ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE – AM228 / ADS511

3. RUBRIC FOR RESEARCH PROPOSAL (50%)-Assessing PLO 7 / LOD 7

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Scale 1 2 3 4 5 Marks

Criteria Very Weak Weak Fair Good Very Good

Demonstrates a Begins to Demonstrate fairly Demonstrates the Demonstrates

limited ability in demonstrate the the ability to ability to construct a excellency the ability to
identifying a problem ability to construct a construct problem problem statement construct a clear and / 10
statement or related problem statement statement and with evidence of most insightful problem
contextual factors with evidence of relevant contextual relevant contextual statement with evidence
1) Problem most relevant factors factors, and problem of all relevant contextual
statement 1-2 contextual factors, statement is factors
but problem 5-6 adequately detailed
statement is 9-10
superficial 7-8

3-4

Provides a very Provides a limited Provides a fair Provides a clear Provides an insightful /5
2) Research vague specification of specification of the specification of the specification of the specification of the
objective and the research research objectives research objectives research objectives research objectives and
Research objectives and and questions and questions and questions questions
question questions
2 3 4 5
1

Reports on earlier Reports on earlier Fairly review the Reviews earlier Demonstrates critical / 20
literature is not literature without earlier literature literature relevant to thinking in reviewing
connecting to the connecting it fully to and fairly link to the the research question earlier literature relevant
research question the research research question and objective in an to the research question
3) Literature and objective, question and/or and objective with appropriate manner and objective with
review possibly omitting key objective with limited fairly cited and with good citations excellence citations,
references with poor citations and limited moderately use of and adequate referencing and use
citation and not credible sources credible sources credible sources highly credible sources
credible sources
5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20
1-4

4) Conceptual Conceptual Conceptual Conceptual Conceptual Conceptual framework is / 10

framework framework has been framework need framework is fairly framework linked with clearly linked with the
defined in an unclear further improvement llinked with the
manner and it is not to show the link with research topic and the topic studied and topic studied and
adequately defined
 particularly successful the topic studied and fairly defined 7-8 appropriately defined
with regard to the minor improvement
research task on defining 5-6 9-10

1-2 3-4

Description of how Description of how Description of how Description of how Provides accurate, / 30
the data was the data was the data was
the data was thorough description of
collected, what/how collected, what/how collected, what/how
collected, what/how how the data was
many data sources many data sources many data sources
were analyzed, plan were analyzed, plan were analyzed, many data sources collected, what/how
of analysis or of analysis or plan of analysis or were analyzed, plan many data sources were
measurement measurement measurement of analysis or analyzed, plan of
instrument, research instrument, research instrument, measurement analysis or
context is very context is somewhat research context instrument, research measurement
confusing/not confusing/not clearly need minor context is adequate instrument, research
articulated sufficiently. articulated. improvements but limited. context
5) Research
methodology Reflection on social Reflection on social
Reflection on social Reflection on social Reflection on social situatedness/ situatedness/ reflexivity
situatedness/ situatedness/ situatedness/ reflexivity and how it and how it may influence
reflexivity and how it reflexivity and how it reflexivity and how may influence data data collection and
may influence data may influence data it may influence collection and interpretation is
collection and collection and data collection and interpretation is thorough and insightful
interpretation is interpretation is interpretation need adequate but limited
severely limited, lacks limited and lacks minor 25-30
insight, or is absent insight` improvements 19-24
altogether
7-12 13-18
1-6

Follow the specified Able to follow the

Not able to follow the format and require specified format Able to follow the Excellent ability to follow
specified format further and require minor specified format the specified format
6) Format
improvements improvements
/10
1-2 7-8 9-10
3-4 5-6

Not able to write Able to write ideas Able to write ideas Able to write ideas Excellence ability to
ideas systematically with limited fairly systematically systematically with write ideas
with major systematically and but require minor good grammar systematically with / 15
7) Presentation grammatical errors require further improvement on substantially free of
improvements on grammatical 10-12 grammatical errors
and Language
1-3 grammatical aspects aspects
13-15
4-6 7-9

TOTAL / 100

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