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CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION OF A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Proposals should follow a simple, logical form of presentations. Although there are many ways to arrange the items within the proposal, the following outline of the proposal is the one that students shall follow:-

Organization of a Proposal

a)      Introduction: Background of the study

b)      The Problem and its setting

·         The Statement of the problem

·         The subproblems

·         The Objectives

·         The Hypothesis

·         The Delimitations

·         The Definition of terms

·         The Assumptions

c)       The Review of the related literature / Literature Review

d)      The Methodology

·         The Data to be collected

                                                         i.            Primary Data

                                                       ii.            Secondary Data

·         The Criteria governing the admissibility of the data

·         The Treatment of the data

                                                         i.            The Data needed

                                                       ii.            Where the data are located

                                                      iii.            How the data will be obtained

                                                     iv.            How the data will be treated and interpreted

                                                       v.            Specific tools and analysis that can be used

e)      The Important of the study

f)       The Outline of the proposed study

g)      The Selected Bibliography

** If you’re ready with an approved topic (which Dr. Teoh has approved), you can now start with the writing of the proposal. All the best!