How To Write A Research Proposal

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How To Write A Research Proposal
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Introduction

• TITLE PAGE
• TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDING ANY APPENDICES
• SHORT SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM. Clarity of
  the research problem is important.

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AIMS

• LIST OF THE AIMS OF YOUR RESEARCH ACADEMIC,
  SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
• WHY IS YOUR INTENDED RESEARCH IMPORTANT?
• JUSTIFICATION- CAN BE EMPIRICAL OR THEORETICAL

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LITERATURE REVIEW

• SHORT HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM
• MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THEORISTS
• THEORETICAL FRAMWORK THAT WILL UNDERPIN YOUR
  RESEARCH
• HOW WILL YOUR OWN RESEARCH CONTRIBUTE TO EXISTING
  RESEARCH?

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METHODOLOGY

• CAN TAKE UP HALF OF YOUR WORD COUNT.
• DETAILED INFO OF YOUR RESEARCH PROCEDURES.
• 1 PHILOSOPHY- POSITIVISM/INTERPRETIVISM
• 2 INTENDED METHODOLOGY (WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY
  FOLLOW PHILOSOPHY) QUANITIATIVE OR QUALITATIVE
• 3 METHODS EG QUESTIONNAIRE ETC
• REFLEXIVE ACCOUNT

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TIMETABLE

• YOU MAY WISH TO SET OUT A TIMETABLE OF EVENTS .
  THIS WILL GIVE THE PROPOSAL A MORE ACADEMIC
  PROFESSIONAL FEEL

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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND APPENDIX

• THE NORMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY/ REFERENCING IS REQUIRED
• YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO PROVIDE A SELECTIVE RESEARCH
  BIBLIOGRAPHY (WORKS YOU MAY REFERE TO WHEN
  CONDUCTING YOUR RESEARCH.