WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL Flashcards
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is a written plan for conducting a research study. it specifies what the researcher intends to do
research proposal
Procedure in Writing a Research Proposal
- Choosing a topic
- Formulating the title
- Reviewing Related Literature
- Stating the problem
- Stating the significance of the study
- Defining terms
- Specifying research methodology
- Listing down working bibliography
PARTS OF A RESEARCH PAPER
a) Title page
b) Main Text
c) References
As the first page of your paper, this contains the following:
Title
Author’s name
Institutional affiliation
Abstract should not exceed ____ to ______ words
120-150
MAIN TEXT
Abstract
RRLS
Methodology
Results and Discussion
It is also termed as Bibliography or Works Cited in some instances. The sources should be arranged in alphabetical order with hanging indention.
References
is the unethical practice of using words or ideas (either planned or accidental) of another author/researcher or your own previous works without proper acknowledgment.
Plagiarism
It is considered as a serious academic and intellectual offense; plagiarism can result in highly negative consequences such as paper retractions and loss of author credibility and reputation.
Plagiarism
It is currently a grave problem in academic publishing and a major reason for retraction of research papers
Plagiarism
GUIDELINES TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
- Understand the context
- Quote
- Identify what does and does not need to be cited
- Manage your citations
- Use plagiarism checkers
publicly available data (historical documents, interview data), raw data from experiments and demographic records
PRIMARY SOURCES
data that were also based on primary data and have been produced for public consumption in journal articles or chapters in edited books
SECONDARY SOURCES
this is used within the social sciences and sometimes in other related fields. It is an author-date format by which in-text references are given within parentheses.
APA (American Psychological Association)
this is used within the fields of literature and language. In-text referencing is also done within parentheses at the end of the sentence.
MLA (Modern Language Association)
To summarize is to select the key or important features of a text and then consolidate these into a shorter version of the original text. Summarizing is done by simplifying ideas and by using differently structured sentences (Bowker, 2007).
Summarizing
you restate information differently. The difference of summarizing from paraphrasing is that paraphrasing does not necessarily need to shorten or condense the text. The aim of paraphrasing is to rewrite by using different words and phrases (Bowker, 2007).
Paraphrasing
Author, Title of work, Publisher, Publication date
MLA
Author, Date Published, Title of Source, Location of Publisher, Publisher, Retrieved from URL
APA
