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1、HowtoWriteaResearchProposalPaulT.P.Wong,Ph.D.,C.Psych.ResearchDirector,GraduatePrograminCounsellingPsychologyTrinityWesternUniversityLangley,BC,CanadaMoststudentsandbeginningresearchersdonotfullyunderstandwhataresearchproposalmeans,nordotheyunderstanditsimportance.Toputitbluntly,one'sresear
2、chisonlyasagoodasone'sproposal.Anill-conceivedproposaldoomstheprojectevenifitsomehowgetsthroughtheThesisSupervisoryCommittee.Ahighqualityproposal,ontheotherhand,notonlypromisessuccessfortheproject,butalsoimpressesyourThesisCommitteeaboutyourpotentialasaresearcher.Aresearchproposalisintended
3、toconvinceothersthatyouhaveaworthwhileresearchprojectandthatyouhavethecompetenceandthework-plantocompleteit.Generally,aresearchproposalshouldcontainallthekeyelementsinvolvedintheresearchprocessandincludesufficientinformationforthereaderstoevaluatetheproposedstudy.Regardlessofyourresearchare
4、aandthemethodologyyouchoose,allresearchproposalsmustaddressthefollowingquestions:Whatyouplantoaccomplish,whyyouwanttodoitandhowyouaregoingtodoit.Theproposalshouldhavesufficientinformationtoconvinceyourreadersthatyouhaveanimportantresearchidea,thatyouhaveagoodgraspoftherelevantliteratureandt
5、hemajorissues,andthatyourmethodologyissound.Thequalityofyourresearchproposaldependsnotonlyonthequalityofyourproposedproject,butalsoonthequalityofyourproposalwriting.Agoodresearchprojectmayruntheriskofrejectionsimplybecausetheproposalispoorlywritten.Therefore,itpaysifyourwritingiscoherent,cl
6、earandcompelling.Thispaperfocusesonproposalwritingratherthanonthedevelopmentofresearchideas.Title:Itshouldbeconciseanddescriptive.Forexample,thephrase,"Aninvestigationof..."couldbeomitted.Oftentitlesarestatedintermsofafunctionalrelationship,becausesuchtitlesclearlyindicatetheindependentandd
7、ependentvariables.However,ifpossible,thinkofaninformativebutcatchytitle.Aneffectivetitlenotonlypricksthereader'sinterest,butalsopredisposeshim/herfavourablytowardstheproposal.Abstract:Itisabriefsummaryofapproximately300words.Itshouldincludetheresearchque
