What is a research proposal开题报告1

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1、Whatisaresearchproposal?•Aresearchproposalisasortoffeasibilitystudyreportofyourresearchwork.Itaimstoinformyouradviserandreviewcommitteeofthepurportofyourresearchandthecentralideaofyourpaper,andtoconvincethemthatyouraredoingtherightthing.2Whentowriteaproposal•Atthisstage…•Youhavechosenat

2、opicareaorhaveatopicselected(atleastingeneral)•Youhavesurveyedsome/theliteratureonthetopicarea•Youthinkyouknowwhattodo(stagesinvolved)•Youthinkyouknowhowtodoit(fromresearchquestionstoresearchmethods)•Younowmustconvinceyoursupervisor/tutorandthedissertationcommittee(1)thattheresearchisof

3、valueandimportanceand(2)thatyouarereadyandabletodotheproposedresearch•Youdothiswithadissertation/researchproposalordissertation/researchprospectus•Thisisastagethatbridgestheselectionandapprovalofthetopicandthewritingoftheresearch/dissertation.(upgrading,进入论文写作阶段)3Possible/generalCompone

4、ntsinaProposal3.1Introduction•Backgroundinformation•Justificationoftheresearch(argumentforthenecessityandresearchabilityofthetopic)•Aim(s)andobjectives(thesisstatement)•Researchquestions(topicsstatedasquestions,topicsstatedashypotheses)•Theoreticalframework•Datacollection•Researchmethod

5、s•Structureofthedissertation(howthedissertationisshapedorstructured)3.2Literaturereview•Generalresearchsituationinthetopicarea(Toofewreferenceswillimplythattheresearcherhasnotdoneenoughlibraryresearchanddoesnothavethenecessarybackgroundinformationtoundertaketheproposedstudy)•Previousstu

6、dies–importantfindings•Deficienciesinpreviousresearch•Proposinganew/differentwayofinvestigation•(Important:theabilitytoquote,paraphrase,summarize)3.3Theoreticalframework•Introducingyourtheoreticalframework•Focusingonrelevantcomponentsoftheframework•Quoting,summarizingandparaphrasingexis

7、tingideas•Comparingyourtheoreticalframeworkwithotheralternativeframeworksifnecessary3.4Methods•Howtheresearchistobeundertaken•Whatprocedurestobefollowed•Conductingprimaryresearch(qualitative,survey,statistical)•Collectingdata•Observation(directobservation,fieldwork)•Designing/C