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1、GuidelinesonwritingaresearchproposalbyMatthewMcGranaghanThisisaworkinprogress,intendedtoorganizemythoughtsontheprocessofformulatingaproposal.Ifyouhaveanythoughtsonthecontent,oreventhenotionofmakingthisavailabletostudents,pleasesharethemwithme.IntroductionThisisaguideto
2、writingM.A.researchproposals.Thesameprinciplesapplytodissertationproposalsandtoproposalstomostfundingagencies.Itincludesamodeloutline,butadvisor,committeeandfundingagencyexpectationsvaryandyourproposalwillbeavariationonthisbasictheme.Usetheseguidelinesasapointofdepartu
3、refordiscussionswithyouradvisor.Theymayserveasastraw-managainstwhichtobuildyourunderstandingofbothyourprojectandofproposalwriting.ProposalWritingProposalwritingisimportanttoyourpursuitofagraduatedegree.Theproposalis,ineffect,anintellectualscholastic(notlegal)contractbe
4、tweenyouandyourcommittee.Itspecifieswhatyouwilldo,howyouwilldoit,andhowyouwillinterprettheresults.Inspecifyingwhatwillbedoneitalsogivescriteriafordeterminingwhetheritisdone.Inapprovingtheproposal,yourcommitteegivestheirbestjudgmentthattheapproachtotheresearchisreasonab
5、leandlikelytoyieldtheanticipatedresults.Theyareimplicitlyagreeingthattheywillaccepttheresultasadequateforthepurposeofgrantingadegree.(Ofcourseyouwillhavetowritethethesisinacceptableform,andyouprobablywilldiscoverthingsinthecourseofyourresearchthatwerenotanticipatedbutw
6、hichshouldbeaddressedinyourthesis,buttheminimumcoreintellectualcontributionofyourthesiswillbesetbytheproposal.)Bothpartiesbenefitfromanagreeduponplan.Theobjectiveinwritingaproposalistodescribewhatyouwilldo,whyitshouldbedone,howyouwilldoitandwhatyouexpectwillresult.Bein
7、gclearaboutthesethingsfromthebeginningwillhelpyoucompleteyourthesisinatimelyfashion.Avague,weakorfuzzyproposalcanleadtoalong,painful,andoftenunsuccessfulthesiswritingexercise.Aclean,wellthought-out,proposalformsthebackboneforthethesisitself.Thestructuresareidenticaland
8、throughthemiracleofword-processing,yourproposalwillprobablybecomeyourthesis.Agoodthesisproposalhingesonagoodidea.Once
