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1、HowtodoaresearchproposalAddressthefollowingquestion:Whatyouplantoaccomplish,whyyouwanttodoitandhowyouaregoingtodoit.SufficientinformationtoconvinceyourreadersthatIhaveanimportantresearchidea,thatIhaveagoodgraspoftherelevantliteratureandthemajorissues,andthatyourmethodologyissound.Proposalwritin
2、g:TITLE---ConcisedescriptiveABSTRACT---300words,includetheresearchquestion,therationaleforthestudy,thehypothesis,themethodandthemainfindings.Descriptionsofthemethodmayincludethedesign,procedures,thesampleandanyinstrumentsthatwillbeused.INTRODUCTION---providethenecessarybackgroundorcontextforyou
3、rresearchproblem.Howtoframetheresearchproblemisperhapsthebiggestprobleminproposalwriting.研究问题如果放在焦点和现在的研究领域Alotdependsonyourcreativity,yourabilitytothinkclearlyandthedepthofyourunderstandingofproblemareas1,Acurrenthotareaoranolderarea2,provideabriefbutappropriatehistoricalbackdrop3,providetheco
4、ntemporarycontextinwhichyourproposaldresearchquestionoccupiesthecentralstage.4,identifykeyplayersandrefertothemostrelevantandrepresentativepublications.Theintroductiontypicallybeginswithageneralstatementoftheproblemares,withafocusonaspecificresearchproblem.Tobefollowedbytheratinalorjustificatio
5、nfortheproposedstudy.1.Statetheresearchproblem,whichisoftenreferredtoasthepurposeofthestudy.2.Providethecontextandsetthestageforyourresearchquestioninsuchawayastoshowitsnecessityandimportance.3.Presenttherationaleofyourproposedstudyandclearlyindicatewhyitisworthdoing.4.Brieflydescribethemajoris
6、suesandsub-problemstobeaddressedbyyourresearch.5.Identifythekeyindependentanddependentvariablesofyourexperiment.Alternatively,specifythephenomenonyouwanttostudy.6.Stateyourhypothesisortheory,ifany.Forexploratoryorphenomenologicalresearch,youmaynothaveanyhypotheses.(Pleasedonotconfusethehypothes
7、iswiththestatisticalnullhypothesis.)7.Setthedelimitationorboundariesofyourproposedresearchinordertoprovideaclearfocus.8.Providedefinitionsofkeyconcepts.(Thisisoptional.)LITERATUREREVIEWAseparatesectionEnsurethatyouarenotreinventin