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1、HowtoWriteaResearchProposal.全文转载如下： Moststudentsandbeginningresearchersdonotfullyunderstandwhataresearchproposalmeans,nordotheyunderstanditsimportance.Toputitbluntly,one’sresearchisonlyasagoodasone’sproposal.Anill-conceivedproposaldoomstheprojectevenif
2、itsomehowgetsthroughtheThesisSupervisoryCommittee.Ahighqualityproposal,ontheotherhand,notonlypromisessuccessfortheproject,butalsoimpressesyourThesisCommitteeaboutyourpotentialasaresearcher. Aresearchproposalisintendedtoconvinceothersthatyouhaveaworthwh
3、ileresearchprojectandthatyouhavethecompetenceandthework-plantocompleteit.Generally,aresearchproposalshouldcontainallthekeyelementsinvolvedintheresearchprocessandincludesufficientinformationforthereaderstoevaluatetheproposedstudy. Regardlessofyourresear
4、chareaandthemethodologyyouchoose,allresearchproposalsmustaddressthefollowingquestions:Whatyouplantoaccomplish,whyyouwanttodoitandhowyouaregoingtodoit. Theproposalshouldhavesufficientinformationtoconvinceyourreadersthatyouhaveanimportantresearchidea,tha
5、tyouhaveagoodgraspoftherelevantliteratureandthemajorissues,andthatyourmethodologyissound. Thequalityofyourresearchproposaldependsnotonlyonthequalityofyourproposedproject,butalsoonthequalityofyourproposalwriting.Agoodresearchprojectmayruntheriskofreject
6、ionsimplybecausetheproposalispoorlywritten.Therefore,itpaysifyourwritingiscoherent,clearandcompelling. Thispaperfocusesonproposalwritingratherthanonthedevelopmentofresearchideas. Title: Itshouldbeconciseanddescriptive.Forexample,thephrase,“Aninve
7、stigationof...”couldbeomitted.Oftentitlesarestatedintermsofafunctionalrelationship,becausesuchtitlesclearlyindicatetheindependentanddependentvariables.However,ifpossible,thinkofaninformativebutcatchytitle.Aneffectivetitlenotonlypricksthereader’sinterest,b
8、utalsopredisposeshim/herfavourablytowardstheproposal. Abstract: Itisabriefsummaryofapproximately300words.Itshouldincludetheresearchquestion,therationaleforthestudy,thehypothesis(ifany),themethodandthemainfindi
