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1、WritingaResearchProposal,开题报告论文WritingaResearchProposalTheProposalAresearchproposalisthepresentationofanideathatyouwishtopursue.Agoodresearchproposalpresumesthatyouhavealreadythoughtaboutyourprojectandhavedevotedsometimeandeffortingatheringinformation,reading,andthenorganizingyourthoughts.Aresearc
2、hproposalisNOTaprojecttobethrowntogetherinonenightwithideasoffthetopofyourhead.Thus,onemightsaythattheresearchproposalisasecondstep,followingtheselectionofabroadtopic.Theactualproposalwillindicatewhatanalyticalquestionyouwishtoaddress.Thefoundationofagoodresearchpaperisagoodresearchquestion.Justat
3、reeneedsagoodrootsystemtogrowtobestrong,agoodresearchpaperneedsagoodanalyticalquestion.Whatdoes"analytical"mean?Ananalyticalquestioncantakedifferentformsandnooneformisnecessarilybetterthanothers.Whatallanalyticalquestionshaveincommonisthefactthattheyarenotmerelydescriptive.Thatis,ananalyticalquest
4、ionmovesbeyondthe"what"andexploresthe"how,"andthe"why."Agoodanalyticalresearchpaperwilluse"thewhat"aspartoftheanswerto"thewhy."Butitisobligatorytoaddressaquestionbeyondthe"what."Forexample,adescriptivepaperwouldask:"WhatwasGorbachev'seconomicperestroikapolicies?"Ananalyticalpaperwouldask:"WhydidGo
5、rbachev'seconomicperestroikapoliciesfail?"Aspartofthepaper,youwouldthenreviewwhatthepolicieswere,butthenyouwouldgobeyondthatdescription.Thespecificpartsoftheresearchproposalareasfollows:1.Statementofthequestionyourpaperwillanswer.Again,remember,thepointofyourpaperistoexplainsomething.2.Brieflitera
6、turereviewinwhichyoureviewthemajorworksonyourtopicandindicatewhattheargumentsare.Ifyouareapplyingatheorytoanissue,youcanreviewthetheoryusedThepointistoshowanawarenessofwhathasbeenwrittenonyourissue,whatevidencewasused,whattheoriesapplied,andwhatargumentsweremade.3.Astatementastowhatyourargument/ex
7、planationwillbe.4.Astatementastohowyourexplanation/argumentwilldifferfromthatwhichhasbeenmadebyotherauthors.Howisyourexplanationoriginalordifferent?Ifyouapplyingatheory,youcanexplainwhichtheoryyouwilluseandwhyyou
