1.Abstract
2.Key words:
3.Table of contents
4.Introduction…..
Please revisit the attached document entitled “1_Thesis
Introduction”. In general, the introduction must have the following
headings/sub-headings
a.
Background of the study
b. Statement
of the Problems
c.
Research Objectives
d. Research
Questions
e. Significance
of the Research
5.Literature Review…….
Please see
attached file entitled “1 Thesis Lit Review” and “how to write a review of the
literature for a proposal” to learn more more about what to include in this
section.
Overall,
this section is a critical review of literature relevant to a particular
research.
If your
study is quantitative, I would usually start by discussing the dependent
variable: what is it? Why is it important to focus on it? What we already know
about it? Then, I would start theorizing and hypothesizing the relationship
between my independent and dependent variables. Each discussion between an
independent variable and dependent variable must end with a hypothesis.
6.Method…
In this
section you are expected to include the following:
Research design: Quantitative or qualitative? Why you
choose a particular research design?
Time in research: Cross sectional vs longitudinal?
Type of study: Descriptive, correlational or causal?
Data collection: Primary or secondary data? If
primary, where? Public, private or NGOs? Kurdistan or overseas?
Sampling: Random or nonrandom sampling? Which random/nonrandom sampling
method?
Validity and Reliability issues: How do you ensure that your findings
are both valid and reliable?
Data Analysis Techniques: Data analysis techniques will be discussed in class in Week
12.
Basically,
for quantitative research,
descriptive, statistics, correlation, regression, Structural Equation Modelling
(which is a more advanced version of regression analysis) T-tests or ANOVA are
used.
For qualitative research, content analysis,
narrative analysis, discourse analysis, framework analysis, grounded theory are
used.
7.Conclusion:
The conclusion to any thesis reiterates the overall aims of the
research, its results, and the implications of those findings. Given that you
don’t have data or results in your proposal, you can merely restate the aims
and significance of the research in different words and the implications your
study might have both for theory and practice.
8.References: use Harvard referencing style. Please follow
the materials provided on Moodle about referencing. use 20 refrences which must be those
published in or after 2018.
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