- The following outline is intended as a guide only
- See Understanding The Report Structure for more information
- Remember that each chapter is interconnected – Video
- You will need to submit a report (research) proposal, which forms most of chapter one
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Research Title
Prologue
Chapter One – Introduction
- Introduction
- Statement of The Problem
- Aim, Objectives and Outcomes
- Deliverables
- Resources
- Hypotheses
- Planning
- Assumptions, Limitations & Delimitations (Scope)
Chapter Two – Literature Review
Chapter Three – Research Methods
- To get you thinking, look at this image
- I want to know:
- Do not tell me what they are
- Tell me how they apply to your project/ use them
- Experimental Design
- Research Paradigms and Philosophy
- Research Approach
- Research Strategy
- Time Horizon
- Data Collection Approach
- The Population
- The Sample
- Ethical, Moral and Legal Factors
- Data Collection
- Data Collection Tool(s)
- Operationalising the Data
- Software Tools
- Statistics and Distribution
- Data Analysis
- The Pilot Study
Chapter Four – Results
Some universities require the results and discussion to be integrated Part One) Top Level View- Describe the whole data
- Descriptive Analysis
- Describe the data in relation to your hypothesis
- Use the structure in your data analysis section
- Combine descriptive and Inference Analysis
Chapter Five – Discussion
- Identify strength and weakness in your research, testing and results
- Discuss your result in relation to your or problem
- Link your results to theories and practices highlighted in your literature review
- Link your results back to your hypotheses (objectives and deliverables)
- Follow the sequence in your result
Chapter Six – Recommendations & Conclusions
Chapter Seven – Future\ Further Research
Chapter Eight – Critical Reflection
Chapter Nine – References
- Use a reference manager Mendeley
- Very quick reference sheet
- Interactive Version