• 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

• Creating A Research Question & Title

Prologue

• Abstract
• Acknowledgement
• Statement of Authenticity
• Table of Content
• List of Tables
• List of Figures

Chapter One – Introduction

• Introduction
• Statement of The Problem
• Aim, Objectives and Outcomes
• Deliverables 
• Resources
• Hypotheses
• Planning
• Assumptions, Limitations & Delimitations (Scope)

Chapter Two – Literature Review

• Finding Research
• Writing the review
• Comparing Research
• Top Tips

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

Part Two) Low Level View

• 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

• Writing Your Recommendations
• Writing Your Conclusion

Chapter Seven – Future\ Further Research

• Writing Your Further Research

Chapter Eight – Critical Reflection

• Gibbs Reflective Cycle
• Kolb Learning Cycle

Chapter Nine – References

• Use a reference manager Mendeley
• Very quick reference sheet
• Interactive Version