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WRITING A FULL SCALE MASTER PROPOSAL

The proposal must be NO LONGER THAN 10,000 WORDS. The paper is in effect a
detailed research proposal and should therefore be written in the future tense. The proposal
must include:
 An explicit statement about the exact nature of the research problem or issue
 Review of relevant literature
 The proposed methodology
 The methods of investigation that will provide you with the type of information you need
to achieve your research objectives
 The methods you will use to analyse that information
 Reflective discussion demonstrating an awareness of the strengths and limitations of the
research design.
 Referencing list

In short, the questions you will need to consider are:

 What do you know about the problem already?


 What type/form of information do you need to achieve this?
 What methodology do you need to adopt to obtain this information?
 What precise methods do you need to adopt to obtain the information required?
 What methods do you need to adopt to analyse the information collected? (For
example quantitative analysis using SPSS. If your study includes qualitative
information give a clear account of the steps you will take in your analysis.)
 To what extent does your research design and methods comply with ethical principles
and practices?

The final research proposal will consist of the following components (although structure may
vary from this general outline):

Elements Questions to answer


TITLE PAGE Heading - Title of the dissertation - Name of
the student - Name of the supervisor-

1
Academic year

INTRODUCTION 1. What is your research area, the


A description of the basic facts and motivation of research?
importance of the research area. 2. How important is your research for the
The Research topic- Thesis statement. knowledge advancement?
PROBLEM STATEMENT 1. What is the specific problem in that
A clear and concise description of the issues research area that you will address?
that need to be addressed. 2. State the specific question(s) you aim to
An explicit statement about the exact nature answer?
of the research problem or issue.
OBJECTIVES 1. What are you trying to achieve with
A list of objectives that will be achieved your research?
through the proposed research. 2. What is the main purpose of conducting
the research?
3. What are the benefits/impact that will be
generated if the research problem is
answered?
LITERATURE REVIEW 1. What is known/what have been done by
A summary of previous related research on others?
the research problem and their strength and 2. Why your research is still necessary
weakness and a justification of your
research
Key Concepts, theories, and studies that are
the most important for the research
RESEARCH GAP 1. Why is your research question or
What is missing and how the research will hypothesis worth asking?
fit in. 2. How is the current research lacking or
falling short?
3. Will you be extending an area of
knowledge, applying it to new contexts,
solving a problem, testing a theory, or
challenging an existing one?
4. Establish why your research is important
by convincing your audience there is a
gap.
5. Demonstrate both your current level of
knowledge and how the pursuit of your
question or hypothesis will create a new
understanding and generate new
information.
6. Show how your research is innovative
and original.
METHODOLOGY 1. What is your research design? Why?
Provide an overview of the methodology 2. What theoretical frameworks will you
and techniques you will use to conduct your draw on? Research paradigm and why?
research. 3. What is your target sampling? Why?
Defines the research methods and logic 4. How will you collect data? Why?

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steps. 5. How will you analyse the data gathered?
Demonstrate that you have put thought into Why?
your approach and why it is the most 6. What to do and how to solve the
appropriate way to carry out your research. problem and achieve proposed
Highlight potential limitations you objectives?
anticipate, feasibility within time and 7. Why you have chosen this particular
other constraints. methodology? Why others may not have
Ethical considerations. been as suitable.
8. What are the issues drawn from the
research design?
9. How will you address the ethical aspects
drawing on your research methodology?
REFERENCES Follow APA 7th edition
Provide a list of references that relates to
your research topic.

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