1.
Preliminaries
1.1. Methodology section of the research proposal or
research report includes: problem statement, objectives, framework of analysis,
definition of terms and hypotheses (as appropriate), research design and
sources of data, data gathering techniques, instruments, and tools, plan for
data analysis, significance of the study, and limitations.
1.2. See suggested outline of research report or
proposal for details (handout 1 of series on research methods and statistics)
2.
Identify and explicitly state the following:
2.1. Research strategy, design, or description of
research strategy and design
2.2. Sources of data: whether primary, secondary, or
a combination of primary and secondary
sources will be used
2.3. Data collection or gathering techniques and
description of data gathering tools and instruments (the actual data gathering
tools and instruments can be attached as appendices although the methodology
section can provide a listing and description of each item): discuss manpower
which will carry out the data gathering, how instruments will be administered,
when, and how reactivity to instruments will be eliminated, avoided, or
controlled
2.4. Data analysis: discuss how inference will be
made, how data will be interpreted, whether tests of hypotheses will be
conducted, whether 1-tail or 2-tail tests will be made, describe broadly or
give an overview of the null and alternate hypotheses.
Prof.
Art Boquiren Dec 03