This best research proposal guide for final year students in Cameroon will provide a guide on how to write your project plan or long essay proposal/table of content
Basically, your long essay plan (table of content) is a sample of how you will present or write your long essay
CHAPTER ONE
General introduction
1.1 Background to the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Research questions
1.4 Objectives of the study
1.5 Justification and significant of the study
1.6 Scope of the study
1.7.Definition of key terms
1.10 Structure/synopsis of the work
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Literature review simple means you are reviewing or writing on works of other Authors that have written articles,books,manuscripts and term papers related to your topic(Here you review related literature)
- Here you bring out the various concepts that are related to your work.
- You could also bring out Conceptual review(Review of concepts related to your work)
- Bring out the various theories that apply to your work. For example, if you are writing on the crisis of Democracy in Cameroon, you need to bring out the theories that are related to your work
- The empirical review is also necessary sometimes
- Finally you need to bring out the Research Gap, the gap between your topic and works of other Authors
- Take note that your topic will determine the content of your literature review
- The structure of your literature review might be the same depending on the specification given by the Department/Supervisor
CHAPTER 3
METHODOLOGY
Here, you should note that your knowledge on methods of statistical analysis will be highly needed.
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research design
3.3 Population
3.4 Sampling frame
3.5 Sample and sampling technique
3.6 Instruments
3.7 Data collection and procedure
3.8 Data processing and analysis
CHAPTER 4
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
Here you analyze your data and discuss the results of the findings
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 introductions
5.2 summaries
5.3 conclusions
5.4 recommendations
5.5 limitations to the study
Disclaimer: The above sample should only act as a guide to your research plan/proposal. The sample plan is based on expert ideas on research Methodology in public Administration; it is a collection of ideas from researchers with an M.Sc in public Administration from the University of Buea
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