Ph.

D RESEARCH PROPOSAL
PREPARATION

Arvind Kumar
Ph.D Research Scholar
Department- Sociology Of Education
Pondicherry University







 8 STAGES OF PREPARATION
• BROAD RESEARCH AREA
• RESEARCH TITLE PROPOSED
• REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES
• IDENTIFY RESEARCH GAP OR RESEARCH PROBLEM
• FORMULATION OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVE.
• HYPOTHESIS OR RESEARCH QUESTION.
• METHODOLOGY.
• REFERENCES.

 BROAD RESEARCH AREA

• RESEARCH – PROCESS OF SYSTEMATIC ENQUIRY THAT ENTAILS COLLECTION OF DATA

DOCUMENTATION OF CRITICAL INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS INCLUDE INTERPRETATION OF
THAT ANALYSIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE.
BROAD AREA OF RESEARCH - THE AREA OF INTEREST WHERE YOU FELT SOME PROBLEMS OR
RESEARCH GAP YOU GET TO KNOW THROUGH REVIEW OF LITERATURE. IN THAT SPECIFIC
AREA ONE CAN GO TO DEEP INSIDE AND FIND OUT SOMETHING CONCRETE TO DEFINE THE
PROBLEM OR RESEARCH GAPS.

 PROPOSED RESEARCH TITLE

• THE RESEARCH TITLE SHOWS THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPENDENT AND
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE.
• IT PREDICT THE CONTENT OF THE PAPER.
• IT USES ALL THE CRITICAL WORDS IMPORTANT IN RESEARCH PAPER.
• IT’S ALSO INDICATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE THAN TWO VARIABLES.

 LITERATURE REVIEW

• IT IS THE COLLECTION OF DATA ALREADY IN PUBLIC DOMAIN.

• PROVIDES FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON RELATED TOPIC
• IDENTIFIES INCONSISTENCIES OR GAPS IN RESEARCH
• CHECK CONFLICTS IN PREVIOUS STUDIES AND THE REMAINING OPEN QUESTIONS.

 IDENTIFY RESEARCH GAP OR RESEARCH PROBLEMS

• OBJECTIFY POSSIBLE RESEARCH CAMPS AFTER CONDUCTING A RIGOUROUS LITERATURE

REVIEW
• STATEMENT OF PROBLEM IN A VERY ORGANISED CONSTRUCTED SENTENCE ABOUT RELATED
ISSUE.

 FORMULATION OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• THESE ARE THE BROAD STATEMENT OF DESIRED OUTCOME.

• OR GENERAL INTENTION OF THE RESEARCH IN A CLEAR CONCISE DESCRIPTION
• HIGHLY FOCUSED AND PRECISE STATEMENT.

 HYPOTHESIS & RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• THIS IS A PROPOSITION OR SUGGESTION ABOUT RELATED BEHAVIOUR OF VARIABLES.

• THE INTENTION OF RESEARCHER IS TO PROVE OR DISPROVE THE STATED HYPOTHESIS.
• RESEARCH QUESTION IS THE STATEMENT OF INTENDED OUTCOME IN QUESTION FORM.
• IT IS ALWAYS ACCORDING TO THE STATED OBJECTIVE.

 METHODOLOGY

• IT IS RELATED TO MOST SUITABLE APPROACH TO FINDING OUT SOLUTION OF RESEARCH QUESTION.

• IT EXPLAINS WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL DO.
• IT IS ALWAYS RELATED TO TYPE OF RESEARCH, TYPE OF COLLECTING DATA, TYPE OF ANALYSING
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUE AND TYPE OF CALCULATION.

 REFERENCES

• IT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTION OF OTHER RESEARCHER.

• IT IS ALSO HELPFUL TO PROVIDE AN IDEA OF GETTING SECONDARY DATA FOR OTHER FUTURE
RESEARCHERS.
• IT’S TO VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF USED SECONDARY DATA IN YOUR RESEARCH.