RESEARCH OPERATIONAL TEMPLATE (ROT) 2017 OTHMAN TALIB (UPM)

1. Brief Overview of the study

2. PROBLEM STATEMENT i. Current issue / Symptom - with citations ii. Specific problem(s)
underpinning the issue - with citations iii. Proposed solution – NOVELTY

3. OBJECTIVE - use all main terminologies

4. THEORETICAL / CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK - a brief framework to highlight the

relationship bet. variables and the terminologies - a graphical framework is prefered 5.
SIGNIFICANCE - why other scholars in the same field care about this study 6. RESEARCH
QUESTIONS

7. INSTRUMENTATION

8. DATA ANALYSIS

9.RESEARCH DESIGN:

10. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE / SAMPLING FRAME:

11. EXPECTED MAIN FINDING: - this will answer your objective

12. CONTRIBUTION TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (THEORY, METHODOLOGY,

PRACTICALITY): - The contribution from the ‘expected’ main finding

REFERENCES: List of current ‘leading’ journals referred to prepare this proposal –

RESEARCH OPERATIONAL TEMPLATE (ROT)

1. Brief overview of the study

 2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
i. Current issue / symptom – with citations
ii. Specific problem(s) underpinning the issue – with citations
iii. Proposed solution – Novelty

3. OBJECTIVE
- Use all main terminologies

4. THEORITICAL / CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

- A brief framework to highlight the relationship bet. Variables and the terminologies
- A graphical framework is preferred

5. SIGNIFICANCE
- Why other scholars in the same field care about this study

6. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7. INSTRUMENTATION 8. DATA ANALYSIS

9. RESEARCH DESIGN 10. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE / SAMPLING FRAME

11. EXPECTED MAIN FINDING

- This will answer your objective

12. CONTRIBUTION TO THE BODY KNOWLEDGE (THEORY, METHODOLOGY,

PRACTIALITY)

REFERENCES
List of current ‘leading’ journals referred to prepare this proposal