THE STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
1.3 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS (Optional)
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH
1.7 SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH
1.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS (if available; )
1.10 ORGANISATION OF THE PROPOSAL

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0 INTRODUCTION
2.1 SUB-HEADING 1
2.2 SUB-HEADING2
2.3 SUB-HEADING 3
2.4 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2.5 SUMMARY

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.0 INTRODUCTION
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2 SAMPLE AND POPULATION
3.3 INSTRUMENTATION
3.4 DATA COLLECTION (sampling technique)
3.5 DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 4: EXPECTED RESULTS

4.0 INTRODUCTION
4.1 SUB-HEADING 1
4.2 SUB-HEADING2
4.3 SUB-HEADING 3
4.4 SUMMARY
CHAPTER 5: MILESTONES AND TIMELINES FOR COMPLETION
5.1 MILESTONES
5.2 TIMELINES.
5.3 SUMMARY

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION

REFERENCE
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