Writing Research Proposal ADS501 Research Method and Data Analysis

What is research proposal? Research proposal is a research plan, prospectus, outline, statement of intent or draft research plan. Research proposal is a research plan, prospectus, outline, statement of intent or draft research plan. The research proposal tells us what, why, how, where and to whom the research will be done. The research proposal tells us what, why, how, where and to whom the research will be done.

The purposes of research proposal To present the management question to be researched and its important. To present the management question to be researched and its important. To explain the research efforts of others who have worked on related management questions. To explain the research efforts of others who have worked on related management questions. To suggest the data necessary for solving the management question and how the data will be gathered, treated and interpreted. To suggest the data necessary for solving the management question and how the data will be gathered, treated and interpreted.

The Content of Research Proposal Topic of the study Topic of the study Executive summary Executive summary Problem statement Problem statement Research questions Research questions Research objective Research objective Literature review Literature review Research hypotheses Research hypotheses Research design/methodology Research design/methodology Data analysis Data analysis The expected findings The expected findings The benefits of study The benefits of study Budget Budget Researcher Profile Researcher Profile Research schedule/plan Research schedule/plan List of references List of references

The Structure of Research Proposal Executive summary – A brief statement of the research issue and management question, the research aim and the benefits of the research. Executive summary – A brief statement of the research issue and management question, the research aim and the benefits of the research. Problem statement – stating the management dilemma/issue, its background and consequences, and the resulting management questions. Problem statement – stating the management dilemma/issue, its background and consequences, and the resulting management questions.

Research questions – the specific issues that need to be investigated or study. What are the major questions that attract the interest of the researcher to conduct the study. Research questions – the specific issues that need to be investigated or study. What are the major questions that attract the interest of the researcher to conduct the study. Research objective – address the main aim and detail purposes of the investigation and lay out exactly what is being planned by the proposed research. Research objective – address the main aim and detail purposes of the investigation and lay out exactly what is being planned by the proposed research.

Literature review – Describing the research issue. Examining the issue based on various information published in company report, news paper, journals, books, and internet web sites. Literature review – Describing the research issue. Examining the issue based on various information published in company report, news paper, journals, books, and internet web sites. Research hypotheses – the researcher assumptions on the issue. The phenomena need to be proved through the study. Research hypotheses – the researcher assumptions on the issue. The phenomena need to be proved through the study.

Research design – plan of investigating the research issue in technical terms. What sort of data needed. How to collect the data and the research methodology is going to be employed. The instrument used to collect the data and the sampling procedures applied. Research design – plan of investigating the research issue in technical terms. What sort of data needed. How to collect the data and the research methodology is going to be employed. The instrument used to collect the data and the sampling procedures applied.

Data analysis – Describes your proposed technical methods of transforming the collected data. What statistical package and what level of statistical analysis is going to be employed. Data analysis – Describes your proposed technical methods of transforming the collected data. What statistical package and what level of statistical analysis is going to be employed. Nature and forms of the result – the likely expected outcome of the research. The findings and recommendations of the research. Nature and forms of the result – the likely expected outcome of the research. The findings and recommendations of the research. Benefits of the study – the benefits from the study to the interested party Benefits of the study – the benefits from the study to the interested party

Budget – cost of conducting of the study in financial terms. Budget – cost of conducting of the study in financial terms. The researcher profile – qualifications, experiences and expertise. The researcher profile – qualifications, experiences and expertise. Research schedule – time frame of conducting the research. Research schedule – time frame of conducting the research. References – List of bibliographies. References – List of bibliographies.