Parts Of Research

• Abstract - concise summary of research paper
• chapter 1 (introduction) - provides general explanation of what the researcher will discuss
• introduction - establishes the scope, context, and significance of the study
• background of the study - convey the central argument of your study
• review of related literature - comprehensive review of existing literature pertaining to a specific topic/reseach question
• statement of the problem - enumerates the research questions that the study soughts to answer
• objectives of the study - a sentence or question that summarizes the purpose of the study
• significance of the study - what the study will contribute, written as part of introduction.
• scope and delimitation - broader parameters/boundary of research
• definition of terms - helps in understanding of concepts or factors that will be encountered in the study
• Chapter 2 (Methodology) - specific procedures/techniques used to identify, select, process, and analyze info about topic
• research design - method for finding out what the researcher wants to know, experiment, and correlate
• population and sampling - target group under investigation
• respondents of the study - thei characteristics/responses are the object of study in research
• research instrument - a tool used to collect, measure, and analyze data
• data-gathering procedure

  • the process of gathering and measuring info on variables of interest
• statistical treatment of data - taking raw data and turning it into something that can be interpreted
• CHAPTER 3 ( PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA ) - This chapter presents the results of the study and discusses the implications of these findings to the research issues tackled.
• CHAPTER 4: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - This chapter contains the summary of the findings of the research study, the conclusions are drawn from these findings and the recommendations forwarded grounded the conclusions.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY - It is a list of books and other source material that you have used in preparing a research paper.