Whatisaresearchproposal开题报告

Whatisaresearchproposal?•Aresearchproposalisasortoffeasibilitystudyreportofyourresearchwork.Itaimstoinformyouradviserandreviewcommitteeofthepurportofyourresearchandthecentralideaofyourpaper,andtoconvincethemthatyouraredoingtherightthing.2Whentowriteaproposal•Atthisstage…•Youhavechosenatopicareaorhaveatopicselected(atleastingeneral)•Youhavesurveyedsome/theliteratureonthetopicarea•Youthinkyouknowwhattodo(stagesinvolved)•Youthinkyouknowhowtodoit(fromresearchquestionstoresearchmethods)•Younowmustconvinceyoursupervisor/tutorandthedissertationcommittee(1)thattheresearchisofvalueandimportanceand(2)thatyouarereadyandabletodotheproposedresearch•Youdothiswithadissertation/researchproposalordissertation/researchprospectus•Thisisastagethatbridgestheselectionandapprovalofthetopicandthewritingoftheresearch/dissertation.(upgrading,进入论文写作阶段)3Possible/generalComponentsinaProposal3.1Introduction•Backgroundinformation•Justificationoftheresearch(argumentforthenecessityandresearchabilityofthetopic)•Aim(s)andobjectives(thesisstatement)•Researchquestions(topicsstatedasquestions,topicsstatedashypotheses)•Theoreticalframework•Datacollection•Researchmethods•Structureofthedissertation(howthedissertationisshapedorstructured)3.2Literaturereview•Generalresearchsituationinthetopicarea(Toofewreferenceswillimplythattheresearcherhasnotdoneenoughlibraryresearchanddoesnothavethenecessarybackgroundinformationtoundertaketheproposedstudy)•Previousstudies–importantfindings•Deficienciesinpreviousresearch•Proposinganew/differentwayofinvestigation•(Important:theabilitytoquote,paraphrase,summarize)3.3Theoreticalframework•Introducingyourtheoreticalframework•Focusingonrelevantcomponentsoftheframework•Quoting,summarizingandparaphrasingexistingideas•Comparingyourtheoreticalframeworkwithotheralternativeframeworksifnecessary3.4Methods•Howtheresearchistobeundertaken•Whatprocedurestobefollowed•Conductingprimaryresearch(qualitative,survey,statistical)•Collectingdata•Observation(directobservation,fieldwork)•Designing/Conductinginterviewsand/orquestionnairesand/orexperiments•Howthedataaretobeanalysed3.5Materials/data•“Methods”and“materials/data”arerelatedtoeachother•Resources(includingpeople)youplantouse•Collectingdata•Natureofthedata•Quantitativeand/orqualitative•Fromacorpus/corpora•Strongpointsandweakpoints•Relationshipbetweenresearchfocusanddata3.6Discussion•Relationshipbetweenresearchfocusanddataanalysis•Anticipatedrelationshipbetweenresultsandpreviousresearch•Possiblelimitationsoftheresearch•Possibledifficulties/problems•Practicaland/ortheoreticalapplications/implicationsoftheresearch3.7Possible/expected/anticipatedresults/conclusions•Anticipatedresults/conclusions•Possibleresults/conclusions•Expectedresults/conclusions•Unlikeacompleteddissertation/researchpaper,andforobviousreasons,aresearchproposalrarelyhasaresults/conclusionssection.3.8Bibliography(cf.References)•BibliographyvsReferences•Referencesthathavebeenusedduringyourpreliminaryinvestigation•Referencesthatwillprobablybeused/consultedduringthecourseoftheresearch•Theworkingbibliography–thebibliographythatyouwillbeworkingwithuntilyourfinaldrafthasbeensubmittedandaccepted.•StyleoflistingabibliographyAvoidingsillymistakes•Consistencyinstyle(dissertation,thesis;colour,color;programme,program),font(字体型号),terms,names(M.A.KHalliday,MichaelHalliday;R.Hasan---RuqaiyaHasan),spacing,etc.•Listoffigures,numbers,abbreviations,etc.•Sourcesofquotations,paraphrases,summaries•Styleofreferences(R.Hasan---RuqaiyaHasan;Arnold---EdwardArnold)•Checkthereferenceitemsinboththebodyandthereferences•ContentpagesandChapter/sectionheadings•Consultbooks/otherswhenyouarenotsure.