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    Research Proposal: Academic Writing Guide for Graduate Students
    Research Proposal: Academic Writing Guide for Graduate Students
    Research Proposal: Academic Writing Guide for Graduate Students
    Ebook36 pages16 minutes

    Research Proposal: Academic Writing Guide for Graduate Students

    By Grant Andrews

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    A quick and easy guide to writing a research proposal
    Includes a Free example research proposal template for you to download.
    This short guide will give you the tools you need write a research proposal, no matter what your field of study is. If you're doing your master's or doctoral thesis, you need to present a good, detailed proposal before your study is approved. Often, this can be confusing, and it's hard to find simple, clear instructions on what should go into your proposal.

    In this short guide, you'll learn how to choose a research design and theoretical framework, write your methodology and literature review, and present your research plan. You'll also find a useful template which you can rework to easily complete your research proposal.

    Whether you're writing an essay or a master's or doctoral thesis, this guide will be useful for making sure that you start your journey of academic writing on the right foot. You'll be able to master this skill in just over 30 minutes. The guide is written by Dr. Grant Andrews, who has been teaching academic writing for years, and who knows the common pitfalls that students experience in academic writing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrant Andrews
    Release dateJul 11, 2017
    ISBN9781370306725
    Research Proposal: Academic Writing Guide for Graduate Students

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    • 5/5
      Impressive. Clear and concise. Enables one to understand research and the work that lays ahead.
    • 3/5
      The book is very clear, concise and to the point, guides students very effectively indeed.
    • 5/5
      Very helpful! Love the way it is set out. Thank you.
    • 5/5
      The writing is sincere, straight forward and motivating for me to start writing my thesis. Thanks a bunch
    • 5/5
      This write a research guide is straightforward, detailed and easy to follow. I also appreciate it was all given for free. I'm grateful to Grant Andrews and the Coaches at writeyourthesis.com. you are great people helping researchers learn more in the academics.
    • 4/5
      The template was very helpful along with the information on what should be in each section and a guide for how long each section should be however I would suggest a serif-font for the body text - Times-Roman, for example, is the standard at many universities and is easier for reading long texts. I also enjoyed the fact that it was short & concise. Not easy to reference though while writing so organising more content under sub- headers and bullet points would have helped with that maybe. Also very American-centric, so does not address variation in British/Australian/Canadian/New Zealand University English standards.
    • 5/5
      short and simple. easy to understand. really helpful to understand while in a rush of writing a research proposal
    • 5/5
      Very well written and explained. Easy to follow yet full of knowledge! Truly well done.
    • 4/5
      A short but very comprehensive description of what needs to be done.

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    Research Proposal - Grant Andrews

    Research Proposal: Academic Writing Guide for Graduate Students

    Essay and Thesis Writing Series

    Grant Andrews

    Academic Coaching

    www.writeyourthesis.com

    Copyright © 2017 by Grant Andrews

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher at the address below.

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    Contents

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 2: The Purpose of a Proposal

    Chapter 3: Motivation for Your Research

    Chapter 4: Methodology

    Chapter 5: Literature Review

    Chapter 6: Research Plan and Bibliography

    Academic Coaching

    Academic Coaching is run by Dr Grant Andrews and Malan van der Walt

    The Academic Coaching team offers free content to help anyone writing a thesis, essay or article. We provide free short books on every topic relating to thesis writing, as well as step-by-step guides on how to plan, research and write your academic piece. If you would like to request that we compile a tutorial or eBook that you need, or if you have any questions, please email us at info@writeyourthesis.com.

    Our services also include editing, coaching and counseling. We coach our clients through all stages of thesis writing, and host online workshops and writing marathons. You can find our pricing guide on our website, www.writeyourthesis.com.

    We hope this short guide can help you to make a success of your academic work!

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    There are a lot of elements you need to get right in

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