SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR IDEA RESEARCH PROJECT

PRELIMINARY PAGES Title Page Title short (length is 10-12 words); reflective of the content, problem, and the main variables to be studied; Students Name / Month and Batch Institutional Affiliation

Declaration Acknowledgment Abstract - brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the manuscript or synthesis of the study which includes the objectives, methodology, highlights of the results, conclusions, and recommendations Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Appendixes

INTRODUCTION gives the background of the project and the rationale for conducting the study

Background of the Study - Should be the platform for the significance of the study - Should identify information gap Statement of the Problem - identifies the research gaps - justifies the conduct of the study - states the questions that the study hopes to answer - serves as a guide in formulating the specific objectives

Objectives of the Study - states the general and specific objectives - should be consistent with the problem - should be clearly stated and logically presented Hypotheses of the Study - states the researchers expectations concerning the relationships between the variables in the research problem Significance of the Study - points out the vital contribution of the results of the study and who will benefit from it.

Scope and Limitations of the Study - sets the delimitations and establishes the boundaries of the study (delimits the study in terms of size and area of coverage) - states what the study will not cover or will not do - identifies the weaknesses and constraints which may affect the results of the study Definition of Terms - includes conceptual and/or operational definitions II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE III consists of both the research and conceptual literatures but more on the former (at least 60 %) subsections can be included, which are based on objectives. All subtopics must be italicized and boldly written. references must be properly cited in all paragraphs using author/year format. (Please see APA for the detailed format). rules on paragraphing must be strictly followed. A paragraph should have at least two sentences. It should not be too long. should consist of at least 6 pages

THEORETICAL /CONCEPTUAL/OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK discusses the theories linking the topic to the available body of knowledge presents relationships between different specific constructs the researcher wants to study specifies the relationships between and among variables may consist of a combination of mathematical, graphical, and/or diagrammatical presentations

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METHODOLOGY describes how the study was conducted

Research Design - specifies whether descriptive, causal/explanatory, correlation, comparative, exploratory, evaluative or combination of two or more designs Sources of Data - specifies the sources of primary and/or secondary data

Method of Data Collection/Data Collection Procedure - indicates the sampling procedures (if primary data) and the data collection methods such as survey, questionnaire, and others Analytical Procedures/Methods of Analysis - indicates the most appropriate statistical tools used in analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data RESULTS AND DISCUSSION summarizes the data collected and the statistical results in sufficient detail to justify conclusions uses tables and graphs to supplement the text all figures must be numbered consecutively with their labels written below the figures - all figures must be well explained in the text evaluates/interprets the implications of the original hypothesis emphasizes any theoretical consequences of the results

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Conclusions Recommendations BIBLIOGRAPHY -

should be alphabetically arranged all the references cited in the text must be included in this section

APPENDIXES may include questionnaires, raw data and statistical calculations.