Author: Durdana Saleem,
How to start a research thesis:
A research thesis or project consists of preliminary pages, 5 chapters and references and appendix. Their title and description are given below: Preliminary Pages: Title page: It includes topic name, your program name e.g. BS, MS. PHD, also mention whether your work is in whole or partial fulfillment of your degree or not, your name and some info like roll no and session, supervisors’ name and lastly the institute in which you are studying. (Compulsory) Declaration Form: declare your name and research topic and tell that it is your own work and has not been submitted previously. Sign this page and have it signed by your supervisor and head of department. (Optional) Certificate: this page certifies that your work is done by you and it is not stolen from anybody. This page is signed by your internal examiner, external examiner and HOD. (Optional) Dedication: it's a person's own choice , at this page dedicate your work to whom you want to dedicate. (Optional) Acknowledgement: in this page you acknowledge people and the extent to which you want to acknowledge them, like your friends, class fellows, teachers, parents, siblings, supervisors or any other person who have helped you and supported you. (Optional) Abstract: It is concise summary of your research work, it contains a brief description of research aims, method used, subjects from which data is collected, findings/conclusion and a few suggestions. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. (Compulsory) List of Tables: in this page no of tables, table title, page number where the table is are included. (If any) List of figures: After the list of tables from next page list of figures start, must list them with figure number, titles or caption of figure, and page numbers. List of figures include figures, charts, photographs, graphs, technical drawings, and maps. (If any) List of abbreviations or others should also start from new page. Abbreviations, symbols and other things are used more than once in thesis that’s why their page number is not mentioned. Only abbreviation and their complete words are written, it is same for other things. (Optional) Table of contents: Table of contents is very important because it gives a list of things that are in the thesis. It is easy for readers to check something they want to look at rather than going through whole thesis. It includes title and page number of preliminary pages (Acknowledgement, abstract, list of tables, list of figures etc.), chapters (chapter name, headings and subheadings in chapters), reference / bibliography, appendix and end notes. (Compulsory) (Note: Each list and part of preliminary page should start from top of new page. Also each entry in list of tables, figures etc. You may also put dots between title and page number) Chapter 1: Introduction Introduce your topic in this chapter. Start from a general point that everybody know (or at least people of that area know) and move to your topic in a smooth way. Introduce keywords of your topic and a few researches on your topic. Not just introduction chapter but text in every chapter should be coherent it shouldn’t look like that every paragraph is different and there is no connection between them. When you start describing a new point connect it with previous one so that it becomes one thing. Don’t forget to give citation of text that is taken from someone else’s work, everyone should be given credit for their work because plagiarism is a serious crime. This chapter also includes statement of the problem, objectives of your study, significance of study, research questions of your study. Chapter 2: Literature Review Give proper definitions on keywords in your research topic with citation. Give small reviews of lot of past researches on your keywords of your topic and variables that you want to study on. Don’t forget to give citation. Chapter 3: Method / Methodology This chapter includes description of method used, research design, population of study, participants, sampling strategy/ sample, pilot testing, procedure of data collection, analysis of data etc.. Some points can be excluded or included depending on your research methodology. Chapter 4: Analysis of Data Analyze your results in this chapter in detail with charts, graphs, tables, illustrations etc. Chapter 5: Discussion, Findings and Conclusion Give summary of finding with respect to your research questions/ aims/ themes, give conclusion and suggestion/recommendation for future researches. References: All the references from where you added any information or data or citation must be included at the end. References can be in different formats like Chicago, Turabian, APA styles etc., there are also different editions of these formats. Appendix: It comes after references and in this part you may add your questionnaire, interview questions or other tools you used for study. You can add some tables in this part that can be helpful for readers or to give more detailed results of your study. This is it...
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