research 20tips 20 uw (1)

8/17/2019 Research 20tips 20 UW (1)

1/21

Tips for developing a

research proposal

Untung Waluyo


2/21

Talk Overview1. Research title

2. Introduction

3. iterature review

!. Research "ethod


3/21

Research title

# good research title$• should accurately% clearly% and concisely re&ect

the i'portance and content of the paper in onesentence

• (ondenses the research)s content in a few words• accurately re&ects the cru+ of your research

• will provide the readers with infor'ation a,outthe focus of your research study

• -ierentiates your thesis fro' other theses ofthe sa'e su,/ect area


4/21

R-0

• WRITI UOT40 546 4#R4R0 "O7I O#- 0T#8I "OTI7#T4-

• T54 4994(TI74400 O9 U0I T54 O"#(O""UI(#TIO 3::: I T4#(5I R4#-I

TO I(R4#04 0TU-4T0 #;IIT8

• T54 "4T5O- 044(TIO O9 T4#(5I 4I05R#""#R 9OR (5I-R4

• T4#(5I 4I05 7O(#;U#R8 U0I 0O8RI(0

• T54 #-7#T#40 O9 T4#(5I 7O(#;U#R8 T5ROU5 #"40 I


5/21

Introduction

• provides readers with the ,ackground infor'ationfor the proposed research.

• lay the ,road foundation for the pro,le' thatleads to the study%

• esta,lishes a fra'ework for the research% so thatreaders can understand how it is related to otherresearch= >Wilkinson% 1??1% p. ?@A.

uestions to consider$

• Why do you want to study this su,/ectB• What i'portant% unresolved issues pertain to the

su,/ectCo,/ect of the studyB


6/21

6urpose of the study

• provides the conte+t forthe research study

• is the concise description of an issuecurrently e+isting which needs to ,eaddressed.

• is often the hardest part of writing a

research proposal or thesis ,ecause ofone)s lack of ,ackground knowledgein research.


7/21

Research Duestions

• # research Duestion guides andcentres your research.

• It esta,lishes a clear purpose foryour research in relation to yourchosen Eeld.

• It is si'ilar to state'ent of pro,le',ut written in an interrogative for'.


8/21

Reasons for the study

• Why do you conduct the studyB

• What triggers your interest to studythe 'atterB What pro,le's appearfro' F

• Why is it i'portantB


9/21

0igniEcance of the study

• What contri,ution will ,e 'ade ,ythe studyB

• Who will ,eneEt fro' your studyB


10/21

iterature review

• is a critical look at the e+istingresearch that is signiEcant to thework that you are carrying out.


11/21

6urpose of a iteratureReview

• To provide ,ackground infor'ation

• To esta,lish i'portance of your study

• To de'onstrate fa'iliarity with thetheory and Eeld of study to ,einvestigated

• To provide direction for furtherresearch


12/21

(haracteristics of4ective iterature Reviews

• Outlining important research trends

• Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of

existing research• Identifying potential gaps in knowledge

• Establishing a need for current and/or future

research projects


13/21

9our #nalysis Tasks of theiterature Review

TASKS OF

LITERATURE

REVIEW

SUMMARIZE SYNTHESIZE CRITIQUE COMPARE


14/21

0teps for Writing a itReview

• 6lanning

• Reading and Research

• #nalyGing• -rafting

• Revising


15/21

"ethod

• Research design$ uantitative vsualitative

• 6opulation

• 0a'ple

• "ethod of data collection

•Instru'ent

• 6rocedure of data collection

• "ethod of data analysis


16/21

uantitative 'ethod

• uantitative research 'ethods wereoriginally developed in the naturalsciences to study natural

pheno'ena.

• It involves 'easure'ents% usually ofa nu',er of varia,les% across sa'ple

as key research indicators and tools.


17/21

(ont..

• 7alidity and relia,ility can ,e 'easurednu'erically using statistical tests.

• # co''on perception of Duantitative

research is that the e'phasis is on proofrather than discovery.

• There are three pri'ary types ofDuantitative research designs$ – e+peri'entalH

– Duasie+peri'entalH

– descriptive and correlational.


18/21

ualitative "ethod

• ualitative research takes aninductive approach and its 'ethodswere developed in the social sciences

to ena,le researchers to study socialand cultural pheno'ena


19/21

(ontF

ualitative approaches to research are,ased on a Jworld viewJ which is holisticand has the following ,eliefs$

• There is no single reality.

• Reality is ,ased upon perceptions thatare dierent for each person and

change over ti'e.• What we know has 'eaning only

within a given situation or conte+t.


20/21

Key features of Dualitative research

•It is not ,ased upon nu'erical 'easure'entsand does not use nu',ers and statistical'ethods as key research indicators and tools

• It uses words as the unit of analysis and often

takes an indepth% holistic or rounded approachto eventsCissuesCcase studies.

• It tends to ,e associated with description%s'allscale studies and researcher involve'ent

• The researcher acting as a 'easure'ent tool.• is e'phasiGed on discovery rather than proof.


21/21

4+a'ples of Dualitative research

'ethods

– action research

– case study

– grounded theory

– historical 'ethods

– ethnography.

research 20tips 20 uw (1)

Documents