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- Title Page of the Paper. The title of your paper should be brief but should adequately inform the reader of your general topic and the specific focus of your research. Keywords relating to parameters, population, and other specifics are useful. The Title Page must include the elements required in the End of Program Manual.
- Introduction. This section shall provide an overview of the topic that you are writing about, a concise synopsis of the issues, and why the topic presents a “puzzle” that prompts your research questions, which you will include. This section can be preceded by an epigraph that creates interest in the topic. Ensure that you follow proper format for epigraphs!!
- Review of the Literature: All research projects include a literature review to set out for the reader what knowledge exists on the subject under study and helps the researcher develop the research strategy to use in the study. A good literature review is a thoughtful study of what has been written, a summary of the arguments that exist (whether you agree with them or not), arranged thematically. At the end of the summary, there should still be gaps in the literature that you intend to fill with your research. It is written in narrative format.
III. Methodology: (( NO NO NO PERSON INTERVIEW ABSOLUTELY) This section provides the reader with a description of how you carried out your qualitative research project, and the variables you identified and analyzed. It describes any special considerations and defines any limitations and terms specific to this project, if necessary. (INSERT TABLES OR GRAPHS)
- Findings and Analysis:This section provides the results of your research and the analytical arguments that will make as a result of your findings. In a quantitative project, this section would provide the results of the data collection and an analysis of what it illustrates in empirical terms. In a qualitative paper, it will produce the findings that you have made from an empirical analysis of your variables. This section should also provide the evidence that proves (or disproves) the hypothesis.
- Conclusions:This section will contain the concluding analytical arguments based on what research has revealed to answer the research question. Like any conclusion, it should provide a synopsis of the project, the strategy, and the results and what they add to the body of knowledge. This section should also offer suggestions for avenues of future research for other scholars, as all knowledge is evolutionary
- Abstract of Thesis page follows copyright page.
- Abstract is between 150-200 words in length.
- Abstract sets the stage for the research topic, notes the method in use, notes the findings, and mentions important implications of the study.
- Table of Content.
- Table of Contents uses “dot leaders” between the last word and the page number.
- Table of Contents is right justified.
- Page numbers on Table of Contents correctly mark the section.
- List of Tables (if needed) follows Table of Contents.
- List of Tables uses “dot leaders” between the last word and the page number.
- List of Tables is right justified.
- Page numbers on List of Tables correctly corresponds with table location.
- List of Figures (if needed) follows List of Tables.
- List of Figures uses “dot leaders” between the last word and the page number.
- List of Figures is right justified.
- Page numbers on List of Figures correctly corresponds with figure location.
- Page numbers are properly noted within the document.
- The start of each new chapter begins on a new page.
- Starting with page 1 of the Introduction pages have 1-inch borders on all 4 sides.
- References are listed in alphabetical order according to author last name.
- References are single spaced with one blank space in-between references.
- References are in hanging-indent format.