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RESEARCH PROPOSAL
WHAT IS IT?
• A plan of action that describes in detail how you
plan to carry out a research & request permission
to proceed with the plan
1. Background of the Study
5. Significance of the
Study
2. Statement of Problem
6. Scope of the Study
3. Objectives of Study
7. Methodology
4. Research Questions
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COMPONENTS IN RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Title
(Put your title here)
Group members’ details
2) Background Information
• “… provides readers with essential
background info of the relationship between specific topic of
research and the general area of study”
• E.g: Obesity has been rated as one of the silent killers in Malaysia.
Studies have been made and the results found that 7 out of 10
Malaysians are obese. We can see how this situation is increasing
with the increasing number of fast food restaurants not only in
urban areas but also in rural areas……Hence, our research team is
set up to make further investigation about the causes of obesity
among higher learners in Malaysia….
Problem Statement
• A clear statement that defines the issue or problem
investigated in the study
• “inform the readers of the current situation & make the
readers aware of the negative impact of the problem as well
as the consequences of not solving the problem”
E.g:
• Case of obesity in Malaysia
• Causes and effects of obesity
Malaysia has experienced a dramatic growth in the obesity
cases and its ratio from year to year. A recent study conducted by
World Health Organisation (WHO) indicated more than half Malaysian
age between 18 to 25 years old with most of them are higher learners
having the problems of overweight or obesity. The increasing
affordability has made more and more Malaysian higher learners
become consuming foods and drinks excessively contributing
overweight without knowing the possible effects or dangers of
becoming one towards health. Without further understanding about
eating habits factor among higher learners, any attempt to reduced
obesity will not fruitful.
Given the situation, it is high time for all parties to formulate
prevention strategies by conducting serious effort in studying the
explicit eating habits and its correlation with obesity including the
number of meals influence, time of eating influence and the meals
category among higher learners so the situation will better improving.
Objective
• To show the extent and the expected outcome of the study
• To begin with a leading statement followed by the objectives
written in point forms
• This section usually contains the following:
• Appropriate action verb (e.g: investigate, demonstrate,
determine, study)
• Subject + Verb + ‘to’ + Infinitive
• e.g: The objective of the study [subject] is [verb] to determine [to
infinitive] …
E.g:
I. To investigate the cases of obesity among Higher Learners
II. To identify the causes of obesity
Action Verbs for
Purpose/Objective
• To discover
•
To investigate
• To assess
• To evaluate
•
To measure
• To examine
•
To present
•
To provide
•
To recognise
•
To reveal
• To compare
• To decide
• To explore
• To describe
• To find out
• To determine
• To identify
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• To ascertain
Research Questions
• Research question 1
e.g: What are the causes of obesity in Malaysia?
Significance of the Study
• To emphasize the potential benefits that it would bring
Scope
• What issue is being studied?
• outlines method of investigation used in study
• Components in scope:
I. What is examined?
II. Sample size
III. Methodology
IV. Instruments used to collect data
V. Duration
This study is designed to understand the eating habits of
overweight or obese higher learners; therefore, the intent of this study
is to exclusively address their eating habits as a primary concern. The
study targets to survey around 1500 sample respondents of higher
learners from second year students (and above). This survey will be
conducted in three universities which is Northern Universities of
Malaysia (UUM), Malaya Universities (UM) and Technology
Universities of Malaysia (UTM) so it will represent the three sectors of
peninsular Malaysia (northern, middle and southern). The data will be
collected via questionnaires that will be distributed from September
15 to December 30 and will be computerized using SPSS software, a
computer application that provides statistical analysis of data. This
research does not represent the bias views of researcher and it does
not represent any presumption on the research.
Methodology
• Primary Data
Questionnaire
Interview
Observation
E.g: The instrument(s) that will be used are…
• Secondary Data
• Literature of previous researches