MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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NAME - MAUREEN KAPOTWE

STUDENT NUMBER - 201600244

PROGRAMME - BACHELOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

SCHOOL - SOCIAL SCIENCES

COURSE CODE - SPA 211

COURSE - THEORY AND PRACTICE OF

DEVELOPMENT

LECTURER - MRS. CHISHIMBA

ASSIGNMENT - ONE

YEAR OF STUDY - YEAR TWO SEMESTER ONE

DUE DATE - MONDAY, 29 JULY 2016

STUDENT CONTACT NO. - 0977 866431

EMAIL ADDRESS - mksakavuyi@gmail.com

POSTAL ADDRESS - NDOLA CENTRAL HOSPITAL POSTAL

AGENCY

Question 1
What steps do you follow up to prepare a research report to the administrators and policy
makers?

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 1. The steps to follow when preparing a research report are:-
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Problem statement
1.3 Significance of the study
1.4 Study Objectives
1.4.1 General objectives
1.4.2 Specific objectives
1.5 Hypothesis
1.6 Study scope
1.7 Definition of working teams
1.8 Limitation
2. Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical framework
3. Methodology
3.1 Study design
3.2 Target population
3.3 Sources of data
3.4 Sample size
3.5 Sampling criteria
3.6 Development of Data collection tools
3.7 Data collection techniques
3.8 Pretesting of data collection tools
3.9 Filed data collection
3.10 Data analysis and interpretation
4. Data presentation
5. Discussion of findings
6. Conclusion and recommendations

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 References
Appendices

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