Writing the Research

Proposal
 Start writing the research proposal as soon as possible,
so that you can improve it
 Write and rewrite
 Reading journal articles, books, magazine to get ideas
 Discuss with your supervisor & other researchers
 Accept criticism
 It is ok to feel confused at the beginning
 Writing must be clear and professional
 To demonstrate the value (contribution) of your
research
 To demonstrate the ability of research/
expertise in a particular area of research
 To get funding / scholarship
 To approach potential supervisor
 To serve as planning tool
 Writing Introduction/Preamble/Background
 Writing introduction is to answer question, why would anyone
care about this problem? [Write about 3 paragraphs].
 The proposal should start with an introduction to include
some of the information listed below. Remember some of the
contents suggested in this section may not be relevant to
certain studies, so use your discretion in selection only what is
pertinent to your study.
 a. It acquaints you with the available literature
in the area of your study, thereby broadening
your knowledge base.

 b. It provides you with information on method

and procedures other people have used in
similar situation and tells you what works and
what does not.
 Broad background/ sometimes specific
industry at the end;
 An overview of the main area under study;
 A historical perspective (Development,
growth, etc.) pertinent to the study area;
 Philosophical or ideological issues relation to
the topic:
 Trends in terms of the prevalence, if appropriate.
 Specific industry-framework/present
problems;
 Major theories if any;
 The main issues, problems, and
advances in the subject area under study.
 Importance theoretical and practical issue relating
to the central problems under study;
 The main findings relating to the core issues
Note + Introduction is not the place for a lot of detail;
+ No literature development;
+ Detail comes later; therefore, here set the
stage for problem.
 Identify the issues that are the basis of your study
 Specify the various aspects of/perspectives
on these issues
 Identify the main gaps in the existing body of
knowledge
 Raise some of the main research question
that you want to answer Through your study
 Every good paper begins with an objective
statement.
 A statement of both your study’s main and sub-
objective. Your main objective indicates the
central thrust of your study whereas the sub-
objective identifies the specific issues you
propose to examine.
 Use action-oriented verbs such as “to
determine”, “to find out”, “to ascertain” in
formulating sub-objective, which should be
numerically listed.
What you need to know?
 Information needs is a list of specific thing
we will collect in the research.
 With every things you need to know in
order to address your problem and meet
your objectives.
 How does information help you understand
the problem and your objectives?
Information need come from

 Interaction with managers

(interviewing)
 Pilot interview/ exploratory research
 Visual-based on information needs
 Obtain from asking question topic in
qualitative.
 Scope is the limit of what will be studied,
geography/segmentation.

It has to be decided before methodology, not after. It

has to be justified, why are these limitations made,
and why will the research be useful anyway?

Mainly focus on what area????

Limitation can be modified after the research is
done, problems/ products (Not at the beginning of
the report).

It comes at the end of the report, after we have the

data and analyzed it.

Which are not possible, incompleted!

Constraint!!!
 VI- ORGANIZATION OF STUDY
TABLE OF CONTENTS បញ្ជ ីមាតិកា

Abstract សេចក្ត ីថ្លែ ងអំណរគុណ

List of Figures មូ លន័យេសងេ ប
List of Tables បញ្ជីមាតិកា
CHAPTER ិ ត្តរ ូប
បញ្ជី វចិ
ជំពូក្ទី ១ សេចក្ត ីស្ត ើម
1. Introduction ១.១ លំនំស ើម
1.1 Context of the Study ១.២ មូ លដ្ឋានននការេិក្ា
1.2 Statement of the Problem១.៣ ចំសោទបញ្ហាននការេិក្ា
១.៤ សោលបំណងននការេិក្ា
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Scope and Limitations ១.៥ ្លត្បសោជន៍ននការេិក្ា
១.៦ ទំហំ និង ថ្ នក្ំណត់ននការេិក្ា
1.5 Significance of the Study
ជំពូក្ទី ២ េំសោគបោ ា ល័យសាស្តេត
2. Related Literature
ិ សាត្េស្រ ត្សាវត្វវ
ជំពូក្ទី ៣ វវីី
3. Methodology
ជំពូក្ទី ៤ គសត្មាង ននការត្សាវត្វវ
4. Framework/ Design ជំពូក្ទី ៥ លទធ ្ល និង ការពិភាក្ា
5. Implementation and Results ជំពូក្ទី ៦ េនន ិដ្ឋាន និង អនុសាេន៍
6. Conclusion and Further Study ឯក្សារសោង
References ឧបេមព ័នធ
Appendix
 Flow chart of study organization
Ch.1 Introduction

Ch.2 Literature review Ch3. Current situation

2-1………………. 3-1……………………
2-2……………… 3-2……………………

Ch.4 Analyzing & Research Methodology

Ch.5 Analysis & Discussion of finding

Ch.6 Conclusion & Recommendation

 You must set yourself sates as you need to complete the
research a certain time-frame.
 List the various operational steps you need to undertake
and indicate against each the date by which you aim to
complete that task
 Remember to keep some time towards the end as a
“cushion”in case the research process does not go as
smoothly as planned.