WRITING CHAPTER 1

Different Parts Of A Thesis

• I. Preliminaries
▫ Cover sheet
▫ Title page
▫ The approval sheet
▫ Acknowledgement
▫ Abstract page
▫ Table of contents
▫ List of figures
▫ List of tables
• Cover page – includes the title of the thesis,
name of school, name of researcher/s and the
year when the thesis was defended

• Table of contents – listing of all headings of

preliminaries up to the last page of the
manuscript, the main headings and subdivisions
with beginning page numbers
• Approval sheet – the certificate of endorsement
of the thesis adviser for oral examination

• Dedication and Acknowledgement – it

recognizes persons to whom the author is
indebted for guidance and assistance and those
to whom he or she is grateful for any special aid

• Abstract – The required digest or summary of

the whole research project
Different Parts Of A Thesis
• II. The Text
▫ Contains five chapters

• Chapter 1 The Problem and Its

Background

▫ 1. Introduction (or background)

▫ 2. Theoretical Framework
▫ 3. OperationalFramework
Different Parts Of A Thesis
• 4. Statement of the Problem
▫ 5. Hypothesis
▫ 6. Assumptions of the study
▫ 7. Scope and Delimitation of the Study
▫ 8. Significance of the Study
▫ 9. Definition of Terms
• Theoretical / Conceptual Framework – provides
the very foundation for which the study is
conducted

• Operational framework – it shows the

interrelationship among the variables in the
research; a diagrammatic representation of the
central theme, focus and main thrust of the
study

• Statement of the problem – it contains the

general and specific questions that need to be
answered at the end of the study
• Hypothesis – a statement of the problem that
needs to be tested statistically

• Assumptions of the study – a self-evident truth

which is based upon known fact or phenomenon
• Significance of the study – it delineates the
importance of the research study to specific
individuals, entities, institutions and other
segments of the society
• Delimitation of the study – describe the factors
or variables that are not to be included and the
boundary in terms of time frame, number of
subjects or respondents and the participants or
respondents who are excluded
• Operational definition – specifies how a variable
will be defined in the study
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• Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature
▫ 1. Foreign Literature
▫ 2. Foreign Study
▫ 3. Local Literature
▫ 4. Local Studies
▫ 5. Synthesis of the State of the Art
▫ 6. Gaps that the present study will bridge
• Related Literature – composed of discussion of
facts and principles to which the present study is
related

• Review of related literature – an integral part of

the entire research process and makes a valuable
contribution to almost every operational step

• Related studies – the studies or investigations

already conducted to which the present study is
related
Purpose of the Review of Literature
1. Assist in defining the problem and operational
definition
2. Identify strengths and weaknesses of the
previous studies
3. To identify present knowledge and what is
unknown
Characteristics of related materials of
true value :
1. Must be objective and unbiased

2. Must be relevant to the study

3. Must be based upon true facts

• Paraphrasing- stating something that another
person has said or written in a different way

• Plagiarism – using the words or ideas of another

person without proper credit to the one who
devised them

• Direct quotation – the easiest kind of notecard

to write because the researcher can copy exactly
what the source said or wrote
QUIZ # 2
1. The study covered BSHRM graduates from
2005-2014 and does not include AHRM
graduates.

2. This study will benefit the CIHM for

accreditation purposes and in improvement of
the curriculum

3. This study is anchored on the theory of Hyun

Son(2008) on the Role of Labor Market in
Explaining Growth and Inequality.
4. It consist od Input, Process and Output of the
study. It shows the dependent and independent
variables of the study.

5. What is the demographic profile of the

respondents?

6. All answers of the respondents are deemed

correct.

7. Mismatch can be interpreted as a poor match

between the skills and geographic preferences of
unemployed workers ( Canon, 2011)
8. This study conducted by the faculty of UPHSL,
Binan Laguna ( Villaluz, et.al, 2011) was done to
trace the employability of its alumnae from batch
2007-2009.

9. What is the minimum number of respondents a

study must have as a basis for statistical analysis.

10. Part of Chapter 3 that discuss the

questionnaire used in the study.
11. The number of respondents in the study.

12. The certificate of endorsement of the thesis

adviser for oral examination

13. This states if there will be a significant

relationship or difference in the variables of the
study.

14. The summary of the whole paper

15. Recognizes persons to whom the author is

indebted for guidance and assistance