1. Introduction (You need to present the research topic and provide the background information here in the first 2 paragraphs of this section and an overview of what are the contents of the sections...

1.    Introduction
(You need to present the research topic and provide the background information here in the first 2 paragraphs of this section and an overview of what are the contents of the sections after introduction; 3 paragraphs all together)


2.    Literature review
(A very short literature review between ¾ and 1 pages. Discuss what were important findings of some previous studies (browse ProQuest). Try to identify important variables found in the previous studies)


3.    Research questions and hypotheses (around ½ page)
3.1    Research questions

(Develop and state your research question(s)


3.2    Hypotheses
(Develop and state your hypotheses based on Literature review and your common sense; questions and hypotheses must be numbered)


4.    Operational definitions and measurement (approx. ½ page)
(Discuss how each variable is defined; provide the units of measurement)



5.    Research methodologies: Data collection and analysis
5.1    Sampling techniques

(State what kind of data you are using (primary, secondary or both). State the sample size; the sampling frame; the sampling technique)


5.2    Method of analysis.

State the proposed method of analysis and discuss it in some details (1 page)


6.    Research process
(Describe the steps you are planning when doing your research (1/2 page))


7.    Expected outcomes
(describe what you expect to find out when research and analysis are completed (1/2 pages)


8.    Conclusion
(Summarise the paper (1 or 2 paragraphs))


References
(list the previous studies mentioned in the paper; make sure that you use citation within the text; at least 10 references)