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Research Synopsis

This document outlines the key components that should be included in a research synopsis or proposal. It states that the synopsis should include: a title, abstract, introduction elaborating the relevance and significance of the research issue, a literature review to identify gaps and place the study in academic context, a clearly defined research problem derived from the literature review, conceptual and theoretical frameworks, specific objectives, hypotheses if any, research methodology detailing data collection and analysis, and a bibliography of sources. The purpose is to present the essential background and plan for a research study in a clear and organized manner.

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Research Synopsis

This document outlines the key components that should be included in a research synopsis or proposal. It states that the synopsis should include: a title, abstract, introduction elaborating the relevance and significance of the research issue, a literature review to identify gaps and place the study in academic context, a clearly defined research problem derived from the literature review, conceptual and theoretical frameworks, specific objectives, hypotheses if any, research methodology detailing data collection and analysis, and a bibliography of sources. The purpose is to present the essential background and plan for a research study in a clear and organized manner.

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Research Synopsis Part –I

1.TITLE

(THE TITLE SHOULD BE SHORT AND PRECISE INDICATING THE MAIN FOCUS AND SCOPE OF THE
STUDY.)

2. ABSTRACT:
(A BRIEF SUMMARY THE RESEARCH TOPIC AND THE
OF BACKGROUND LEADING TO THE
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS OR STUDY IN NOT MORE THAN 350WORDS)

3. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY:


(AN INTRODUCTION ELABORATING THE RELEVANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH ISSUE AND
PLACING IT IN THE WIDER ACADEMIC / APPLIED CONTEXT MUST BE PROVIDED.)

4. LITERATURE SURVEY:
(IT IMPLIES AN EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF EARLIER WORKS ON THE RESEARCH ISSUE IN ORDER TO
UNDERSTAND THE THEORETICAL AND ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENTS IN THE AREA OF THE STUDY.
LITERATURE SURVEY IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FINDINGS AND ARGUMENTS OF
THE SCHOLARS TO IDENTIFY THE RESEARCH GAP ON THE AREA TO BE INVESTIGATED IN THE PRESENT
STUDY.)

5. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:


(THE PROBLEM TO BE INVESTIGATED SHOULD BE DERIVED FROM THE LITERATURE SURVEY AND
SHOULD BE CLEARLY CONTEXTUALIZED IN THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE DISCIPLINE.)

6. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS:


(THE CONCEPTS TO BE USED TO ADDRESS THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND THEIR OPERATIONALISATION
WITHIN THE THEORETICAL CONTEXT OF THE DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE CLEARLY MENTIONED)

7. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
( A SET OF SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES DERIVED FROM THE RESEARCH QUESTION MUST BE ENLISTED)

8. HYPOTHESES:
(IF ANY. WHAT THE RESEARCH IS SUPPOSING OR ASSUMING TO BE CONCLUDED)

9. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(IN CASE OF SCIENCE PROJECTS, DETAILS REGARDING THE EXPERIMENTS / LABORATORY WORK /
DATA COLLECTION NEED TO BE INCORPORATED, IF ANY.
IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT, DETAILS SHOULD BE PROVIDED
CASE OF
IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS;
• SCOPE; THE PROPOSAL SHOULD CLEARLY INDICATE THE UNIVERSE OF THE STUDY,
SAMPLING FRAME, SAMPLING METHODS, SAMPLING SIZE, UNITS OF OBSERVATION ETC.
• DATA COLLECTION; THE PROPOSAL SHOULD INDICATE ELABORATELY THE SOURCES AND
TYPES OF DATA, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF DATA COLLECTION ETC.
• DATA ANALYSIS; THE NATURE OF DATA ANALYSIS INCLUDING THE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES,
IF ANY, PROPOSED TO BE USED IN DATA PROCESSING, SPECIFIC PACKAGES OF DATA
ANALYSIS, INDICES/SCALING TECHNIQUES ETC SHOULD BE CLEARLY MENTIONED. )

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
(A DETAILED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALL LITERATURE USED IN THE STUDY MUST BE PROVIDED AT
THE
END OF THE PROPOSAL IN ANY OF THE STANDARD FORMATS.)

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR CO-INVESTIGATOR

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