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Research Proposal and Title

A research proposal is a structured document outlining what will be researched, its significance, and the methodology for investigation. It typically includes a title, statement of the problem, introduction, literature review, methodology, and research design. Key steps in writing a proposal involve understanding the research process, identifying topics, and ensuring the title is clear, concise, and reflective of the study's content.

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Research Proposal and Title

A research proposal is a structured document outlining what will be researched, its significance, and the methodology for investigation. It typically includes a title, statement of the problem, introduction, literature review, methodology, and research design. Key steps in writing a proposal involve understanding the research process, identifying topics, and ensuring the title is clear, concise, and reflective of the study's content.

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What is a Research Proposal?

A research proposal is simply a structured, formal document that explains:


 What you plan to research. It should be specific and unambiguous.
 Why it’s worth researching. You need to justify why your topic is original, what
makes it unique and why your proposed topic is important. What value will it add to
the world if you manage to find answers to your research questions? It needs to be
useful and value- creating – and you need to convey that value in your proposal.
 How you plan to investigate it You need to provide a high-level view of your
research methodology and some key design decisions..

7 Steps in Writing a Research Proposal ( From You Tube by GRAD


Coach )

1. Get a basic understanding of the research process/ theory.


2. Understand exactly what your university expects from your research.
3. Identify your broad interest areas.
4. Review past dissertations/ theses in those areas to narrow your thinking down to
more niche areas.
5. Review the literature for each niche area to gain an understanding of the current
state of knowledge.
6. Identify specific research topics and research questions.
7. Evaluate each potential topic and make a decision.

How is a research proposal structured?

The essential ingredients that typically make up the structure of a research proposal:

 A descriptive title or title page


 Statement of the Problem
 A rich introduction and background to the proposed research.
 A discussion of the scope of the research
 An initial literature review covering the key research in the area
 A discussion of the proposed methodology and research design
 Preparation of the research instrument
A. TITLE

The Research Problem or an issue should be recognized before preparing a


research. As a result, it is time to dispel the myth and misconception that research
begins with a title.

Criteria to help you identify the problem or problems that need to be explored:
 Clear and concise
 Relevant to the research writer’s academic fields of study
 Arouses the interest of the research writers
 Familiarity with the problem or issue to be investigated
 Novel, innovative and new that has not been used or answered
sufficiently
 Based on relevant literatures and studies
 Sufficient data is available and can be obtained
 Significant and important
 Grounded on a theory

For the initial formation of the research title, the use of the SMART acronym as a
checklist would prove vital and significant.
S pecific: clear about what, where, when, and how
M easurable: able to quantify the targets and benefits
A ttainable: able to achieve the objectives
R elevant: appropriate to the current time period or circumstances
T ime bound: stating the time period in which the study will be
Accomplished

The fundamental elements of forming a research title are as follows:


 Goal: refers to the specific objectives of the study
 Independent Variable: are not affected by any other variable
 Dependent Variable: are affected by the independent variable
 Competency: area being investigated
 Locale: The specific area where the study is to be conducted

Source: Video from You Tube: Formulating the Research Title by Doc Ed
Padama

The title occupies an exclusive place in the text as it immediately captures the
reader’s attention and influences his/her decision to read the paper or not. It’s a
good idea to take advantage of this fact and create a concise, informative, and
catchy title that will draw the reader in.

Characteristics of a good research title

1.A good title predicts the content of the research. A good title informs the
reader accurately about the contents of the article. The main responsibility of a title
is to explain what the article is about without misleading or establishing wrong
expectations. Make sure it doesn’t include anything that your reader won’t be able
to find in the paper.

2. A good title should be interesting to the reader. To make the title interesting,
attention-grabbing, and easy to read, use words that create a positive impression and
stimulate the reader’s interest. The example above is catchy enough to become a
memorable title.However, be careful if you want to include a catchy phrase. Even
though stylistic devices make titles witty and more attractive, such titles may be
not clear. When trying to add some zest, make sure your title conveys information
in an unambiguous and precise manner, communicates the message clearly, and
doesn’t encourage multiple interpretations.

3. It reflects the tone of writing. It’s very important to define the tone of your
research in the title and keep it throughout the paper. If it’s a serious and
conventional academic study, avoid a casual or fun title containing ornate or
conversational language.

4. It contains important keywords . Keywords are important words and concepts


that are frequently used in your research paper. Using them in the title will let you
introduce the topic, problem, or solution right away.

A. Writing the Title of the Proposal. The title should act as a summary of the
proposal itself. It should give information on the content , the problem and/
or the main variables of the study. Reading it, one is readily able to identify
the variables of the study and the main problem that the researcher is going
to answer.

Guidelines in writing the title:


1. The title should be clear and distinctively stated.
2. Subject matter of the study, the place of the study, the populations
involved, the period when the data were gathered should be included.
3. The variables being examined should always be written as part of the
title. Choose terms that will summarize the variables if there were many
variables being studied.
4. Title should be short. It should not exceed twenty words.
5. Title should not contain acronyms.
6. Some forms of title phrasing such as “Study of…….”, “An Analysis….”,
“A Preliminary Study of……” are to be avoided.
7. Title should not contain formulas, symbols or subscripts or other non-
alphabetic symbols instead word substitute should be used.
8. In case the title contains more than one line, it should be written like an
inverted pyramid, all words in capital letters.

Writing Activity No. 2

Formulate at most 5 research titles based on a phenomena being


observed in your department or field of specialization.

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