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PARTS OF

MANUSCRIPT
THESIS FORMAT

a. Title Page e. Table of contents


b. Approval Sheet f. List of tables
d. Acknowledgment g. List of Figures
e. Dedication h. Abstracts
Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

Introduction

 Presents the problem. What the problem is all about

 Rational or reasons for conducting the study

Setting of the Study

 Locality of the study. Place where the study is to be conducted

Theoretical / Conceptual Framework

 Theoretical / conceptual foundation of the study

Statement of the Problem


General and specific statement of the problem determined in the study
Assumption or Hypothesis

 Self-evident truth based upon known fact or phenomenon (Assumption)

 Tentative conclusion or answer to specific question (Hypothesis)

Significance if the Study

 Contribution of the result of the study to individuals, institutions, administrators, society, etc.

Scope and Limitations of the study

 Boundaries in terms of time, sample, location (Scope)

 Weakness of the study beyond the control of the researcher (Limitation)

Definition of terms
it can be lexical or operational definition or a combination thereof of d
Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Foreign Literature

 published articles from foreign countries

Local Literature

 Locally published article

Foreign Studies

 Foreign unpublished articles

Local Studies

 Locally unpublished articles

Synthesis
Relevance of literature and studies to the present research
Chapter 3

RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Research Method

 Brief description and justification of the research method used in the study

Population and Sampling Scheme

 Brief presentation of the entire population of the study and the type of sampling techniques
used in selecting sample respondents

Description of the Respondents

 Contains detailed description of the respondents as to age, sex, marital status, nature of
employment, etc……
Research Instrument

 Explanation on how the instrument used in gathering data was develop as well as its detailed description

Validation of Instrument

 States brief discussion on how the instrument was validated

 Instrument is tested on individuals who are knowledge of the subject matter but are not part of the
respondents of the study

Procedures in Gathering Data

 Contains the step by step procedures used by the researcher in reaching the respondents in order to gather
data

Statistical Treatment

 Contains discussion on the statics used in consonance with the specific problem and hypothesis to be tested
Chapter 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

 Contains the answers to all the sub-problems of the study.

 Answers to the problems are stated one by one according to the arrangement of sub-problems
for clarity and understanding.

 Answers are presented in textual and tabular form. Textual explanations come after the tables.
Chapter 5

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The introductory paragraph should contain the summary of statement of the


problem, hypothesis as well as research design.

Summary of Findings

 Contains the specific findings/results of the study

 Presented as they were organized and categorized in the sub-problems of the study

 Written in past tense


Conclusion

 Written in present tense

 Should be based on the findings of the study

 Logical and valid outgrowth of the findings

 Should not contain any numerals from the findings

 Organized and categorized according to the sub-problems

Recommendations

 An appeal to people or institutions concerned to solve the problem discovered the study

 No recommendations that will be made for problems that were not discovered in the study

 Practical and attainable


A. WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT
 APA format makes use of parenthetical citation (old format use Latin citations - ibid;
op. cit; or loc. cit and endnotes or footnotes)
Parts of a Research Paper (thesis)
A. Preliminary Pages
• Cover page
• Approval Sheet
• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables

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