Guidelines on Writing a Research Proposal

Guidelines on Writing a Research Proposal

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1、GuidelinesonwritingaresearchproposalbyMatthewMcGranaghanThisisaworkinprogress,intendedtoorganizemythoughtsontheprocessofformulatingaproposal.Ifyouhaveanythoughtsonthecontent,oreventhenotionofmakingthisavailabletostudents,pleasesharethemwithme.IntroductionThisisaguideto

2、writingM.A.researchproposals.Thesameprinciplesapplytodissertationproposalsandtoproposalstomostfundingagencies.Itincludesamodeloutline,butadvisor,committeeandfundingagencyexpectationsvaryandyourproposalwillbeavariationonthisbasictheme.Usetheseguidelinesasapointofdepartu

3、refordiscussionswithyouradvisor.Theymayserveasastraw-managainstwhichtobuildyourunderstandingofbothyourprojectandofproposalwriting.ProposalWritingProposalwritingisimportanttoyourpursuitofagraduatedegree.Theproposalis,ineffect,anintellectualscholastic(notlegal)contractbe

4、tweenyouandyourcommittee.Itspecifieswhatyouwilldo,howyouwilldoit,andhowyouwillinterprettheresults.Inspecifyingwhatwillbedoneitalsogivescriteriafordeterminingwhetheritisdone.Inapprovingtheproposal,yourcommitteegivestheirbestjudgmentthattheapproachtotheresearchisreasonab

5、leandlikelytoyieldtheanticipatedresults.Theyareimplicitlyagreeingthattheywillaccepttheresultasadequateforthepurposeofgrantingadegree.(Ofcourseyouwillhavetowritethethesisinacceptableform,andyouprobablywilldiscoverthingsinthecourseofyourresearchthatwerenotanticipatedbutw

6、hichshouldbeaddressedinyourthesis,buttheminimumcoreintellectualcontributionofyourthesiswillbesetbytheproposal.)Bothpartiesbenefitfromanagreeduponplan.Theobjectiveinwritingaproposalistodescribewhatyouwilldo,whyitshouldbedone,howyouwilldoitandwhatyouexpectwillresult.Bein

7、gclearaboutthesethingsfromthebeginningwillhelpyoucompleteyourthesisinatimelyfashion.Avague,weakorfuzzyproposalcanleadtoalong,painful,andoftenunsuccessfulthesiswritingexercise.Aclean,wellthought-out,proposalformsthebackboneforthethesisitself.Thestructuresareidenticaland

8、throughthemiracleofword-processing,yourproposalwillprobablybecomeyourthesis.Agoodthesisproposalhingesonagoodidea.Once

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