What is a research proposal 1) intended to convince others that -- you have a worthwhile (1) ______ -- you have the (2) ______ and work-plan to complete it 2) usually structured in the same way as (3) ______ Ⅱ. How to write a research proposal 1) Title -- to be concise and (4) ______ -- often in terms of a functional relationship 2) Abstract -- a brief summary of about 300 words -- including (5) ______, the rationale for study, the hypothesis, the method and main findings 3) Introduction -- purpose: to provide the background for the research problem -- frame: to paint your research question in broad brushes and bring out its significance · to put the research question in the context of a current hot area, or an older area still viable · to provide a brief but appropriate (6) ______ · to provide the contemporary context 4) (7) ______ -- many different ways to organize this part -- use of subheadings to bring order and coherence to this part 5) Methods --purpose: to provide your work plan and describe the activities necessary for the completion of your project -- guiding principle: sufficient information to justify the soundness of the methodology · to demonstrate your knowledge of (8) ______ and prove that your method is the most appropriate · to use qualitative method and justify it · to be more elaborate than what is required for traditional quantitative research 6) Results -- no results at the proposal stage -- to have some idea of data to be collected and statistical procedures to be used 7) Discussion -- to convince readers of (9) ______ of the proposed research -- to include merits as well as (10) ______ of your research