WE resume our series on the research report considering that to date, a number of students continue to labor on their capstones. One section that is often misunderstood is defining terms used in the research. Most of the terms to be defined are the variables used in the research. These terms are to be defined on an operational level. They are translated as such in the questionnaire/s.

The first three chapters. We expect a research proposal to have three parts or three chapters. With some variations among universities, Chapter One contains the introduction. This consists of introducing the research, the research questions and the research paradigm, the significance of the study, the definition of terms, the scope, assumptions, limitations and delimitations. Chapter Two presents the Review of Related Literature and Chapter Three discusses the Methodology. These chapters in the research proposal are practically the same as the first three chapters of the research paper/report. It is the tenses that have to be changed—from the use of the future tense in the research proposal to the past tense in the research report.

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