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Structure of a Research Proposal or Report

Structure of a Research Proposal or Report. INFO4990: Information Technology Research Methods DECO3008: Design Computing Prep Honours Mary Lou Maher March 2005. Contents. Report Introduction to topic Literature Review Research Methodology Research Results Contributions References.

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Structure of a Research Proposal or Report

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  1. Structure of a Research Proposal or Report INFO4990: Information Technology Research Methods DECO3008: Design Computing Prep Honours Mary Lou Maher March 2005

  2. Contents • Report • Introduction to topic • Literature Review • Research Methodology • Research Results • Contributions • References • Proposal • Introduction to topic • Literature Review • Research Methodology • Proposed Approach • Research Schedule • References

  3. Introduction to topic • Start with a summary and significance of your title • Motivation: what will we have when the research is done • Significance: where are the holes in what has been done already • Aims, Objectives, Claim, Hypothesis, Research Questions

  4. Literature Review • Critically review the research literature in the field that you intend to make your contribution • Summarise the contributions of relevant literature • Identify relevant claims, methods, validation • State the relevance to your research

  5. Research Methodology • Relate your claim to the method and to the validation around one or more research methodologies: • Prototyping • Experimental • Surveys • Simulation • Case Study • Action Research

  6. Proposed Approach • How will you collect your evidence? • Have you started the research? • What is your big idea? • Are there any preliminary results?

  7. Research Results • How did you collect your evidence? • What are your results? • Did you idea work as intended?

  8. Research Schedule • Identify the major tasks to complete the research • Tasks should be derived from the methodology • Identify the length of time to complete the tasks and the order in which they will be done • Notice any tasks that will be done at the same time • Draw a gantt chart

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