OUTLINE OF A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

COVER PAGE: Include the name of the institution, department, the title and sub titles, researcher’s name and other details, and year.

Pre text pages including; declaration, dedication, acknowledgement, abstract (fit in one page without paragraphs), acronyms/abbreviations, list of figures and table of contents – This pages should preferably be in roman numbering.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

                   1.1 Back ground (Range between 2 to 3 pages) 

            1.2  Problem Statement (At least half a page)

         1.3 Objectives (General and Specific)

         1.4 Hypothesis/Research Questions

                   1.5 Significance of study

         1.6 Justification of study

         1.7 Scope and Limitation of study

         1.8 Operational definition of terms 

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW (at least 6 pages)

2.1 Review of existing empirical literature

2.2 Theoretical Framework

2.3 Conceptual Framework  

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research design

3.2 Area of study (Include your justification for selection of the area, among other characteristics- social, physical, demographic)

3.3 Target population

3.4 Sample size and sampling procedure

3.5 Unit of analysis and Unit of Observation

3.6 Instrumentation

3.7 Validity and Reliability

3.8 Data processing and Analysis

3.9 Expected Output and presentation format

SCHEDULE/TIME PLAN

BUDGET

REFERENCES (Alphabetical Listing of all the sources you have actually read and referred to in the curse of the proposal. Use APA 6^th edition)

APPENDIX (Include Authorization letters, Data instruments, Maps)