Academic project pattern for UNIBEN

RESEARCH {Academic Project}

            A research report informs the reader completely and accurately about an investigation and its outcome without belaboring the issue. There are instances when a research report is the only source of information about a specific problem area. In psychology, research reports are written in APA style [American psychological association style] and British/Turapian style. Deductively, a research report is a formal and accurate statement or document that provides information about the processes and outcome of a research.

OUTLINE OF A RESEARCH REPORT

            The outline of a research report makes lucid the processes involved in carrying out a research thus it informs both the elite and subs about the steps that are germane to the research process.

A complete research report outline includes or comprises of the following steps, they are

Title page

·        Title: It summarizes the main idea  of the paper

·        By line: Authors name and institutional affiliation e.g. the research group, the university.

·        Date submitted

Certification

·        Act of certifying: This attest to the truth, certainty of the work as meeting up with standards.

Dedication

·        Dedication page: This page commits or devotes the work of the project to the source of inspiration.

Acknowledgement page

·        Acknowledgement: Recognizes a fact or truth as to admit and to declare the thankfulness of the respective assistant and suggestions.

Abstract page

·        Abstract: This page gives an idea germane to the work and a general overview of the research work.

Table of content page

·        Table of content: Lists’ entire concept and context in an outline format.

Introduction: this usually takes one quarter of the paper of the thesis, it contains---the purpose, the background, related research and include……..

·        Background to the study

·        Statement of the problem

·        Objectives and/or aims

       Scope of the study

·        The significances of the study

·        Limitations

      Definition of terms

Review of research/related literature: Here the researcher draws idea about his research work from the related works of scholars and literate.

·        Theoretical/Conceptual framework

·        Performances appraisal

·        Critical incident technique

·        Forced choice method

·        Ranking and working hypothesis

Methodology: This entails how data germane to the research work are being derive or developed.

·        Data collection technique

·        Data analysis technique

      

      Data collection technique: How you were able to collect the data necessary for the effective and efficient study of the research. 

Data analysis/results: Studies, elaborates and deduce how valid the accumulated data are and proves the correctness of hypothesis and brings out valid result.

Conclusion/summary and recommendation: Concise and brief information is given as pertaining to the research work serving as a deduction base on the collected data and relevant literature with recommendation to curtail and tackle the issues or flaws in the research.

Bibliography/references

Appendix [es]

REFERENCES

Certified and approved educational research outline for postgraduate degree university of Benin [UNIBEN].

Previous UNIBEN student project work.

Research and statistic text book.