Brock Kawana
Professor Harrison
English 202
1st February 2010
How to Write a Research Proposal Paper
When writing the research proposal I must first consider the “General Considerations” of the formatting congruent to the paper. The research paper usually has five chapters. Also most written research studies begin with a written proposal that foreshadow the upcomign thesis statement for the rest of the paper. In the article it said to use APA formatting but Marlen said to use whichever one is right for our major. I plan on using MLA because that is the one that goes with my major and I enjoy it because it is much easier for me now that I have practiced with it.
The next thing to remember for the research proposal paper is to follow the strict formatting details. The left margin is 1 1/2″ ; while the rest of the margins all consist of 1″. Also there should still be a header with the page number at the top of every page along with the spacing of the paper being doubled. Even more so it says to remember to add the references to the paper to not get in trouble for plagarisim.
In the research proposal paper I must also have an outline of what is in the paper. This includes: title page, table of contents, the five chapters and what they entail inside of them, references, and the appendix. This is a main componen to the paper because it is stating what is in the forthcoming paper to be read. It organizes the date into a clear and ready to go format.
The five different chapters all have a specific part in the paper. Chapter 1 is the introduction to the paper. This is where I will state the problem, explain my purpose of the paper, the significance of my researching study and my hypothesis. Chapter 2 deals with the background of my subject in question. This is where more of the hard facts come into play along with researched hard gritty material. Chapter 3 is the methodology of my paper. This is where I describe my researching plan and how it went along throughout the experience of my own resarch. Chapter 4 entails the analysis of my researched information. It includes what I have determined upon my own conductive research. Finally Chapter 5 is dealing with the conclusions and reccomendations where I wrap up my thesis statement from the beginning and end it with a bang!
The end of the paper results in references where I would list the authors of which I cited my information from and the appendix which will describe if I used any acutal instruments and including consent forms.
WOO!
Walonick, David. Elements of a Research Proposal and Report. Bloomington, MN: Stat Pac Inc, 2005.
http://www.statpac.com/research-papers/research-proposal.htm#layout
Brock Kawana
Professor Harrison
English 202
8 February 2010
How to Write a Research Outline Paper
An outline is used to organize the research paper in a way in which the paper becomes more organized. It shows what ideas can connect together, what order your paper should go in and lets the researcher get a clear understanding of what is to take forth in their own process (depts.washington.edu).
When it comes to the different types of outlines there are two types: the topic outline and the sentence outline (depts.washington.edu). The topic outline contains what the researcher is going to be discussing when writing. It has short phrases that will be able to be broken down by the sentence outline. That being said the sentence outline is done in complete thoughts that describe what the topic is discussing. Also when creating the outline it is necessary to use roman numerals and capital and small letters of the alphabet (depts.washington.edu).
When creating the outline there are four main steps that going into the process of finalizing the outline. The first being to “Identify the Topic”. Secondly the next step indicates that the researcher needs to “Identify the Main Categories”. The third step when writing the research outline is to “Create the First Category” which is stating what the researcher wants to discuss right off the bat. Finally the fourth and final step in writing the outline is to “Create Subcategories” in the writing.
