Basic Elements of a Research Project I. Introduction a. Contextualization Here you can contextualize the issue under study.
b. Justification What is the issue? Why is it an issue? What is its impact? Among others….
II. Review of the literature What are some key concepts? How do experts define them? What do other researchers say about this issue? What similar studies have been conducted? What were their results?
III. Methodology How are you going to carry the study? What is the population? What data collection instruments/techniques are you going to use? Among others…
IV. Results What were the results of the study?
V. Conclusions What can be concluded from this study? What were some limitations1 of the study? What are other related fields that need to be explored? Among others…
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Do not include the obvious: time, for example, is obviously an issue for most research projects.