Guidelines in the Conduct of Undergraduate Thesis/Research The following guidelines shall apply in the conduct of undergraduate thesis The Title Proposal 1. A student research group shall consist of three members who shall select a research topic. The group shall submit a title proposal using the prescribed format. A research topic shall be in accordance with the research priority areas of the College. 2. Upon approval of title, the students may write the research outline proposal. 3. The adviser and other research personnel shall then be identified/chosen for the research study. All research personnel must possess qualifications enumerated in the UMPC Research Manual. The Outline Proposal 1. The students shall submit the research outline of approved title written in the prescribed format. 2. The thesis adviser shall review the academic soundness, departmental compatibility and appropriateness of the research proposal before submission. Conduct of Study 1. Each research group shall be required to enter all data and activities in a record book which is to be submitted to the thesis instructor during the final defense. The instructors shall have the right to inspect this record book from time to time. Each entry in the record book shall contain the following:
Elements in Record Book Date: Activity: By Whom: Place: Results: Signature of Adviser:
2. The thesis adviser shall be consulted for any change/modification in the methodology or for any incident that may affect the study. The thesis instructor shall also be informed of the same. The Final Defense
1. Oral defense will be conducted at least a month before the end of the semester. The thesis instructor shall arrange the schedule of said defense. 2. The students shall submit three (3) copies of the manuscript to the thesis instructor one week before the scheduled defense, for distribution to the panel members. The thesis manuscript shall be endorsed by the thesis adviser and certified by the editor. The Thesis Report 1. The research students shall revise/improve the report based on the recommendations and suggestions of the defense panel. 2. The final thesis report shall be submitted to the thesis adviser for endorsement. 3. The students shall accomplish the Approval Sheet. 4. The students shall submit six(6) bound copies of the final thesis report to the thesis instructor.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FORMAT (MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAGES – 40) SOCIAL RESEARCH TITLE PAGE APPROVAL SHEET TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF NOTATIONS CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING (10 – 15 Pages) a. Background of the study – Global, national, local problem
situations (one short paragraph) and the last paragraph should be convincing enough to justify the conduct of the study – (1 ½ pages). b. Statement of the problem – ( 1 page) c. Hypothesis/es – ½ page
d. Review of Related Literature – make the synthesis at the last
paragraph of each group of reading classified by variables; source not earlier than 1995. – 5 – 8 pages e. Theoretical and Conceptual Framework – 2 pages
* theoretical (theory – based) * conceptual (variables/paradigm/model) f.
Significance of the Study – 1 page * beneficiaries
g. Definition of Terms – ½ page * terms ( key words in the title) CHAPTER 2
METHOD (3 -4 pages) Introductory Statement a. Research Design – ½ page b. Research Subject (Respondents, Place, Time) – 1 page c. Research Instrument (Construction, Variation, Scaling) – 1
page d. Data Gathering Procedure (how the study is consucted) – ½
page e. Statistical Treatment of the Data – ½ page
* Statistical tools used in the study CHAPTER 3
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS – (10 – 15 Pages including Tables) Introductory Statement * Based on the statement of the problem (side title for each presentation in bold letters, single space) * Table must be in one page, title must be inverted pyramid; table # - Hindu Arabic * 0.05 level of significance * 2 spaces between the caption and the table Chapter head
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CHAPTER 4
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SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION (3 – 5 pages) a. Summary
* Introductory statement, research problem, hypothesis, summary of findings, answering quantitatively the specific problems b. Conclusions * Based on the findings but answering the problems qualitatively c. Recommendations * Enumerations 1, 2, 3, … for the beneficiaries under significance of the study; research gap for further study REFERENCES (APA style, arranged alphabetically) – (1-2 pages) APPENDICES