guidelines for your project

8/2/2019 GUIDELINES FOR YOUR PROJECT

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GUIDELINES FOR YOURPROJECT

STEPS TO YOUR RESEARCH


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Main parts of your research The problem statement

The research objectives The research methodology

Your analysis on your research object

Your conclusion or implications


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The problem statement The problem statement: tell the reader

context of your research, why youchoose your research object, what isthe importance of your research, whatyou aim to explore after finishing your

research.


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DEFINE YOUR RESEARCH OBJECT

What is your research object?

E.g.: My research object is the determinants

(factors) affecting to study result of studentsin FTU.

The problem statement: this object is very

important since its exploration could help thestudents to improve their results as well asthe university in understanding their studentsand upgrading their education.


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The research objectives

Tell your research objectives, inparticular, raising the researchquestions you plan to find the answers.

E.g: My research objective is to explorethe determinants to the study result of

FTU student. In particular, the researchaims to answer the following questions


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The research questions Do the students part time job affect on their

study?

Are the students activities negatively affectedon their study result?

Is there any difference in study resultbetween male and female students?

Is there any difference in study resultbetween students from HCMC and from theother hometown?


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The research methodology Tell the reader how you conduct your

research. In particular:

What is your data collection? (E.g.: survey)

How do you collect the data? (E.g.: thequestionnaire)

What method do you use to analyze theresearch? (E.g: Descriptive Statistics orRegression, t-test, ANNOVA)


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Your analyzeApply all the methods you study in this

course to organize, describe andanalyze the data.

Your analysis needs to support yourresearch objectives

What do you withdraw from the figuresyou analyze


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Your conclusion or implication What do we learn from this research?

E.g: Part time job has negative effect onstudy result of the freshman.

Summary your research exploration

Tell some your implications: E.g: thefreshman should not do the part timejob


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Your questionnaireTwo main requirements to your

questionnaire

Must cover all the information you wantto collect

Need to attract the people to haveexact responses


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Steps to construct your

questionnaire Define the particular information to collect:

what are variables in your research?

Choose the appropriate scale measurementsto your variables

Choose the appropriate type of questions andanswers

Evaluate the question contents Define the use of terminology and the

structure and format of the questionnaire


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Evaluate the question contents

Do the respondents understand yourquestion?

Are the questions informative?

Do the respondents give theirinformation?

Are their information necessary for yourresearch?


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Types of questions and

answers Two main types of question:

The closed-end questionsThe open-ended questions


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The closed-end questions

Have two choices: Yes or No

E.g: Do you have any part time job?

Require the respondents to rank theiranswer:

E.g: Please rank your favorite source to study:

Your text book, The lecture notes, The Internet,The reference books, Your notes in thenotebooks


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The closed-end questions

Multiple choice questions:

E.g.: What the following activities do youjoin into at your university?

English club, Research club, Studentclub


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The open-ended questions

No available answers

E.g: Why do you do the part time job?


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Some attention on your

terminology in the questionnaire Use the simple and familiar words

Avoid too long question, the better is the clear andparticular question

Avoid the double-barreled question: e.g. Is Kidos icecream delicious and nutritious?

Avoid the leading question: e.g. Do you agree thatVinamilk is highest quality trademark?

Avoid the loaded question (unbalance scale) Avoid questions difficult to answer: E.g. How many

books do you read last year? How old are you?


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Define the order of questionsAs usual, the questionnaire contains three

parts:

Screening: choose the respondents forthe research

Main part: the questions to research

objectives Biodata: Personal data of the

respondent


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