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RESEARCH WRITING
(CHAPTER CONTENT)
(Class Lecture in Research Writing)
Part 4

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INTRODUCTION
The Introduction provides a brief overview of the study as it relates to the
needs of the literature (blankspots / blindspots) and its intended goals and
contributions
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In the Trends portion, relate the present study to the ones previously
reported or conducted in the research literature
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In the Objectives portion, provide an overview of the analyses to be
conducted in the study
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In the Contributions portion, emphasize the present study’s uniqueness
and/or importance
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LITERATURE REVIEW
The literature review serves to discuss the developments in the field
relevant to the development of the present study
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For the Thesis paper, researchers are expected to peruse 40-50 related
studies that are dated 5-10 years from the student’s date of writing
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For the Dissertation paper, researchers are expected to peruse 90-100
related studies that are dated 5-10 years from the student’s date of writing
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The organization of the literature review must give precedence to the
discussion of the study’s prominent variables (i
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, Independent/Dependent
Variables) and a Synthesis of concepts at the end
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The theory supports the
study the same way the study supports the theory
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Theoretical frameworks can be explained using the SEC approach: state the
theory, explain the theory, and contextualize the theory to the problem of
the present study
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It
describes the relationships that the present study seeks to establish
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However,
conceptual frameworks for qualitative studies also provide theoretical
arguments that inform the study
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The conceptual framework is usually represented with a paradigm
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The sequence of

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quantitative and qualitative inquiry, as well as their relationship in terms of
their roles in data analysis, must be illustrated
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A student can enter up until five sectors, excluding “Future Researchers”
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The Statement of the Problem enumerates the different problems that will
be solved in the present study
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Problems for qualitative research must be organized from descriptive to
discursive level; by thematic analyses and into a synthesis of insights toward
a working theory or ethnography
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For instance, some sequential designs
need quantitative data insights first before being informed by qualitative
data
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This component is only retained with quantitative researches and mixed
methods researches as needed
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
The Definition of Terms provide clarification of technical terms used in the
present study
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Definition of Terms must include a conceptual definition and an operational
definition
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Operational definition is how the term is used in the
study
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SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The Scope and Limitations of the Study considers the factors that limit a
study into its present shape
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Limitations must be declared for all variables present in the study
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Unlike quantitative research, qualitative research tends
to encompass different topics when unabated with topic limitations
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