HOW TO WRITE YOUR
PROJECT, THESIS OR DISSERTATION
A project, thesis or dissertation is a research work expected to be carried out by students before the completion of their programme. Generally, research has to do with an enquiry into the unknown. It is the search for solutions to problems or answers to questions. This is to be carried out by individual students or a group of students by selecting a topic of their interest and find answer to it.
There are various types of research you can choose to carry out, but this will majorly depend
on your course of study and area of interest. Let me briefly explain the types
of research you may choose to work on.
1. Historical Research: this is a
systematized and objective inquiry into events, developments and experiences of
the past. Example of this research is Development
of Guidance and Counselling in U.S.A.
This type of study is usually concern with issues of the past, and its more
used in the field of history
2. Survey research: this type
of research is the one in which a group of people or items is studied by
collecting and analyzing data from only a few people or items considered to be
representative of the entire group. Please note that this type is also
classified into 4 types. They are: developmental survey, descriptive survey, correlation survey, and public opinion survey.
3. Case study
research: this type of study focuses on a thorough understanding of a specific
unit. A specific unit could be an individual, a group, a community or society,
or an organization or institution.
4.
Ex-post facto research: this type of study seeks to establish the
cause or effect of a thing, but the researcher cannot control or manipulate his
variables like that of experimental research. Example, causes of examination malpractice in high school or effect of early marriage on female students
in northern Nigeria.
5. Experimental
research: this type of research is also to establish the cause and effect
relationship. In this type, one or more independent variable(s) will be
manipulated. For example, the effect of
group reading on academic performance. Some students will be exposed to
group work, while others will be left alone individually to work/read, and
later both will be tested on same level to determine their performance. This is
a type of experimental research.
How to start
your project, thesis or dissertation
Choose your
topic
– before you choose your topic, the first thing you need to consider is the
area of your interest. What exactly do I
want to work on?
Consider the
numbers of variables – variables are the key word(s) present in your topic that will
determine what you want to work on. For example: the role of personality type and emotional intelligence in predicting
career commitment of employees. In this type you are
working on 3 variables (2 independent - personality
type and emotional intelligence, and 1 dependent - career commitment)
Look for your Instruments – instruments
are scales or inventories you will use to measure each variable. In other to
avoid disappointment, it is better to get your Instruments ready, so that, by
the time you want to administer your instrument you will not be delayed. I have
noticed that sometimes, students would have started to work on their chapter one
and two, and by the time they get to chapter three where the instruments are
needed, they would not be available. This has made some to change their
variable or topic and start all over again.
If you considered
all these points ahead and you see they are intact, then proceed to chapter
one. My next write-up will consider how you can start chapter one and two, while the last write-up will discuss chapter three, four and five. Keep up-to-date.
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