THE TITLE SHOULD BE SET IN 14 PT TIMES NEW ROMAN,

BOLD, INVERTED PYRAMID, ALL CAPS

AND CENTERED
Authors’ names should be set in Times New Roman, 10 pt and centered, as in the following example.
Authors’ names should be in italics.

Anthony A. Juan
907-555-1234
aajaun@yahoo.com

Barbara B. Perez
907-555-5678
bbperez@yahoo.com.ph

Elvira D.R.Dacayo
edacayo@gmail.com

School of Accountancy and Business Management

Saint Louis University

Keywords:
Times New Roman, 10 pt., and centered, not more than 10 words or phrases.

ABSTRACT: This is an example containing instructions for the preparation of the accounting 403a final
thesis. Please follow these guidelines as closely as possible. Your paper must be submitted both
electronically, and as camera-ready hardcopy to you adviser. The maximum number of pages is thirty.
Use of Times font is strongly encouraged throughout the paper. Abstract text should be typed using 10-
point italics, fully justified. Please note the setting of the word “ABSTRACT'' at the beginning of the
paragraph (bold, upper case, non-italics). The title, authors, and affiliation, are all centered on the page.
The abstract should not exceed 300 words.

Introduction
Section Titles should be set in Times 12-point
bold. Upper case should be used for the first
letter of every major word.
Body paragraphs (like this one) should be set in
Times 10-point, and fully justified. Insert one
blank line between paragraphs. Do not indent.
This is a subsection title
Subsection titles should be set in Times 10-point
underlined.
Equations should be set in Times, 10-point
italic, size, and horizontally and vertically
centered. A slightly smaller font may be used for
equations, subscripts, and superscripts.
Preferably, figures should be inserted in the text,
soon after they are referred to. They may be
sided to fit one column, or the full page width,
as appropriate to their complexity. The same
applies to Tables.
All references should be cited and coincide with
the appropriate reference as listed in the
Reference Section.
Figures and tables, should be cited using
numbers, such as Figure 1 or Table 1. Table and
figure numbers plus titles should be centered,
bold font before each table and figure.
The electronic version of your paper must be
submitted three days before the hardcopy. The
camera-ready version that will be used for the

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hardcopy proceedings must be received by
adviser on or before the deadline set.
Method
This section elaborates on the HOW of the study,
which includes a description of the following:
Research population or community: Where?
Who? Why? How selected? Procedures, Data
Analysis: How did you analyze the data?
Results/Findings and Discussion
This section presents the study’s data: what did
you find out/observe? It includes only the data
that build the manuscript’s thesis/argument,
rather than each and every detail that came out
from the study. It comes in subheadings
representing the various themes of the study.
Discussion should present the theoretical and
practical applications. The movement of ideas is
from specific to general [from your study’s data
to the wider literature]. It includes the
limitations of the research design and materials
used.
Conclusions
This section wraps up the articles argument by
restating the aims/objectives of the paper. It
summarizes key findings/arguments by pointing
out directions for the future. It will also contain
recommendations for future research.
Acknowledgment (optional)
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This section recognizes co-researchers/research
assistants, providers of material support,
financial assistance; contributors of ideas;
critics/reviewers; editors.
References
References should be listed in alphabetic order
and set using “hanging indents,” as shown:
A. Author(s) name(s): “This is the Title of the
Paper” Journal Name, Vol. 39, pp. 531-
548, July 1992.
A. Author(s) name(s): “This is the Book Chapter
Title” Book Title, McGraw-Hill, New York
1990.
More Author(s) name(s): Book Title, Peter
Peregrinus, London 1992.
Author Biographies
This section of the paper should contain a brief
one-paragraph biographical sketch of all the
authors. The section heading is Author
Biography, or Author Biographies, and is not
numbered. Start the paragraph by typing the
author’s name, without indentation, in boldface
FULL CAPITALS. For example:
ANTHONY A. JUAN AND BARBARA B.
PEREZ, are fourth year Accountancy Students
of the School of Accountancy and Business
Management, Saint Louis University, Baguio
City, Philippines. ELVIRA D.R. DACAYO, PH
D. is their adviser in Accounting 403a,
Management Consultancy I (Thesis).