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Center for Assessment and Research

Thesis Format

Paper: Use white 8 ½ x 11inch paper

Font type: Times New Roman (for the whole manuscript including the page number)

Font size: 12

Paging: Page numbers should be at the upper right corner of the paper; paging starts in
title page and continuous until the last page. There is no page number on the following:
title page, start of chapter

Margin: 1 inch top, bottom, right side; 1.5 inches at left margin.

Alignment: left justified

Paragraph: The first word in every paragraph should be indented one half inch.
Spacing: Whole manuscript is double spaced; Heading and subheadings should not have
any extra space; There should be two (2) character space at every start of sentence;
Headings/Subheadings: There are no headings in the proposal. Use the following format
for the subheadings

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Table formats

Sample table for Frequency and percentage

Table 1

Self-Esteem of the Respondents

Agree and Disagree and

Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree

f (%) f (%)

I feel that I’m a person of worth, at least 145 (56.6) 111 (43.4)

on an equal par with others.

I feel that I have a number of good 102 (39.4) 154 (60.6)

qualities.

N = 256

Sample table for Mean

Table 2

Level of Emotional Intelligence of the Respondents

Mean Interpretation

Overall Mean 3.45 Very High EI

Note:
1.00 -1.75 = Very Low EI 1.76 - 2.50 = Low EI
2.51 - 3.25 = High EI 3.26 - 4.00 = Very High EI
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Sample table for Correlation

Table 3

Relationship of Knowledge and Attitude to Compliance to Breast self-examination

Variables Tested for r- value p-value Interpretation

Correlation

Knowledge .759 0.01 S

Attitude .687 0.05 S

H0 = Rejected

Sample table for T-test

Table 4

Difference on Level of Self-Esteem of the Respondents based on Gender: T-test

Gender N Mean I t- value p-value Interpretation

Male 157 3.41 VH .34

0.093 NS
Female 178 3.16 VH .687

H0 = Accepted
Note: 1.00 -1.75 = Very Low (VL) 1.76 - 2.50 = Low (L)
2.51 - 3.25 = High (H) 3.26 - 4.00 = Very High (VH)

Sample table for Regression

Table 5

Predictors for Compliance to Breast Self-Examination

B SE B β t p H0
Knowledge 0.127 0.05 0.14 2.59 .002 Rejected
Attitude 0.247 0.09 0.05 3.47 .000
Note: B= unstandardized beta; SE B = standard error for the unstandardized beta ; β
= standardized beta
R 2 = .141
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Figure

Circle (pie) graphs are used to represent percentages and proportions. For the sake of
readability, no more than five variables should be compared in a single pie graph. The
segments should be ordered very strictly: beginning at twelve o’clock, order them from
the largest to the smallest, and shade the segments from dark to light (i.e., the largest
segment should be the darkest). Lines and dots can be used for shading in black and
white documents.

Figure 1
Distribution of the Respondents based on Gender

References or Working References (for proposal): Include in the reference all the
sources cited in the paper. Alphabetically arranged. Use APA format

Sample Reference for Journal - Printed copy

Brush, B. L. (2010). The potent lever of toil: Nursing development and exportation in the

postcolonial Philippines. American Journal of Public Health, 100(9), 1572.

Sample Reference for Journal - Electronic copy

Brush, B. L. (2010). The potent lever of toil: Nursing development and exportation in the

postcolonial Philippines. American Journal of Public Health, 100(9), 1572.

Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920989/

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Sample Reference for Book - Printed copy

Creswell, J.W. and Plano Clark, V.L. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods

research. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications, Inc.

Sample Reference for Internet source – Powerpoint

Buhat, Maria Linda. (n.d.). Road map of the nursing profession towards good governance

[Powerpoint slides]. Retrieved from www.adnep.org/wp-

content/uploads/2009/01/road- map

Sample Reference for Internet source – Newspaper

Darang, Josephine. (2010, June 27). Filipina nurse wins leadership award in New York

City. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved from

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/sundaylifestyle/sundaylifestyle/view/20100627-

277748/Filipina-nurse-wins-leadership--award-in-New-York-City

Sample Reference for Unpublished Thesis/Dissertation

Takase, M. (2005). The relationship between images of nursing and person-environment

fit. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Melbourne, USA.

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Prepared by:

Maria Carmela L. Domocmat, PhD, RN

Coordinator, Center for Assessment and Research