Final Year Project

Seminar 2020

Dr. Azniza Abd Aziz

 Methodology
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or
activity.
(Definition from Oxford dictionaries)

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 Methodology
An approach and techniques that uses to collect and
analyze data.

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 Why do we
need the
methodology
chapter?

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 ▪ To provide sufficient details for researchers to replicate
your work.
▪ To gain confidence from readers in the study by
allowing them to evaluate the reliability and validity of
the research

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 What should we
put in methodology
contents?

1.Description of the methodology/

procedures
2. Clear justification for the chosen
methods /procedures
3. Limitations of the chosen methods
/procedures and the impact on the
results
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 Description of the methodology/ procedures
Convincing to achieve objectives
The methodology typically follow your literature review and the problem
that you need to address.

What is the objective of the research/work?

How the methodology helps to achieve these objectives?

Correlated with the research work

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 Description of the methodology/ procedures
Provide sufficient details for others to reproduce your work
& How you performed/will perform your study/project

The flow of the work, parameters, software, hardware, equation, photo,

flow-chart

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 Clear justification for the chosen methods /procedures

Why you have chosen/plan to use those methods?

What are the other alternatives?
What advantages do your chosen methods have over the other methods?
What references support your justifications?

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 Limitations of the chosen methods/procedures and
the impact on the results

What are the limitations of the chosen method/procedure?

Compare with previous work
How these impacted/might impact on the results?
What references support the identification of these limitations?
What would be the implications for your conclusion?

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 Writing the
methodology
chapter?

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 Overall Flow Experimental Procedure
❑Description of the ❑Comprehensive and concise
methodology is sufficiently description of experimental
detailed and convincing procedures to obtain results
enough to achieve the stated ❑Justification is clear and
objectives supported by valid references
❑The justification is made clear ❑There is a comparison with
❑Limitations and impacts are previous work discussed in the
discussed problem statement part

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 Start with
introduction/overview of the
chapter

Sections to focus on different

aspects
As an example:
❑ Project implementation workflow
❑ Hardware description
❑ Software description
❑ Experimental setup
❑ Algorithm

End With Summary

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 Include all the necessary details:
❑Photograph of experimental set up
❑Flow diagrams
❑Schematic diagram
❑Or other procedures chronologically
Thus,
helps to replicate your work

Use flowchart
❑To describe process, procedures and algorithms

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 Figure/Table
❑Number it, accurate caption
❑Always have description
❑Never start section with figure, have introduction on that figure
❑Don’t put figure too far from the text that describe it.
❑Do not mix results section with procedure

Referring to Table 3.1

As can be seen from Table 3.1
Table 3.1 shows

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 Writing Style
Use simple past tense to describe it.
It will different from your proposal
Why simple past tense?
Assumed you are describing your work has been completed
Exceptions : Standard procedures can be written in the simple present
tense or you can ask your supervisor to suit with your work

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 IN SUMMARY

The type of research you did!

How you collect your data!

How you analyzed your data!

Any tools or materials you used in the research!

Rationale for choosing this method!

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 IN SUMMARY

EXPLAIN!!!!!
❑Introducing your overall approach to the research

❑ What research problem did you investigate & what kind

of data did you need to answer it?

❑Describe your methods of data collection and analysis?

❑Evaluate and justify your methodological choices?

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 TITLE
Investigation of Different Baking Methods to Produce Perfect
Chocolate Cake

PROBLEM
• The cake is hard, the cake is dry, burn……….
• Too sweet, not creamy…….
• The traditional method is not valid due to…….

OBJECTIVE
• To propose the perfect baking method
• To develop the perfect cake recipe
(cake with fluffy, light and moisture textures)
• …………………
• ………………….

METHODOLOGY?

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