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ADVISER’S GUIDE / QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

CONTENTS () REMARKS
Preliminaries
1. Title Page
2. Approval Sheet (to be released after Final Defense
3. Acknowledgement
4. Dedication
5. Abstract
6. Table of Contents
7. List of Tables
Chapter 1 (Introduction)
a) Rationale
b) Purpose of the Study
c) Research Questions
d) Theoretical Lens
e) Significance of the Study
f) Definition of Terms
g) Limitation and Delimitations
h) Organization of the Study
Chapter 2 (Review of Related Literature)
Minimum of 15 pages
Chapter 3 (Methodology)
a) Method
b) Research Design
c) Role of the Researchers
d) Research Participants
e) Data Collection
f) Data Analysis
g) Trustworthiness
h) Ethical Considerations
Chapter 4 (Results)
a) Results
b) Categorization of Data
Chapter 5 (Discussion)
a) Discussion of Findings
b) Implications
c) Concluding Remarks
References
FORMAT
a) Paging - at upper right hand.
b) Margin : 1.5” left, 1.0” right, 1.0” top, 1.0” bottom
c) Spacing - double
d) Font style – GARAMOND
e) Font size - 12
TENSES
a) Chapter 1 – present tense
b) Chapter 2 – past tense
c) Chapter 3 – Past tense
d) Chapter 4 - Past tense for researcher’s account of the data collected
e) Chapter 5 – Present tense but past tense for statements referring to the
results and literature review.
OTHERS:
a) No one sentence paragraph and one whole page paragraph.
b) No websites or search engines in the text; only in the reference section
c) No contraction (e.g. won’t, didn’t, etc.)
d) Number below 10 should be written in words, above 10 should be
written in figures.
e) No numbered enumeration in literature review. Must be in paragraph
form.
(To correct CONTENTS, indicate a  mark on the TICK BOX of every present item in the manuscript, and state corrections on REMARKS
column)

For Final Defense ( ) checkbox Adviser’s Signature: _________________________