carefully read.

An Abstract must provide the introduction,

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Daughters of Our Lady on Mount Calvary clear conclusion (for finished paper). Because of this, journal
Poctoy, Odiongan, Romblon reviewers often rely heavily on the abstract as an initial basis
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The abstract, as part of research proposal, should
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summarize the need to conduct the study, the hypothesis,
RESEARCH 12 and the objectives. The abstract should contain four
NAME: components—introduction, methods, results and discussion,
______________________________________________ and conclusion. Research proposal should contain 120 to 150
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aims to answer and on the method that will be used to
TOPICS: The Research Proposal and provide the data needed.
Its Preliminary Pages
A good and well-written abstract has the following
OBJECTIVES: qualities:
a. Give the preliminary pages of project Proposal a. It is well-developed, coherent, concise, and capable of
b. Know the outline of each pages standing alone, even without the other sections of the paper.
c. Prepare or make the preliminary pages of the project b. It provides a logical connection among the different parts
proposal of the research proposal.
c. It summarizes the research proposal.
Research Proposal d. It is comprehensible for a wide variety of audience.

The Preliminary Pages CRP Sample Box

A research proposal is divided into several parts. The first
part of it are the preliminary pages, which serve as the
opening statement of research proposal. They consist of the
title page, abstract, table of contents, and list of tables,
figures, and appendices.

Title Page
The title page contains the title of the study, names of the
authors, and author’s institutional affiliation. It also has a
page header with the title flushed right. The “Running Head”.

A good research title should convey the scope of the study

with the fewest possible words. It should not contain
abbreviations and unnecessary words or phrases. The
Table of Contents
research title may be modified until the finalization of the
This section provides an overview of the research paper. It
research paper. Hence, it is called a working title during the
enlists the chapter headings and subheadings with their
conduct of the study. Placing punctuations, numbers, or
corresponding page numbers.
abbreviations in the title should be avoided. The American
The following are steps on how to create a table of contents
Psychological Association (APA) recommends that the
in a document.
research title should be 10 to 12 words. However, it can
1. Open a Microsoft Word document and click the Reference
exceed the recommended length when necessary.
tab.
2. Click the Table of Contents tab and select from a variety of
built-in table formats.
3. Click Insert Table of Contents. A pop-up box will open that
shows a print preview of how the headings and subheadings
will appear in the text.

Abstract
An Abstract provides a summary of the research study. 4. Below the Print Preview section, make sure that there are
The title is the first thing that a reader will encounter; the check marks on the tick boxes showing the page numbers and
abstract on the other hand; is the first part that will be aligning the page numbers to the right.

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5. Below the General section, there is a drop-down box List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices
where you can choose the number of levels for the Aside from the Table of Contents, a separate page is
subheadings. allotted to the tables, figures and appendices. These are
labeled as List of Tables, List of Figures, and List of
Appendices. The title of the caption of each table or figures
are included in these lists. Follow the steps in making the
6. Once you have chosen the number of levels, click OK and table of contents to create these tables. Another way of
you will see a message stating that no entries have been making these lists is to go to the References tab and look for
selected. the Insert Table of Figures in the Captions section. Instead of
7. Next, go to the main body of the research paper and select selecting the text from the document, click the Insert Caption
the headings and subheadings that you want to appear on tab and type the Caption. You can change the caption label
your table of contents. using the drop-down arrow.
8. At the Reference tab, click the Add text drop-down arrow
of the Table of Contents section and select level 1. Repeat the
step for the heading but this time, select level 2 (see encircled
labels). The level number depends on whether it is heading
or subheadings. The chapter titles are all level 1; the
headings, level 2; subheadings, level 3; and so on.
9. Go back to the part of the document where you placed the
table of contents and click Update Table.
10. Follow step 7 to 9 for the rest of the research paper. An
example of the Table of Contents is shown in figure 5-6.

Do it!

Do or make a sample of the Preliminary pages including tables

and figures. Follow the steps and guide above, this will serve as
your outline of Preliminary pages of your Capstone Project.
Save or send your output on my messenger account.

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