MARINILL P.

SOLIMAN 3-H

RESEARCH PROTOCOL
Background
THE DOCUMENT:  What is? Discussed in 3 levels, “global,
 Size –letter (8.5in x 11in) national and local”
 Substance –quality of the bond paper  What should be? What is the ideal
(substance 20 and above) situation, DOH and WHO talks about,
 Margins -1.5in (left) and 1in (right) millennium development goals and
 Spacing –double space literatures
 Font-style –depend on institution, usually  What is the gap/discrepancy? Where the
times new roman 12 or arial 11 problems identified in other countries that
 Alignment –document is centered when it have led to this problem
comes to major titles or headings, left align  What has been done? Effect of intervention
for the rest of the document Paragraphs –should not be extending beyond a
 Page number –located on upper right hand single page, presents the main idea and supporting
corner of the page unless otherwise idea
specified, not indicated on the first page of Citations –what can be improved about the things
each chapter already know. APA format
 Caption –caption of the images are written Hypotheses of the study –restatement of objectives
below the image, the caption of diagram are  Null –hypotheses of no difference or no
written below the diagram but the caption or relationships
title of the table is written above the table  Alternative
Theoretical and conceptual framework –discusses
Title page the theory where you will be anchoring your study
Consists of: Definition of terms
 Title 4 parts
o Paper title 1. Conceptual –general definition or dictionary
 Centered 2. Operational –variables in the study that can’t
 Inverted pyramid be easily understand
 All caps 3. Measure
 Author 4. Categorize
 institution Significance
 Who? (nurses, student nurses, nurse
QUANTITATIVE educators, physicians, LGU and
Chapter I future researchers)
 Introduction o Specific groups
o Background o Individual users
o Statement of the problem  What?
 General objective  How?
 Specific objective Scope and Limitations
o Hypotheses Answer the questions:
o Theoretical framework  What does your research cover?
o Conceptual framework  When will your research be
o Definition of terms conducted
o Significance  Where will your research be
conducted
o Scope and limitations
 How will you be able to gather the
data
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 What are the limitations of your a. Adviser

research b. Instrument validation
Chapter II c. Institution
 Review of related literature e. Certification for plagiarism scan
 Review of related concepts – f. Certificate for statistical analysis
main focus are literatures g. Certification for grammar, form, and
which are not actually from style check
researches, (textbooks, h. SPSS tables
articles) Pagination
 Review of related studies –  Page number
from research (research was o Small roman numerals: I, ii, iii,
done and conducted) iv (preliminary pages until last
 Synthesis of related studies – page before chapter 1)
summary of all the studies o Arabic numerals: 1, 2, 3 (first
Chapter III page of chapter 1)
 Methodology  Page number on the first page of each
 Research design chapter
 Respondents –quantitative, Headings
 participants Chapter I
(qualitative), subjects Introduction
of the study for
experimental Background of the study
 Instruments –interview guide, Definition of terms
questionnaire Independent variable (sub heading)
 Validity and reliability Characteristics
 Ethical consideration –ethical Age
concerns to consider Significance of the study
 Data gathering procedure – Nurses
how to collect the data Nurse educators
 Data analysis –analysis of Tenses
pictures, tables  Proposal –future tense unless the study is
Chapter IV already conducted
 Analysis and Discussion
 Descriptive analysis
 Inferential analysis
 Findings
 Analysis and interpretation
 Discussion
Chapter V
 Summary of findings
 Conclusions
 Recommendations
References –APA format
Appendices –prepared in proposal part
a. Informed consent
b. Research instrument
c. Gantt chart
d. Communications