ASSIGNMENT GUIDE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

LECTURER
DR. AHMAD RASMI ALBATTAT

LEVEL
PG

VENUE
ONLINE
MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
INSTRUCTIONS:

Type: Individual Assignment

Assessment weightage: 15% + 15% + 20% = 50%

Due Date: 7th May 2022 (Hardcopy); Email at dr.battat@msu.edu.my and

CC to submissiongsm@gmail.com (Softcopy); the email
submission must be done by 5:00pm (MST) on the same day.
Softcopy Filename:
Your ID Number-Your Name-Your Program-Assignment Number.docx
E.g. 012021091234-Wendy-PMB-Assignment1,2,3.docx
E.g. 012021091234-Wendy-PMB-Final Project.docx

Task:
You are required to check each assignment accordingly.

Guidelines:
1. You should write in proper academic English
2. Turnitin Index (plagiarism-detection) should be less than 20%. To
check the similarity, kindly email your assignment to:
siti_nurmaizura@msu.edu.my
3. All assignment must include Cover Page (CP), Table of Contents
(TOC) and References (Ref).
4. No maximum page limits.

Appropriate Style:
1. File Types: Word or RTF.
2. Font: 12 point, Times New Roman
3. Text: 1.5 Spacing, Block Aligned (Justified)
4. Referencing Style: APA 6th Edition
5. Page Layout: 1-inch margins on all sides with page numbers at the
bottom centered and no header/footer
 Graduate School of Management (GSM)
ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
***This cover sheet must be stapled to the front of your assignment

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Assignment Received
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Lecturer Name
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Please note that it is your responsibility to retain copies of your assignment. Copying someone else’s work is
plagiarism and is unacceptable. The University may impose severe penalties for plagiarism. All work must be
submitted by the due date. If an extension of work is granted, this must be specified with the signature of the
lecturer/tutor.
Name & Signature □ Before due date & time
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For Individual Assignment

I declare that all material in this assignment is my own work except where there is clear acknowledgement or
reference to the work of others, and I have complied and agreed to the University statement on Plagiarism and
Academic Integrity.
Student Name as per I/C Matrix Number Signature

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or reference to the work of others, and we have complied and agreed to the University statement on Plagiarism
and Academic Integrity. By signing the cover sheet, group members are indicating that they agree that each
member of the group made a fair and reasonable contribution to the assignment or project.
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 ASSIGNMENT: ONE

Question: 1
Below are several terms we have studied. Define each with a few sentences
and add the citations.
1. Problem Statement
2. Population and Sampling
3. Research Objectives
4. Conceptual Framework
5. Inductive and Deductive
(5%)
Question: 2
Find (any) 5 recent journal articles (within 2017 to 2021) that have the
information content related to your research area. Read the articles and
answer the following questions:

1. Read the literature review relevant to your research. Use the

keywords as your guide.
2. Summarize your literature in a table comprising of the items below,
a. Author and Year published
b. Purpose / Aims / Goals
c. Approach / Method / Experiment / Technique
d. Dataset / Sampling
e. Findings / Result
3. List of references (APA 6th Edition).

Example:
Limitations
Author / Problem /
and
Research Purpose / Theory Methodology Findings Conclusions
Future
Context Aim
Study

(5%)
Question: 3
Refer to the following tables and figure.

Figure 1: Conceptual Framework

Table 1 Questionnaire Distribution

Description Amount
Questionnaires distributed 500
Questionnaires that did not return 77
Questionnaires that returned 423
Questionnaires that were not filled completely 32
Questionnaires that were filled completely 391

Required

Interpret the values in Figure 1 and Tables 1

(5%)
 ASSIGNMENT: TWO

Tasks:
As part of the course, you will write an original report related to your
research interest. Find at least 20-30 articles and journals related to the
topic; the report should be short and focused. It should use original writing.
The report will be written in four parts, and you will present your report
in the class.

Required:
Your writing must contain the following points:
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Current Situation of Study
1.3 Problem Statement
1.4 Research Objectives
Reference in “APA 6th Edition”
(15%)
 ASSIGNMENT: THREE

Choose (any) Title or Topic that relates to your research interest. Find at
least 30 articles and journals related to the topic; (i) summarize the
article/ journal (ii) highlight the important issues, in order to support the
study. Follow the instructions given and the right methodology used.

Required:
Based on your Literature Review, prepare your report:
1.1 Chapter Overview.
1.2 Introduction.
1.3 Background of Study.
1.3.1 Background of (Focus Area)
1.3.2 Background of (Industry/Sector)
1.4 Current Situation of Study.
1.4.1 Current Situation of (Focus Area) in the (Context, such as
Malaysia)
1.4.2 Current Situation of (Industry/Sector) in the (Context, such
as Malaysia)
1.5 Problem statement.
1.6 Research Questions.
1.7 Research objectives.
1.8 Significance of the study.
1.9 Scope of the study.
1.10 Definition of the key terms.
1.11 Chapter Summary.
Reference in “APA 6th Edition”
(20%)
GOOD LUCK
 RUBRIC
Attribute Poor Below Satisfactory Good Excellent Score
average
Originality Just cut and Minimal effort Modifications Shows effort High
(30 marks) paste to indicate into ‘own’ of producing evidence of
originality effort originality original work.
work Due credit
given to
original
source.
5 10 15 20 30
Content Inability to Not enough Acceptable The content Very
Richness synthesize point of effort is more than competence
(30 marks) argument adequate
5 10 15 20 30
Flow of Shoddy work Not well Evidence of Good linkage Very well
Ideas planned linkage between thought out
(20 marks) between points of
points of arguments
argument
1 5 10 15 20
Writing Poor Poor Uneven Simple and Good
Style expressions command of easy journalism
(10 marks) and full of language
jargons
2 4 6 8 10
Grammar Full of Too many of Acceptable Minimal No
(10 marks) grammatical grammatical level of grammatical grammatical
error error grammatical error error
error
2 4 6 8 10
Total = 100 /100

 The Rubric page should be the last page in your submission