Name: John-Rey D.

Quimson Date: 10/11/2022

Year and Section: BSFAS-IV

As you go through this guide, you are required to perform the

following:
1. Find a copy of undergraduate thesis particularly in the curriculum
Fisheries. List down and define it parts.

 Title Page – where the title of the research and name of the researchers
are indicated.
 Approval Sheet – it is indicated that the research that will be conducted
in a certain place is approved by mayor, barangay captain etc.
 Acknowledgement – were researchers express gratitude to their
parents, family, teachers etc.
 Biographical Sketch – where the biography of researchers indicated.
 Table of Contents - where you list the chapters and major sections of
your thesis, dissertation, or research paper, alongside their page numbers.
 List of Tables – it compiles all the table used in your thesis.
 List of Figures – it compiles all the figure used in your thesis.
 Abstract – is a concise summary of a research paper or entire thesis.
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
 Background of the Study - discusses in depth about the topic, whereas
the introduction only gives an overview.
 Objectives of the Study - describe what your research is trying to
achieve and explain why you are pursuing it.
 Significance of the Study – describes what contribution your study will
make to the broad literature or set of broad educational problems upon
completion.
 Scope and Delimitation of the Study - the scope of the study is the
limits within which the research will be conducted. The delimitations of
the study are those factors that will be excluded from the research.
 Definition of Terms - ensures that your readers will understand the
components of your study in the way that you will be presenting them.
Chapter 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 Related Literature - is a detailed review of existing literature related to
the topic of a thesis or dissertation.
 Related Studies – is about reviewing or studying existing works carried
out in your project/research field.
Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 Research Design - refers to the overall strategy that you choose to
integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical
way
 Location of the Study - refers to the location of the institution granting
the certificate, diploma or degree.
 Data Gathering Instrument – refers to the tools/devices used to
gather data, such as a paper questionnaire.
 Data Gathering Procedure - is the procedure of collecting, measuring
and analyzing accurate insights for research using standard validated
techniques.
 Analysis of Data – is the process of systematically applying statistical
and/or logical techniques to describe and illustrate, condense and recap,
and evaluate data.
Chapter 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 Socio Demographic Profile - characteristics of a population. Generally,
characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity, education level, income,
type of client, years of experience, location, etc.
 Socio-economic Profile - A way of describing people based on their
education, income, and type of job.
 Structure, Operation and Catch Composition of Beach Seine
 Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) - is an indirect measure of the
abundance of a target species.
 Channel of Distribution of the Catch
 Cost Economic Aspects
 Cost and Return Analysis
 Problems Met and Suggested Solutions
Chapter 5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 Summary - is a piece of writing that summarizes your research on a
specific topic.
 Conclusions - is where you wrap up your ideas and leave the reader
with a strong final impression.
 Recommendations - urge specific actions to be taken with regard to
policy, practice, theory, or subsequent research.
BIBLIOGRAPHY - is a list of books and other source material that you have
used in preparing a research paper.
APPENDICES – contains supplementary material that is not an essential part of
the text itself but which may be helpful in providing a more comprehensive
understanding of the research problem.

2. Classify the undergraduate thesis if it is an experimental or

social/descriptive thesis. Is there a difference between an experimental
and a social/descriptive thesis Support your answer.

 Descriptive research is a kind of research that examines the

participants in the study or a specific setting. Descriptive research
does not limited itself to either quantitative or qualitative research
approaches, but rather incorporates components of both,
frequently within the same study. As a result, a descriptive
researcher frequently employs three basic methods for data
collection and analysis. It consists of observations, case studies,
and surveys.

 Because descriptive research seeks to discover "what is,"

observational and survey approaches are commonly used to collect
descriptive data (Borg & Gall, 1989). The basic purpose of
descriptive research is to offer an answer to the question "what"
about the study group. Furthermore, descriptive research, which
focuses on discovering "what is," may be utilized to examine a
specific study group or condition. Descriptive research does not
give explanations for the causes and effects of the event under
investigation.

 Experimental research is a sort of study in which the researcher

makes changes to an experiment to observe what happens.
Experimental study makes use of manipulation and controlled
testing to comprehend causal processes. As a result, to arrive at a
conclusion in this type of study, the researcher manipulates one
variable while regulating the others. This type of research
frequently includes a hypothesis as well as a variable that may be
altered, measured, calculated, and compared. In the end, the
results and data gathered will either support or disprove the
researcher's hypothesis. This type of study might therefore be
categorized as a true experiment.
 Difference between an experimental and a social/descriptive
thesis
 There are two types of research: descriptive research and
experimental research. These two types of research are beneficial
for assessing certain occurrences and research groups. The main
difference between the two forms of research is that descriptive
research summarizes the characteristics of the study topic, whereas
experimental research manipulates the research subject or factors
to achieve a conclusion. Descriptive research reacts to "what if" in
the same way as experimental research does to "what is."

3. Make a temporary group (4 individuals per group). Create four (4)

undergraduate thesis title

Title 1.
Mollusk Composition and Density in the Mangrove Areas of Estanza
Lagoon, Estanza , Lingayen, Pangasinan
- Estanza Lingayen, Pangasinan

Title 2.
Culture Practices of Milkfish Growers in Barangay Estanza, Lingayen,
Pangasinan
- Estanza Lingayen Pangasinan

Title 3.
Catch Composition Analysis of Small pelagic Fishes using beach seine
in Binmaley beach Binmaley, Pangasinan
- Binmaley Pangasinan

4. Explain why are you have come up with each title.

Title 1
 We chose this title because we want to know the present state of
mollusks in the Estanza-Malimpuec Lagoon's mangrove areas. We
intend to examine the mollusk composition and density in
 mangrove regions, as well as their economic importance to the
inhabitants of the area.

Title 2
 We came up with this title after discovering how many milkfish
growers there are in the municipality of Lingayen. We centered our
title location on the Barangay of Estanza Lingayen, Pangasinan,
since it has a big number of fish farmers participating in miklfish
culture. The major purpose of this title is to collect information on
the milkfish grow-out culture procedures of milkfish growers in
Barangay Estanza.

Title 3
 We chose this title because of the area's accessibility and
convenience to the school. We discovered that the purse seine is
the primary fishing method and source of income for fishermen in
the coastal barangays of Binmaley, Pangasinan. We aim to analyse
the pelagic fishes obtained by fishermen using purse seines and
their catchability rate in order to determine the condition of pelagic
fishes in municipal waters and if conservation actions are necessary
if the quantity of pelagic fish being captured is decreasing.