Let’s synchronize understanding of the phrase, research
project, so that we may discuss the subject matter with relatively similar concept. The word research, first of all connotes a plan of work carried out by certain people for specific outcome, Note a work plan is a crucial feature that characterizes any type of work.
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A research plan of work differs, for instance, from a report plan of work in a report, the plan of work comprises steps of gathering data and transferring information of an event of a known occurrence: What happened? How did it happen?
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In research, on the other hand, is forming reliably proven data and analysis from one’s made-work plan (hypothesis) of events for an expected outcome than can be replicated by the other researchers using identical condition (Theory): What did you do and how did you do it for a certain event to occur to achieve a targeted effect or an outcome.
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Research is a multi-stage process that the researcher must pass through. It takes from the stage of choosing a topic which undergoes a long process of: • Planning • Naming • Gathering • Reading
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• Surveying • Discussion • Searching • Analysis • Interpreting • Doing and redoing • Writing the research report
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The Research Project Process
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The Research Proposal It is an essential element of the research process. The first step in the production of any project is to write a proposal. It is important as it establishes the foundation for the project itself and sets out the architecture for your subsequent work: it is a basic working document. Without a proposal, you are likely to flounder and find virtually impossible to proceed with the project, and thus your whole work will wind up a botch. Lecturer: Prof Hussein Musa Ali 8 It is analogous to the implementation in the pregnancy because the whole project comes under the mercy of the proposal. The proposal is subject to the approval of the research project supervisor who may or may not approve (114 aan aqaaan kaama aqrisanayo ….).
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The Complete Dissertation
The research dissertation is the final report of the
project and it’s a cumulative reflection of the degree of organization and performance of the preceding stages of the project proposal. It is where the research purport is accredited.
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It is second critical stage in the project proposal in the Report Dissertation or thesis is subject to be: • Satisfied/Dissatisfied by the company • Qualified/ Disqualified by the examiners and/or • Accepted/ rejected by other researchers because of the dissertations: Poor recapitulation Poor validity Poor reliability or Poor linguistic style Lecturer: Prof Hussein Musa Ali 11 So you see, the CD is where the bulk of the project evaluation and accreditation are done. Then, it is more critical than the research proposal!