RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

WRITING UP
 Writing a paper
8 Steps for writing research paper:
• Choose a topic
• Find Information
• State hypothesis
• Make temporary outline
• Organize your thoughts
• Write down your first Drafts
• Revise your draft
• Finalize
 Writing a paper…
•Choose Topic
i. Your Field of Study
ii. Interest directions
iii. Emerging problems
•Find Information
i. Previous work
ii. Read books, journals, Internet, Newspaper
 Writing a thesis
•State hypothesis
i. Asserts an arguments, Explain topic & analyze problems.
ii. Give reader a sense about topic of essay.
iii. Limits topic and scope of paper.
•Kind of thesis statements
i. Argumentative statement
i. Clearly present main idea of essay

ii. Analytical statement

i. It breaks the topic into parts and examine each part

iii. Expository Statement

i. Explains the all major parts of thesis
 Writing a thesis
•Creating thesis Statement
i. Determines the essay topic
ii. Determines what kind of thesis statement you need
iii. Determines the way you’ll construct thesis
•Thesis Don’t
i. Announce your thesis
ii. Confuse your reader
iii. Don’t be vague
 Writing a paper…
•Make temporary outline
i. Make simple notes about information
ii. Define the way you’ll work
•Organize your thoughts
i. Organize all the data in a linear , understandable format and relevant information
ii. Using tables, charts, illustrations etc
 Writing a paper…
•Write First Draft
i. Title
ii. Introduction, Abstract
iii. Body
iv. Conclusion
v. Referencing/Work cited
vi. Acknowledgements
vii. Glossary
viii. Index
 Writing a paper…
•Revise your draft
i. Plagiarism
ii. Punctuation and grammar
iii. Citation
iv. Results
•Finalize
i. Present your paper