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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

General Layout of a Scie


ntific Writing (SW)
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW

Title / Topic
 FINER criteria
 Feasible
 Interesting
 Novel
 Ethical to do
 Relevant
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CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
• Objectives
• Primary, secondary
• Hypothesis
– Alternative /
– researcher's question
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
 Materials & methods
 Study Design
 Settings
 Target Population
 Sample size Study groups
 Sampling Technique
 Sample selection criteria
 Inclusion and exclusion
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
 Methodology
 How will you collect data
 How will you measure the outcome, etc.

 Statistical analysis technique


 Software
 Descriptive tools and
 Statistic test , significance criteria
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
• Results
– Description of results, along it’s appropriate
frequency, numbers or percentages.
– Statistical tests
– p-values if needed (it depends on objectives)
– Some tables and figures according to the journal
criteria in which you are interested to get your
research publish or institute in which you are
submitting you thesis
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW
CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT SW

• Reference and Bibliography


– Difference in references and bibliography
– There many styles
• Vencor style,
• Harvard style ,
• Oxford,
• Modern language association (MLA) ,
• American Psychological Association (APA)

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