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TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL SHEET
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DEDICATION
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND APPENDICES
 TITLE PAGE

TITLE MUST BE SPECIFIC

INDICATE NAME OF PRODUCT (FOR PRODUCT-BASED
RESEARCHES)
MUST INDICATE THE RESPONDENTS
MUST INDICATE THE VARIABLE/S TO BE STUDIED
MUST INDICATE THE YEAR/ TIME RESEARCH WAS COMPLETED
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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 DEDICATION

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HELPED THE RESEARCHERS, AND THEIR ENDEAVOR IN
PURSUING THE STUDY.
 ABSTRACT

ONE-PAGE SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH

FIRST PARAGRAPH: THE PROBLEM
SECOND PARAGRAPH: METHODOLOGY AND
FINDINGS
THIRD PARAGRAPH: CONCLUSION
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTENTS FROM CHAPTER 1 TO 5

LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND APPENDICES

LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF APPENDICES
 CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS
BACKGROUND
a. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
b. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
c. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
d. RESEARCH PARADIGM
e. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
f. HYPOTHESIS
g. SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS
h. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
i. DEFINITION OF TERMS
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

CONTAINS THE BACKGROUND, HISTORY, AND RELEVANCE

OF THE PROBLEM
STATEMENTS THAT WILL REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE PROBLEM
PREVIOUS RESEARCHES ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF
THE PROBLEM
 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

THEORIES RELATED ON SOLVING AND

IMPROVING THE PROBLEM OF THE STUDY
THEORIES RELATED TO THE STUDY AND ITS
DESIGN
 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

THE “RECIPE” OR THE “BLUEPRINT” OF THE STUDY

CONTAINS THE VARIABLES USED IN THE STUDY
THE GENERAL STEPS UNDERTAKEN IN GATHERING
DATA AND DURING THE EXPERIMENTATION
FUTURE TENSE -> PAST TENSE
 RESEARCH PARADIGM

A FLOWCHART OF THE VARIABLES

RELATED TO THE STUDY AND THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS
 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE STUDY

CONTAINS THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
MAIN PROBLEM AND RESEARCH PROBLEMS
(3-12) SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROBLEMS
 HYPOTHESIS

FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

ALWAYS STATED IN A NULL MANNER
MUST BE REJECTED OR ACCEPTED THROUGH
A SPECIFIC STATISTICAL TREATMENT
 SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS

DELINEATES THE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF THE

STUDY
DELINEATES THE SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH
 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

BENEFICIARIES:
1. STUDENTS
2. TEACHERS/ SCIENTISTS/ BUSINESS PEOPLE
3. PARENTS
4. SCHOOL
5. FUTURE RESEARCHERS
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

ALPHABETICAL
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS
USED IN REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND
STUDIES AND THROUGHOUT THE STUDY
 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURES AND STUDIES

a. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

b. SYNTHESIS OF RELATED LITERATURE
c. REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES
d. SYNTHESIS OF RELATED STUDIES
e. OVERALL SYNTHESIS
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ASSOCIATION)
MLA (MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION)
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1. APA (AMERICAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION)

2. MLA (MODERN
LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION)

3. CHICAGO STYLE OF CITATION

 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES

APA CITATION
4 LITERATURES (ARTICLES, BLOGS, NEWSPAPER
CLIPS, EXCERPTS, NONFICTIONAL STORIES)
2 LOCAL SOURCES
2 FOREIGN SOURCES
 SYNTHESIS OF RELATED LITERATURES

SUMMARY OF THE RELATED LITERATURES

MUST BE WRITTEN ACCORDING TO
RELEVANCE TO THE STUDY, IN PARAGRAPH
FORM
 REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES

APA CITATION
4 STUDIES (RESEARCH PAPERS, THESES,
DISSERTATION)
2 LOCAL SOURCES
2 FOREIGN SOURCES
 SYNTHESIS OF RELATED STUDIES

SUMMARY OF THE RELATED STUDIES

MUST BE WRITTEN IN DETAIL IN
PARAGRAPH FORM
 OVERALL SYNTHESIS

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE

RELATED LITERATURES AND STUDIES, AND WHY THE
INFORMATION MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY
WILL SERVE AS A REFERENCE FOR THE FINDINGS OF
THE STUDY IN CHAPTER IV
 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY
a. RESEARCH DESIGN
b. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
c. RESEARCH LOCALE
d. DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES
e. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
a. CONSTRUCTION
b. VALIDATION
c. DRY RUN
d. ADMINISTRATION AND RETRIEVAL

f. RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

g. STATISTICAL TREATMENT
 RESEARCH DESIGN

EXPERIMENTAL OR NONEXPERIMENTAL (DESCRIPTIVE)

DISCUSSES WHY A CERTAIN RESEARCH DESIGN MUST
BE USED FOR THE STUDY
DISCUSSES THE RELATION OF THE RESEARCH DESIGN
TO THE RESEARCH
 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
IDENTIFIES THE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE USED IN THE STUDY:
SAMPLE SIZE: SLOVIN’S FORMULA
PROBABILITY SAMPLING:
SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING
SYSTEMATIC RANDOM SAMPLING
STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
CLUSTER SAMPLING
NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING:
CONVENIENCE SAMPLING
SNOWBALL SAMPLING
PURPOSIVE SAMPLING
QUOTA SAMPLING
 RESEARCH LOCALE

THE PLACE/ EVENT WHERE THE EXPERIMENT

WAS CONDUCTED, OR THE RESPONDENTS
WERE SURVEYED
THE TIME WHEN THE EXPERIMENT/ SURVEY/
INTERVENTION WAS CONDUCTED
 DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES

NUMERICAL LIST OF STEPS UNDERTAKEN IN DOING

THE EXPERIMENT
MUST BE CONCISE, SHORT, AND STRAIGHT-TO-THE-
POINT.
INCLUDE PICTURES OF EXPERIMENTATION
 RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

(NOT APPLICABLE FOR EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH)

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE, INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT,
TESTS, EVALUATION SHEET, TIME-TABLES, AND
HOW THEY WERE USED IN THE STUDY
CONSTRUCTION – RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

THE RUBRICS IN THE CREATION OF THE

INSTRUMENT
BASIS/ BASES FOR CREATING A RESEARCH
INSTRUMENT
 VALIDATION – RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

VALIDATION FORM FOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

VALIDATION OF THREE EXPERTS
1. ENGLISH FOR GRAMMAR
2. SCIENCE FOR THE CONTENT
3. MATHEMATICS FOR THE STATISTICAL TREATMENT
 DRY RUN – RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

(OPTIONAL) FOR TESTING THE RELIABILITY OF

THE INSTRUMENT, THROUGH A RELIABILITY
TEST
30 RESPONDENTS WILL ANSWER THE
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE DRY RUN
 ADMINISTRATION AND RETRIEVAL –
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

HOW THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT WAS

ADMINISTERED AND RETRIEVED, TIME,
PLACE
 RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

INDICATES THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE

RESPONDENTS IN TABULAR FORM
 STATISTICAL TREATMENT

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS:
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE, GRAPHS
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
MEASURES OF POSITION
MEASURES OF VARIATION
SKEWNESS AND KURTOSIS
CORRELATION
 STATISTICAL TREATMENT
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: (EXPERIMENTAL) SIGNIFICANCE
TESTS
ONE SAMPLE Z-TEST
T-TESTS
ONE SAMPLE
INDEPENDENT SAMPLE T TEST
ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA)
SPEARMAN RANK ORDER CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS
CHI-SQUARE TEST AND GOODNESS OF FIT
 IV. RESULTS, ANALYSIS, AND
INTERPRETATION
TABULAR FORM
TABLE NUMBER, TITLE OF TABLE, THE TABLE ITSELF, LEGEND,
WRITTEN TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE
TABLE
GRAPHICAL/ CHART FORM
CHART NUMBER, TITLE OF THE CHART, THE CHART ITSELF,
LEGEND, WRITTEN TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF
THE CHART
 V. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION,
AND RECOMMENDATION
A. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
LIST OF RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT/ SURVEY, AND
THE ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS STATED IN CHAPTER 1
LIST FORMAT
MUST ANSWER ALL THE STATED PROBLEMS OF THE
STUDY
 CONCLUSION

INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS PER PROBLEM

STATED
PARAGRAPH FORMAT
MUST BE CONNECTED TO RELATED LITERATURES
AND STUDIES FOUND IN CHAPTER 2
 RECOMMENDATION

LIST FORMAT
RECOMMENDATION TO FUTURE RESEARCHERS
RECOMMENDED SETTINGS/ FACTORS/ METHODS
FOR OTHER RESEARCHERS
PROPOSED PROJECT/ OUTPUT/ METHOD
 REFERENCES

APA FORMAT (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL

ASSOCIATION FORMAT)
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, BY SURNAME OF
AUTHOR
 APPENDICES

CONTAINS ALL THE LETTERS, TEST INSTRUMENTS,

PICTURES OF DOCUMENTATION, SURVEY OR TIME-
SHEET FORMS, PROOFREADING FORM, AND
STATISTICAL TREATMENT COMPUTATIONS (EXCEL
OR SPSS)