POWER POINT

GUIDELINES
For Proposal Defense
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
◦ Provide an OVERVIEW of your chosen topic (What is your topic about in global, national and local
context) that influenced the conceptualization of your study
◦ Introduce what is your research problem, back it up with evidences from the literature
◦ Justify the selection of your topic
◦ Establish the necessity of the study by discussing the practical significance
 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM (for
qualitative)
◦ Present the MAIN problem of your study
◦ Provide the subproblems (the logical and interconnected
components of the primary research problem)
 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY (for
Quantitative design)
◦ Present the MAIN objective of your study
◦ Provide the sub-objectives (the logical and interconnected
components of the primary research purpose)
 HYPOTHESIS

◦ Present the STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS

◦ This section is only applicable if you have an objective to test for
correlation, difference, or influence.
 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

◦ Discuss the theory or theories which serve as your anchor of the

study
◦ The theory serves as the general framework for your data analysis
 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (optional, for
quantitative study)
◦ Present the diagram or the visual presentation of your
operationalize version of the theory
◦ This section is guided by your objectives.
 METHODOLOGY

◦ Research Design -
◦ Research Respondents (include sampling) –
◦ Research Locale –
◦ Research Instrument (what will you use to gather the data)
◦ Data Anaysis