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Chapter 1: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The background section explains both the history of and the present state of the problem and research focus. It identifies the gap or need based on a summary of the current literature and discusses how the study will address that gap or need. (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 1: PROBLEM STATEMENT This section includes the problem statement, the population affected, and how the study will contribute to solving the problem. This section is summarized in Chapter 3. (Minimum 3-4 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 1: PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose statement section expands on the problem statement and identifies how the study will be accomplished. It explains how the proposed study will contribute to the field. This section is summarized in Chapter 3. (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Chapter 1: RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND/OR HYPOTHESES This section narrows the focus of the study by specifying the research questions to address the problem statement. Based on the research questions, it describes the variables and/or groups and their hypothesized relationship (quantitative study) or the phenomena under investigation (qualitative study). It describes how the research questions are related to the problem statement and how the research questions will facilitate collection of the data needed to answer the research questions. (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 1: ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE This section specifically describes how the research will advance the body of knowledge on the topic. The study can yield a small step forward in a line of current research, but it must add to the current body of knowledge in the literature in the learner's program of study. It identifies the gap or need based on the current literature and discusses how the study will address that gap or need. This section also identifies the theory(ies) or model(s) that provide the theoretical foundation for the study and how the study will contribute to the research on the theory(ies) or model(s). This section summarizes part of the Background (focused on identifying the gap or need from the literature) and Theoretical Foundations sections (expanded in Chapter 2). (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Chapter 1: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This section identifies and describes the significance of the study and the implications of the potential results based on the research questions, the problem statement, and the hypotheses or the investigated phenomena. It describes how the research fits within and will contribute to the current literature or body of research. It describes potential practical applications from the research. (Minimum 3-4 paragraphs)

Chapter 1: RATIONALE FOR METHODOLOGY This section clearly justifies the methodology the researcher plans to use for conducting the study. It argues why the methodological framework is the best approach to answer the research questions and how it will address the problem statement. It uses citations from textbooks and articles on research methodology and/or articles on related studies to justify the methodology. (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Chapter 1: NATURE OF THE RESEARCH DESIGN FOR THE STUDY This section describes the specific research design to answer the research questions and affirms why this approach was selected. It describes the research sample being studied as well as the process that will be used to collect the data on the sample. It identifies the instruments or sources of data needed to answer the research questions. It provides citations from seminal sources such as research textbooks, research articles, and articles on similar studies. (Minimum 3-4 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 1: DEFINITIONS OF TERMS This section defines the study constructs and provides a common understanding of the technical terms, exclusive jargon, variables, phenomena, concepts, and sundry terminology used within the scope of the study. Terms are defined in lay language and in the context in which they are used within the study. (Each definition may be a few sentences to a paragraph.)

Chapter 1: ASSUMPTIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND DELIMITATIONS This section identifies the assumptions and specifies the limitations, as well as the delimitations, of the study. (Minimum 3-4 paragraphs)

Chapter 1: ORGANIZATION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE STUDY This section summarizes the key points of Chapter 1 and provides supporting citations for those key points. It then provides a transition discussion to Chapter 2 followed by a description of the remaining chapters. (Minimum 1-2 pages)

Chapter 2: INTRODUCTION (TO THE CHAPTER) AND BACKGROUND (TO THE PROBLEM) This section describes the overall topic to be investigated, outlines the approach taken for the literature review, and argues the evolution of the problem based on the gap or need defined in the literature from its origination to its current form. (Minimum 2-3 pages)

Chapter 2: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS/CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK This section identifies the theory(ies) or model(s) that provide the foundation for the research. This section should present the theory(ies) or models(s) and explain how the problem under investigation relates to the theory(ies) or model(s). The theory(ies) or models(s) guide the research questions and justify what is being measured (variables) as well as how those variables are related (quantitative) or the phenomena being investigated (qualitative). (Minimum 2-3 pages)

Chapter 2: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE This section provides a broad, balanced overview and synthesis of the existing literature related to the proposed research topic. It identifies topics, themes, trends, and conflicts in research methodology, design, and findings. It describes the literature in related topic areas and its relevance to the research topic and research approach. It provides an overall analysis and synthesis of the existing literature examining the contributions of this literature to the field; identifying the conflicts; and relating the topics, themes, and results to the study topic and research approach. Accurate, empirical research citations are provided for all ideas, concepts, and perspectives. The researcher's personal opinions or perspectives are not included. (Minimum 30 pages)

Chapter 2: SUMMARY This section restates what was written in Chapter 2 and provides supporting citations for key points. The summary section reflects that the learner has done his or her due diligence to become well-read on the topic and can conduct a study that will add to the existing body of research and knowledge on the topic. It synthesizes the information from the chapter to define the gaps in or identified research needs arising from the literature, the theory(ies) or model(s) to provide the foundation for the study, the problem statement, the primary research question, the methodology, the design, the variables or phenomena, the data collection instruments or sources, and the population to be studied. It then provides a transition discussion to Chapter 3. (Minimum 1-2 pages)

Chapter 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This section describes the research methodology for the study (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed) and explains the rationale for selecting this particular methodology as opposed to the alternative methodologies. (Minimum 1-2 pages)

Chapter 3: POPULATION AND SAMPLE SELECTION This section discusses the setting, general population, target population, and study sample. The discussion of the sample includes the research terminology specific to the type of sampling for the study as well as how the sample population and final sample will be protected. This section provides a detailed description of the population and sample which were identified in the Research Design for the Study section in Chapter 1 as well as research considerations relevant to the sample and population. (Minimum 1-2 pages)

Chapter 3: INSTRUMENTATION OR SOURCES OF DATA This section identifies and describes the types of data that were collected as well as the specific instruments and sources used to collect those data. For quantitative studies it also describes the specific type of scale of measurement used in an instrument or used to define the different groups. (Minimum 1-3 pages)

Chapter 3: VALIDITY This section describes and defends the procedures used to determine the validity of the data collected appropriate to the methodology conducted. (Minimum 2-4 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 3: RELIABILITY This section describes and defends the procedures used to determine the reliability of the data collected appropriate to the methodology conducted. (Minimum 2-4 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 3: DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT This section details the entirety of the process used to collect the data. It describes each step of the data collection process in such a way that another researcher could replicate the study. (Minimum 1-3 pages)

Chapter 3: DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURES This section describes how the data were collected for each variable or group (quantitative study) or for each research question (qualitative study). It describes the type of data analyzed, identifying the descriptive, thematic, inferential, and/or non-statistical analyses. This section demonstrates that the research analysis is aligned to the specific research design. (Minimum 1-3 pages)

Chapter 3: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS This section discusses the potential ethical issues surrounding the research as well as how human subjects and data will be protected. It identifies how any potential ethical issues have been and will be addressed. (Minimum 3-4 paragraphs or approximately 1 page)

Chapter 3: LIMITATIONS AND DELIMITATIONS This section discusses in detail the limitations and delimitations related to the research methodology and design and potential impacts on the results. (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Chapter 3: SUMMARY: This section restates what was written in Chapter 3 and provides supporting citations for key points. It then provides a transition discussion to Chapter 4.