Research Report -(Required in 2 Days)

How to write a research proposal

Although your finalized research paper will be different from your research proposal, you are still strongly suggested to write a research proposal at the very beginning.

Questions to address in preparing your research paper

· Do you know the due date for your research paper and have correspondingly made a schedule to deal with different components of your research paper?

· Why do you choose this topic?

· Are there any other researches done in the same field?

· What is your specific research concern? Or for what purpose are you doing this research? Write down your thesis statement.

· From which aspects are you going to address the issue? This means how many body paragraphs you might include in your paper.

· How are you going to develop your arguments?

· Problem & solution

· Cause & effect & solutions

· Comparison & contrast & evaluation

· Cost-Benefit Analysis

· Classification (Division)

· Chronology (Sequence of happenings)

· Process analysis (Flow chart)

· Historical events or anecdotal evidences

· Facts, statistics, scientific findings

· Visual arguments

· Have you found enough information to help you support your ideas in a systematic way?

· Do you have any other ideas concerning the collection of data, such as doing a survey or interview rather than just purely searching the webpage and library database?

· Are there any visual supports to enhance your arguments?

· What might be your expected conclusion?