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Advanced Research

Methods & Techniques

Mohammad Zaki Rashidi

Research Proposal

Lecture # 3

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Request for Proposal (RFP)

Why do we need a

research proposal?

When this document

is required?

How to write this technical

document?

What information

do we need?

Who will approve it?

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Different purposes / reasons

Funded

Managerial

Academic


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NON-ACADEMIC RESEARCH

PROPOSALS


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The Research Proposal Process

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Benefits of the RFP

Provide

monitoring

device

Provide

control

functionRFPs

Provide

evaluation

opportunity

Formalize

research procurement

process

Establish

performance

expectations

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Activities in RFP Process

Qualify potential vendors

Write and distribute RFP

Answer supplier questions

Evaluate submissions

Provide critique to all suppliers

Award contracts and start

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RFP Components

Proposal administration information

Summary statement of problem

Technical section

Management section

Pricing section

Contracts and license section

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RFP Elements

Services and

support

Cost proposalRFP

Elements

Background

Vendor

information

Proposed

solution

Instructions to

bidders

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The Research Proposal

Purpose

Present

management question

Propose

necessary data

Suggest data

collection

and analysis

Discuss

research

efforts

Elements of Research Proposal

Executive Summary

Problem Statement

Research Objectives

Literature Review

Importance/ Benefits

of Study

Research Design

Data Analysis

Nature/Form

Research

Qualifications

Budget

Schedule

Facilities

Project Management

Bibliography

Appendices

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WRITING ACADEMIC

RESEARCH PROPOSAL



Introduction

Back ground / Preamble

The Problem

Objectives of the study / Purpose of the study

Justification

Limitations

Scope

Assumptions

Definitions of key terms

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Back ground / Preamble

Opening about your topic

The overview of the area under study

Historical development

Philosophical or ideological issues related to the topic

Major theories (if any) / few selected theories if the topic is broad / related theories

Main issues / advances in the area / Important practical issues

Major findings related to the core issues


The Problem

Identify the issues that are the basis of the current study

Specify the various aspects of / perspectives on these issues

Raise some of the main research questions that you want to answer through your study

Identify what knowledge is available concerning your questions

Develop a rationale for your study with particular reference to how your study will fill the identified gap

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Objectives of the study / Purpose of

the study

Provide the main objective(s) of your study

Provide the sub-objectives of your study

Use action oriented word like: To determine, To

identify, To ascertain etc.

May be written in paragraph form or bullets for

different objectives

This will basically answer what this study would

accomplish not why


Justification

Specify the reasons of your study

Identify stake holders (direct and related)

and their benefits

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Limitations

What this study will not accomplish

Under what circumstances / conditions /

settings the results will be applicable

Reasons of these limitations


Scope

To what extent this study will be

conducted

To what conditions / settings the results

can be generalized / applicable

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Assumptions

State all the assumption you have taken to

conduct this study


Definitions of key terms

Define key terms / special terms / specific

terms /

Explain acronyms used in your study

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Research Methodology

Research Design

Procedure

Population

Sample and Sampling method

Measurement / Instrument selection

Variables

Hypotheses

Plan of Analysis / Statistical Tools

Software employed

Research Schedule


Research Design

It indicates what type of study will you use

(qualitative / quantitative etc.)

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Procedure

How will you accomplish this study?

Your specific steps / method


Population

Frame of reference / entire population

under consideration (homogeneous /

heterogeneous)

Specific characteristic(s) related to your

study

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Sample and Sampling method

Sampling method and its justification to

use

Sample size and why this specific size


Measurement / Instrument

selection

Data collection (primary / secondary)

Methods of data collection (focus group,

survey, experiments etc.)

Any specific scale / questionnaire to be

used and why it is chosen for this study

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Variables

Define different variables used in this

study

How these variable will be measured


Hypotheses

State specific hypotheses included in your

study or you wish to test during your

research

Hypotheses should be stated clearly,

delineating the relationships to the

objectives to be tested

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Plan of Analysis / Statistical Tools

Plan of statistical analysis (descriptive

stats, different test statistics,)

Parametric or non parametric, univariate

or multvariate statistics to be employed

Specific testing or analysis tools to be

used


Software employed

Spreadsheet / SPSS / SAS / Minitab etc.

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Research Schedule

Time frame / schedule


References

Provide all consulted references. This

may include books / magazines /journals /

reports / websites etc.

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Appendix

It contains any specific document like draft

/ selected questionnaire you would like to

attach.

Proposal Complexity

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NOTE

This is not the exhaustive list for research

proposal. Your proposal may not necessarily

contain all the given subsections. The choice

depends upon the type of study / research

project you wish to undertake, field of research,

level of research (undergraduate, graduate, MS

or PhD etc.), depth and breadth of the topic you

have chosen.

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