INTRODUCTION

 What is the background of your research?

 What is the academic underpinning of your research?

 Have you identified a specific gap in the knowledge, problem, opportunity or issue?

 What is the rationale of research (academic and industry)?

 How innovative is your research?

 Who will benefit from your research?

 How will they benefit from your research?

 What is the overall aim of your research? (i.e. what does your research want to

achieve? This is usually linked to title)

 What are the objectives (or steps) to achieve your aim? (Break down the aim in

more ‘manageable’ steps – there are usually similarities between the thesis

chapters and research objectives)

 What is your research approach (i.e. data types, collection techniques, analysis

etc.)?

 What is your sample? And why?

 What limitations does your research have?