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Research Manual
ITEMS PAGE
Policies and Guidelines 4
Procedures 4
Outline Proposal 4
Conduct of the Study 5
Final Defense 5
Thesis Report 5
Routing 5
Research Fees 5
Preparation for Publication 6
Steps in Writing Research 7
Research Process 9
Research Suggestions Per Chapter (Items for Review) 12
Appendices
Research Title Proposal Format
Title Defense Evaluation Form
Outline Defense Evaluation Form
Questionnaire Validation Sheet
Interview Guide Evaluation Sheet
Assignment of Research Personnel
Procedures:
8. The researchers shall group themselves by three. They shall work as a team
from the initiation to completion of the research. They shall choose a research
topic/ theme/ subject that is aligned with the agenda of the College and the
University (OPM 14.03).
9. The student-researchers shall accomplish the Title Proposal format to be
submitted to the subject teacher together with the signed Undergraduate
Research Agreement (OPM 14.03).
10. Upon approval of proposed research title, the students may proceed with
writing the research outline proposal. At this point, research personnel
(adviser, grammarian, statistician, evaluators) shall be identified and chosen
for the research study as recommended by the Research Coordinator of the
College who shall ensure fair distribution of assignments of research
personnel based on their qualification subject to the approval of the Dean of
College.
Outline Proposal
11. The students shall submit the research outline of approved title written in the
prescribed format to the adviser who reviews the academic soundness,
departmental compatibility and appropriateness of the research proposals/
one week before the scheduled oral defense.
12. Upon the endorsement of the adviser, the students shall submit to the subject
teacher three copies of the research outline. The subject teacher shall
conduct initial review to check the eligibility of the outline. He/ she shall
coordinate with the research coordinator in setting of the outline defense
before a panel of faculty members.
13. The defense panel shall be composed of the research coordinator and a
faculty member with expertise in the field of study. The adviser shall be
required to be present and write the minutes during the outline defense.
14. The research study shall only be conducted after the approval of the outline
by the defense panel.
Final Defense
18. The oral defense shall be conducted a month before the end of the semester.
The adviser/ subject teacher shall arrange the schedule of said defense in
coordination with the research coordinator (Research Manual, 2017)
19. The students shall submit 3 copies of manuscript to the subject teacher one
week before the scheduled final defense, for distribution to the panel
members. The thesis manuscript shall be endorsed by the thesis adviser.
Thesis Report
20. The research students shall revise/ improve the thesis report based on the
recommendations/ suggestions of the defense panel.
Routing
21. The final thesis report shall be submitted to the thesis adviser for review. The
statistician/ data analyst, and defense panel shall review the report as well
until recommendations/ suggestions are followed.
22. After review, the thesis shall be submitted to the editor for correction. An
editor’s certification shall be issued to the students upon compliance of the
corrections made. The thesis report shall undergo plagiarism check through
Turn-It-In, the plagiarism detection tool utilized by the University. This is done
before and after applying the editor’s correction. The maximum similarity
index allowed is 25%; hence, if after applying the correction, the similarity
index is still greater than 25%, the student researchers are obliged to edit the
report and submit the edited one to the Turn-It-In again.
Reminder: A payment of P500.00 per submission is applied after the
third Turn-It-In submission. Researchers are obliged to edit the report until
minimum level is achieved. Grammarly report shall be provided a certification.
23. After plagiarism check, the paper shall undergo grammar checking through
grammarly, the University’s grammar checking software. This shall be done
by the adviser. A minimum score of 90% should be achieved
24. The students shall accomplish the Approval Sheet.
25. The students shall submit two hardcopies and two e-copies (CDs) of the final
thesis report to the subject teacher.
26. The subject teacher/adviser shall forward the hard copies and the e-copies
(CDs) to the research coordinator for filing purposes.
27. The subject teacher/adviser shall assess overall performance of the students
and submit final grades of the students.
Research Fees
28. After the subject teacher/adviser submitted the certificate of completion to the
Dean, the Research Coordinator shall request the Accounting to release
payment for research personnel.
Sources:
Conduct of undergraduate thesis.14.03. Operational Procedure Manual.
(2016)
4. State hypothesis.
On the basis of the literature search, write a hypothesis statement that
reflects your best tentative solution to the problem.
a. The hypothesis(es) should be: (1) rational, involving at least two
variables; (2) precise and clear; (3) non-judgment, i.e. moral/value free;
(4) not answerable by yes or no; and (5) measurable.
b. The research hypotheses are stated in the alternative form however,
these are changed to the null form when they are tested statistically.
Only null hypotheses can be subjected to statistical testing.
7. Collect data.
What procedure will you use to actually collect data from the subjects?
Develop a step-by-step plan to obtain all the data you need to answer your
questions.
a. Ask permission from the Dean.
b. Use standard questionnaires.
c. Disseminate the questionnaires to participants who
consented in participating in the study.
d. Tabulate the results and treat with necessary statistical tools.
e. Test the hypothesis and interpret.
8. Analyze data.
What statistic tools will you use to analyze the data? Develop a step-
by-step plan to analyze the data and interpret the results
Source:
Murcia, J. V. (2017). Lecture on the basics of research. Personal Collection of
J. V. Murcia, University of Mindanao, Davao City.
Subject Teacher Initial Review of the - Follow up with the proponent the outline proposal
Adviser Outline Proposal one week after approval of the title.
- Conduct initial review and checking the eligibility
of the outline.
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
• Background of the Study
• Statement of the Problem
• Hypothesis/es
• Review of Related Literature
Note: Present by topic according to the research variables.
• Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
• Significance of the Study
• Definition of Terms
Chapter 2 METHOD
• Research Design
• Research Participants
• Research Instruments
• Data Gathering Procedure
• Statistical Treatment of Data
REFERENCES
Note: In APA format. All in-text citations should match with references
contents.
APPENDIX
• Letter/s of Permission (Scanned copy with complete signatures)
• Letter to Validators(Scanned copy)
• Questionnaire Validation Sheet (Scanned copy)
• Research Instrument/ Questionnaire
• Certificate of Appearance (If study was done outside the campus)
• Summary of Data Collection Scheme (For Qualitative)
• Transcriptions and Translations (For Qualitative)
• Mean per Question (For measuring levels of variables)
• Statistician’s Certification (For quantitative)
• Analyst’s Certification (For qualitative)
• Turn-it-in Results
• Grammarly Results
Survey:
- Quantitative-Descriptive
- Quantitative-Comparative
- Quantitative-Correlational
- Quantitative-Predictive
- Relationship: Descriptive-Correlational
- Y only = Descriptive-Comparative
(Y-Demographic only)
- Single variable - Descriptive Survey
- Explain why you use that design; there
must be a source and author
Secondary Data
- Profiling of incidents
- Documentary research
Interview
- Qualitative - Words
- Quantitative - Numbers
Phenomenology
- 10-12 interviewees
Case Study
- 1-3 interviewees
b. Research Participants - 1 page
- Participants, place, time - Population and sample.
- This section describes the - Random - anyone in the population.
sources of data - whether - Description of population of the study and
primary or secondary. participants is clear (nature of work,
- The report should include lifestyle and other profile.
appropriate information on - Timeframe indicated.
the total population, the - Sampling procedure and its justification
sampling technique and the for use supported with author.
sources of evidences. How - Chart on the Distribution of Participants.
was the problem of missing - Profile of participants after the page citing
data handled? it could be a direct discussion with no
- To be valid, the supporting chart if there are only very few
Chapter
investigation must make items.
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use of exact and complete
primary and/or secondary
information.
- Select a target group
(population).
- Who will provide your data?
- How will you find subjects
for your study? Are they
accessible to you?
c. Research Instrument 1 page
Construction, variation, - Source/ Author
scaling (with cited author) - Include details about the questionnaire.
Ex. Indicators, # of items per indicator, etc.
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- For questionnaires using Likert scale,
include interpretation for the scale and
range of means for results interpretations.
Note: Interpretation for relationships of
variable should be included for correlation
studies.
- Divide it into 2 paragraphs IV and DV; 1st
paragraph is the IV with source of the
questionnaire followed by its range of
means; second is the DV with source
followed by its range of means. Additional
paragraphs needed for more variables.
- The last paragraph should state the
overall result of the validation and the pilot
test/ Cronbach alpha of the instrument.
d. Data Gathering
- ½ page
Procedure
How the study is conducted? - Explain in detail (it is like a diary from
beginning to end of data collection).
- What procedure will you use to collect
data from the subjects? Develop a step-by-
step plan to obtain all the data you need to
answer your questions.
- Ask permission from the Dean.
- Use standard questionnaires.
- Disseminate the questionnaires to
participants who consented in participating
in the study.
- Tabulate the results and treat with
necessary statistical tools.
- Test the hypothesis and interpret.
e. Statistical Treatment of
- ½ page
Data
Statistical tools used in the - Enumeration of appropriate statistics for
study. each research objective.
- What statistics will you use to analyze the
data? Develop a step-by-step plan to
analyze the data and interpret the results.
- On the basis of the statistical results, what
decision do you make concerning your
hypothesis?
- Usually determined by the statistician.
PRESENTATION AND
10-15 pages including tables.
ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS
Findings of the statement of Ex. 4 statement - 4 presentations of
the problems findings.
Chapter
- Opening paragraph introducing the
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content of the chapter (start the discussion
Introductory Statement
with the overall result followed by the
highest to lowest indicators).
- Based on the statement of the problem