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Audience:
Supervisor and research ethics committee
Proposal Writing and Anxiety
General Advice
Step 2
Do some literature search
and review other studies
Step 3
Formation of objectives
Step 4
Decide your research method
Step 5
Discuss and decide your
Work plan
Step 6
Plan for project administration
Step 7
Calculate the Budget
Structure of the research Proposal
Cover page
Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Background
2. Problem Statement
3. Justification
4. Objectives
5. Hypothesis (if any)
Study Population
Inclusion & exclusion criteria
Sampling
Sample size
Sampling technique
Structure of the research Proposal
Data collection:
Data collection tool
List of variables
Data Analysis
Ethical consideration
Ethical approval from the university, hospital
administration
Permission from area where research is conducted
Consent from patients
Structure of the research Proposal
Work Plan (Gantt chart)
Budget
Budget justification
Project administration
References
Annex
Submission of the proposal
Prepare a letter of intent that clearly summarizes your
research proposal and the estimated resources required, to
send to potential funding agencies when needed.
For Masters
A Research Proposal submitted in partial fulfilment of the
Requirements for the Award of the Degree of (specify, e.g.
Master of Science) in the School of Medicine
Cover Page
For PhD
A Research Proposal submitted in fulfilment of the Requirements
for the Award of the Degree of (specify, e.g. PhD) in the School of
Medicine
A. Student declaration:
This Proposal is my original work and has not been
presented for a Degree in any other University. Then
the student signs above his/her name and registration
number, followed by the date. E.g.:
Signature: Date:
Declaration Page
B. Supervisor declaration:
This proposal has been submitted for review with our
approval as University supervisors
Example:
NOT: A study on home management of dehydration
3. Justification
The justification/rationale -this is the logical reasoning to show why
the research topic is important and the need to conduct the
research project
Chapter 3: Methodology
1. Study Design
2. Study Population
Inclusion & exclusion criteria
4. Sampling
Sample size
Sampling technique
Structure of the research proposal
5. Data collection:
Data collection tool
List of variables
Data Analysis
6. Ethical consideration
Ethical approval from the university, hospital
administration
Permission from area where research is conducted
Consent from patients
1. Study designs
A study design is a specific plan or protocol for conducting
the study, which allows the investigator to translate the
conceptual hypothesis into an operational one
You should describe both the study design and where it will
be conducted (facility or community)
Example:
A cross sectional community based study
Analytic - case control, facility (or hospital) based study
2. Study population
The general characteristics of the study population:
You are trying to set the scene for the reader regarding the
area where you are conducting your research; whether
community or facility
5. Data collection
Data collection tool:
1. The method for data collection are to be
included:
Questionnaire
Interviews
Focused group discussions
Check list
Review of documents, reports
2. Number of questions, domains on the method
of data collection are to be specified
List of variables
A Variable is a characteristic of a person, object or
phenomenon which can take on different values. These may
be in the form of numbers or non-numerical characteristics
Variables are:
Qualitative (categorical)
Nominal e.g.: red, blue
Ordinal e.g.: severe, moderate, mild
Quantitative (numerical)
Continuous e.g.: temperature
Discrete e.g.: number of children
Example:
SPSS version 16
Type of analysis:
Uni-variate analysis
Bivariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
6. Ethical consideration
Ethical approval from the university, hospital
administration
Permission from area where research is conducted
Consent from participants
Privacy and confidentiality as well as the right to
withdraw was explained to participants
Work plan
A work plan is a schedule, chart or graph that summarizes
the different components of a research project and how
they will be implemented in a coherent way within a
specific time-span
It may include:
The tasks to be performed
When and where the tasks will be performed
Who will perform the tasks and the time each person will
spend on them training of data collectors
Data entry
Data
analysis
-Interpre
tation
Report
writing
Gantt chart
Check this website for a free Gantt chart template download
http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/excel-gantt-
chart.html
Budget
Why do we need to design a budget?
A detailed budget will help you to identify which resources
are already locally available and which additional resources
may be required
http://www.vertex42.com/Calculators/budget-
calculator.html
Budget justification
a) It is not sufficient to present a budget without explanation