Guidelines - Research Proposal

GUIDELINES FOR THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL

• Use Times New Roman, font size 12 and spacing 1.0.
• Paragraph justified. Do not indent the first line.
• Title should be in upper case highlighted and underlined (e.g. RESEARCH STUDY PROPOSAL) and do not use upper case for any other sections.

• Leave one line between the lines/sections. (E.g. between the title and your name, Topic and the Research questions etc.)

• Highlight only the following words in the proposal.

RESEARCH STUDY PROPOSAL
Name
Class
Date
Topic
Research Question
Interest in this area of research
Specific aspects of the topic
Proposed format
Information sources
Written
Oral (interview/survey)
Audio-visual/electronic
Expected outcomes

• Use the bullet style given in the sample for the headings and sub-headings


• Make sure your information sources are according to the Harvard referencing (University of Adelaide doc.)

• Do not forget to include the last part of the proposal (interview/survey, audio-visual details and expected outcomes)