Rec 710 Research Methods                                                                      Dr. Patrick Tierney
Dept. of Recreation & Leisure Studies                                                       Spring 2005

 

OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS IN A THESIS

 

Chapter 1  Introduction

-         Background

-         Topic or Problem Statement

-         Research Purpose and Objectives

-         Hypotheses

-         Limitations of Study

 

Chapter 2  Literature Review

-         Review of Pertinent Studies

-         Presentation of Theories

-         Summary and Interpretation of Literature

-         Implications for Problem Being Investigated

-         (Hypotheses could also be placed here)

-         (Proposed Theoretical Model could be placed here)

         

Chapter 3  Methodology

-         Overall Research Design

-         Participants and Sampling

-         Instruments

-         Data Analysis

 

Chapter 4  Results

-         Survey Response Rates

-         Description of Survey Respondents

-         Data Analysis

-         Findings

-         Results Summary

-         Testing of Hypotheses

 

Chapter 5  Conclusions and Recommendations (Discussion) 

-         Discussion of Results In Terms of Hypotheses or Problem/Topic

-         Similarity or Differences With Other Studies

-         (Testing of Proposed Theoretical Model)

-         Recommendations to Improve Problem/Topic

-         Recommendations for Future Research

 

Abstract (Placed a beginning of document)

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