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Outline For A Quantitative Study

This document outlines the typical chapters and sections for a quantitative thesis. It includes an introduction to state the problem and significance of the study, a literature review to summarize previous research, a methods chapter to describe the research design and data analysis plan, a results chapter to report the findings, and a conclusion chapter to discuss implications and recommendations. The goal is to conduct empirical research by collecting and analyzing numerical data to address the research problem.

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Outline For A Quantitative Study

This document outlines the typical chapters and sections for a quantitative thesis. It includes an introduction to state the problem and significance of the study, a literature review to summarize previous research, a methods chapter to describe the research design and data analysis plan, a results chapter to report the findings, and a conclusion chapter to discuss implications and recommendations. The goal is to conduct empirical research by collecting and analyzing numerical data to address the research problem.

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Outline for a Quantitative Study (Thesis)

1 Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Statement of the Problem


o What is the issue, problem or phenomenon that prompts this study?

1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study


o Indicate the purpose or intent of the study
o Indicate the theory, model or conceptual framework to be tested in the study
o Indicate the specific method of inquiry to be employed in the study
o Indicate why this study is important

1.3 Research Questions or Objectives or Hypotheses


o State whether the independent and dependent variables will be related or whether
two or more groups will be compared in terms of the dependent variable
o State either your research question(s) or the objectives of the study or your
hypotheses

1.4 Definition of Terms


o Broadly define key terms, including the dependent and independent variables

1.5 Delimitation and Limitations of the Study


o Delimitations refers to the boundaries of the study—its limits based on the context
in which the inquiry is carried out and the subjects who will be involved
o Limitations refers to potential weaknesses in the study, such as limits resulting
from the approach to selecting subjects

2 Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature

2.1 Overview
o Describe how your review is organized, indicating major themes or questions you
have pursued.
o Briefly describe how you carried out your search.
o In broad terms, what have others learned that is relevant to your question?
 Findings:
Present specific findings represented in the literature you have reviewed. Organize
your presentation thematically rather than serially.
o What are the major findings and most significant studies pertinent to your topic?
o What are the most promising methodological approaches to investigating your
topic?
 Conclusions:
o Summarize major themes and major contributions of significant studies and
articles to the body of knowledge under review, maintaining the focus established
in the introduction.
o Evaluate the current "state of the art" for the body of knowledge reviewed,
pointing out major methodological flaws or gaps in research, inconsistencies in
theory and findings, and areas or issues pertinent to future study.
o Summarize promising methodological approaches to investigation of your topic.
o Conclude by providing some insight into the relationship between the central topic
of the literature review and the research project you are pursuing.

3 Chapter 3: Method

3.1 Research design & procedures


o What is the research design? Experimental? Quasi-experimental? Descriptive?
Ex post facto? How will the study be conducted?

3.2 Sample, Population, or Subjects


o Describe the sample: Who are the subjects? How are they to be selected? What
are important characteristics of the sample population?

3.3 Variables in the Study


o Describe both the dependent and independent variables in the study

3.4 Instrumentation and Materials


o How will each variable be measured? What measurement instruments will be
used?
o What materials

3.5 Data Analysis


o What statistical procedures e.g. Regression, ANOVA, Correlation etc. will be
carried out?

3.6 Reliability and Validity


o How will you ensure that data, analytic procedures are sound enough to reach the
conclusion you are aiming at? Will the same research will lead to the results if
repeated in similar context?

4 Chapter 4: Results

4.1 Exploratory data analysis


 Errors screening of data and settlement of problematic issues
 Missing Values Analysis

4.2 Descriptive statistics


o Demographics of the sample
o Description of central tendencies e.g. Mean, median or mode etc. and variability
e.g. Standard deviation of independent and dependent variables
o Use tables as appropriate and integrate into the text

4.3 Hypotheses testing


Here specifically report results of statistical test you carried out to test Hypotheses in
clear manner.
5 Findings and Discussion
o Present the results of your analysis organized by research questions/hypotheses,
using tables as appropriate
o Interpret and discuss the results: what do the results of the statistical tests mean?

6 Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

6.1 Implications of findings


o Inferences based upon the results
o Application of the results to practice

6.2 Questions for further research

6.3 Summary
o Brief restatement of the problem
o Main features of the methods
o Most important findings

Reference List (preferably in APA style)

7 Appendices

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