FLOWCHART OF STUDENT RESEARCH PROCESS

Documents and Forms Needed

CLASS ORIENTATION AND 1. Student-researchers’ letter of intent for
DISCUSSION prospective adviser-promoter.
2. Adviser-promoter acceptance form.
3. Agreement on promotership.

SCOUTING OF PROSPECTIVE Documents and Forms Needed

ADVISER-PROMOTER 4. Manuscript (Some preliminary pages, Chapters
1&2, References, Tool, Informed Consent
Form and CV)
WRITING OF THE RESEARCH 5. Consent of the technical panel of evaluators for
the defense.
INTRODUCTION AND
METHODOLOGY and CRAFTING OF Documents and Forms Needed
THE TOOL 6. Manuscript (Some preliminary pages, Chapters
1&2, References, Informed Consent Form,
Tool, Letter of Intent, Adviser-Promoter’s
CONSENT OF THE TECHNICAL Acceptance Form, Agreement on
PANEL Promotership and CV)
FOR THE DEFENSE 7. Consent of the technical panel of evaluators for
the defense and Proposal defense
recommendation sheet.
8. Research evaluation form for proposal defense.
PROPOSAL DEFENSE 9. Adviser's evaluation form for advisee/s.
10. Form for evaluating alignment of students’
research title and topic proposal to the school
research agenda.
11. Consolidation of recommendations-
INTEGRATION OF THE
suggestions of the technical panel after the
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
defense.
TECHNICAL PANEL
12. Summary form of recommendations-
suggestions of the technical panel after the
defense.
VALIDATION OF THE RESEARCH Documents and Forms Needed
TOOL AND APPROVAL BY THE 13. Accomplished summary form of
TECHNICAL PANEL OF recommendations-suggestions of the technical
EVALUATORS panel after the defense.
14. Edited manuscript (Some preliminary pages,
Chapters 1&2, References, Tool, Informed
Consent Form, etc. and CV).
APPROVAL BY THE UNIVERSITY Documents and Forms Needed
RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD (UREB) 15. Manuscript (Some preliminary pages,
Chapters 1&2, References, Tool, Informed
Consent Form and CV)
16. Accomplished UREB Form 006 (Protocol
Application Form)
PILOT TESTING OF THE RESEARCH 17. Checklist for technical review of the protocol
TOOL (If required/applicable) document.
18. Endorsement Letter of Technical panel of
Evaluators (if not accomplished in Sect III of
SMUREB Form 006)
Documents and Forms Needed
19. Reliability Clearance from the URC
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coded data (Word format for the transcribed

qualitative data and Excel format for the
DATA GATHERING quantitative data).

(Research Methodology) and Tool.

Letter of endorsement to the data analyst
DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
Documents and Forms Needed

WRITING OF CHAPTER III-RESULTS

AND DISCUSSION and CHAPTER 4- UREB Certificate of Approval, and CV)
CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Documents and Forms Needed
25. Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters 1-4,
References, and Appendices (ICF, Tool, Letter of
Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance Form, Promotership
EVALUATORS FOR THE DEFENSE Agreement, Certificate of Reliability if applicable,
UREB Certificate of Approval, and CV).

Documents and Forms Needed

SECURING OF DATA ANALYSIS 25. Data Analysis Certification
CERTIFICATION 26. Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters 1-4,
References, and Appendices (ICF, Tool, Letter of
Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance Form, Promotership
SECURING OF INITIAL PLAGIARISM Agreement, Certificate of Reliability if applicable,
CERTIFICATION UREB Certificate of Approval, and CV).

Documents and Forms Needed

27. Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters 1-4,
References, and Appendices (ICF, Tool, Letter of
Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance Form, Promotership
Agreement, Certificate of Reliability if applicable,
UREB Certificate of Approval, Data Analysis
Certification, Plagiarism Certificate and CV).
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 28. Consent of the technical panel of evaluators for the
defense and Proposal defense recommendation
sheet.
29. Research evaluation form for final/oral defense.
30. Adviser's evaluation form for advisee/s.
31. Consolidation of recommendations-suggestions of
SIGNING OF THE SUMMARY FORM the technical panel after the defense.
OF RECOMMENDATIONS- 32. Summary form of recommendations-suggestions of
SUGGESTIONS OF THE TECHNICAL the technical panel after the defense.
P EL F
Documents and Forms Needed
33. Accomplished summary form of
recommendations-suggestions of the technical panel
after the defense.
34. Edited Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters
1-4, References, and Appendices).

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Letter of Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance

summary form of recommendations-

of
of Defense.

Documents and Forms Needed

37. Data Analysis Clearance
LANGUAGE EDITING 38. Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters
1-4, References, and Appendices (ICF, Tool,
Letter of Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance
Form, Promotership Agreement, Certificate
of Reliability if applicable, UREB Certificate
DECLARATION OF of Approval, Data Analysis Certification,
ORIGINALITY THROUGH A Plagiarism Certificate and CV).
NOTARIZED CERTIFICATION
Documents and Forms Needed
39. Data analysis Clearance
40. Plagiarism Clearance
41. Language Editing Clearance Slip
SUBMISSION OF UREB FINAL 42. Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters
REPORT FORM 1-4, References, and Appendices (ICF, Tool,
Letter of Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance
Form, Promotership Agreement, Certificate
of Reliability if applicable, UREB Certificate
of Approval, Data Analysis Certification,
FINAL CHECKING OF MANUSCRIPT Plagiarism Certificate and CV).
Documents and Forms Needed
43. Manuscript (All preliminary pages, Chapters
1-4, References, and Appendices (ICF, Tool,
BINDING OF THE MANUSCRIPT (2
Letter of Intent, Adviser’s Acceptance
copies), AND PREPARATION OF THE
Form, Promotership Agreement, Certificate
“IMRAD” FORMAT AND RW-CD (3
of Reliability if applicable, UREB Certificate
of Approval, Data Analysis Certification,
Plagiarism Certificate, Data Analysis
Clearance, Final Plagiarism Clearance,
Langauage Editing Clearance, Notarized
Declaration of Originality, Ethics Clearance,
SIGNING OF THE APPROVAL SHEET Communication Letters and CV).
Documents and Forms Needed
44. Hardbound copies of the Research Paper
(3 copies).
SUBMISSION Documents and Forms Needed
45. Hardbound copies of the Research
Paper(2 copies) and CD (3 copies).
RESEARCH DISSEMINATION

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