Introduction • Background to the topic (address some of the key researchers) • Outline your specific angle • Show how your angle is fresh and new, and will add to the research body on the topic • List...

Introduction    •    Background to the topic (address some of the key researchers)
•    Outline your specific angle

•    Show how your angle is fresh and new, and will add to the research body on the topic
•    List out your research question (use formatting so that it will stand out, give a clear rationale for it)
•    Justified hypotheses for quantitative / sub-research questions for qualitative (use formatting so that they will stand out`, give a clear rationale for them)    / 30
Literature Review    •    “Peppered” with relevant literature researchers

•    Appropriate (academic journals) and up-to-date literature choices
•    All facts and ideas etc. referenced appropriately
•    Critical analysis (not merely summarising each research/er).    / 30
Methodology    •    Philosophy (which one(s) and why that suits the given topic)
•    Research Approach (Induction or Deduction, and why that suits the given topic)
•    Research Strategy (which one(s) and why that suits the given topic, administration details on how will it be implemented)
•    Data collection (describe, explain, justify selected instruments in terms of the proposed research, if multiple say what one gives that the other does not, outline implementation procedures, include instrument in appendices)
•    Sampling (what is the population and sampling frame, which sampling method and why that suits the given topic, sample size, how will the sample be contacted)
•    Data analysis (qualitative / quantitative procedures, editing / coding / analysis)
•    Ethics (potential ethical issues that might arise in carrying out the given dissertation proposal and how they might be handled)
•    Research limitations & possible obstacles with the proposal and carrying it out, and how they might be overcome    / 30
Presentation
Referencing

Time-plan    •    Formal presentation (grammar and spelling, use of word processing features for formatting, headings and sub-headings, table-of-contents
•    Appropriate in-document referencing, properly presented bibliography of these references, appropriate choice of academic sources
•    Cohesive and logical flow throughout the document
•    Proposed time plan (using a Gantt Chart specifying weeks) for completion of the dissertation    / 10