Analytical methods for Information Systems Professionals

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• Analytical methods for Information Systems
  Professionals
• The research proposal

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• Today
• Definition and purpose of the proposal
• Structure of a proposal
• The process of writing

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• The research proposal
• Definition
• A document that presents a case for an idea and
  the action one proposes with respect to it
• Krathwohl, D.R. (1988) (3rd ed.) How to prepare
  a research proposal. Guidelines for funding and
  dissertations in the social and behavioural
  sciences. Syracuse, New York Syracuse
  University Press.

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• The research proposal
• Purpose
• To justify what you plan to do, in order to gain
  approval for it
• To identify the tasks and the resources required

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• Structure of a research proposal

• Title
• Introduction
• The problem and its context
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Data
• Timetable and resources
• References
• Appendices

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• Title
• Content and purpose
• Introduction
• Content and purpose

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• The problem and its context
• Problem definition
• Hypothesis or questions
• Delimitations
• Definitions of terms
• Assumptions
• Significance

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• Significance

• To explain, describe, explore
• To support a position
• Why is this worth doing
• What will it achieve

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Literature review

• Contributes to your overall justification of your
  research
• Must be more than a summary of what you read in
  the area
• Tells your reader where your work fits in with
  others work

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• Data
• Collection
• Analysis

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• Timetable and resources
• Plan your project as you would any other project
• References

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• The process of writing