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Synopsis Proposal- Guidelines

• Title: specific; summary of the synopsis

• Introduction: variables, background, justification, hypothesis (if any)

• Lt Review:base paper; important; most relevant min 25- sources

• Methodology: PT SUIT, Population, sample, measures, data collection and

analysis• References: use APA style; times new roman 12• Total Pages: 5 to 8 of letter size

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Assignment (2)-ReminderDue on Feb 21, 2010

• Select any research paper of your choice but different from your colleague (may be same as in (1) Study it carefully

• Identify the Variables; Hypothesis; Research Design; Measures; Analysis Techniques

• Critically evaluate the Methodological and propose alternative

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Literature Review-What

• Back bone of any academic research• Reading A-Z of the issue under investigation • Gap identification• Justification for the study• Identification of important variables• Theoretical framework• Measures availability• Constitutes about 30 percent

or even more for review thesis

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Literature Review-How?

First Step –Base Paper • Explore the past – the cited references • Explore the future – the citations

2nd Step – Know the Area• Highly cited paper; Thought leaders; Top journals

3rd Step –Know the Author All important research

4th Step The web of selected material• Ranking on the basis of relevancy and quality

Final Step The review

Minor adjustments may be needed

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Online Sources

• University login• Search engines

Ebscohost; Scholar Google• Data basis

Taylor and Francis; Blackwell Synergy Science Direct; Emerald

Inform world Proquest

Interscience DOAJ etc. etc.

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Other Sources

• Libraries• Universities• COMSATS - Islamabad• Friends• Authors• Others

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Presentations

• March 07, 2010

• March 14, 2010

• March 21, 2010

• March 28, 2010

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Presentations-Slides

• Title Page: Title, Year, Author (s); Journal

• Nature of Research: Pure, applied, Qutv, Qntv

• Variables: Dependent; Independent; Others

• Research Design: PT SUIT

• Hypothesis or RQ?

• Measures: Old, New, V & Reliability

• Data analysis What technique

• Main Findings Not more than three sentences

• Comments General; Critical

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APA-Referencing

• Journal

Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organisations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 10-36.

• Book:

Bernstein, D. K., & Tiegerman, E. (1989). Language and  communication disorders in children (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: Merill.

• Internet source

Author, A. A. (2000). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from source.

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APA-Citing

Paraphrasing is when you summarize the ideas, concepts or words

2 Authors

• Jones and Brady (1991) continued to find …

• The authors found the same result in the second and third trials (Jones & Brady, 1991).

3 to 5 authors

• Campbell, Brady, Bradley, and Smithson (1991) found ….(first citation)

• Campbell et al. (1991) found ….(subsequent citations)

6 or more Authors

• Campbell et al. (1991) found …

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APA-Quotes

• Quotations of less than 40 words (approximately) should form part of the text and be designated with double quotation marks.

• With quotations of 40 or more words, DO NOT use quotation marks; set the quotation in block style.

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APA-General guidelines

• Use Arabic numbers 10 and above unless the numeral begins a sentence.

• Courier or Times Roman; Size 12 points.

• Justify left side of the paper only; except quotes of 40 words or more.