RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT

1. How to write a research paper?
RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT
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2. RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT
Formatting
• 1 Inch margin from all side
• Line spacing should be double and adjust before and after both on zero
• Font Style: Times New Roman
• Font Size: 12
• Heading should be Bold
• No Intend in any paragraph
• All the text of Document should be aligned in justify
• Research Title, Author Name and Email Address should be aligned in Center
• Draft should contain 5 main chapters
(Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results and Conclusion)
• Mention Numbers of Tables, Figures, or Diagrams etc
• Write at least a single line about each chapter.
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3. RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT
Abstract:
• Write an executive summary of an article after
completion of full write up
• An Abstract should be around 250 – 350 words
Keywords:
• Mention variables, context setting, analysis or
population
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4. CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION
Overview
• Include 1 or 2 references
• Use variables definitions and explain them
• Explain the idea of those variables with the help of hypotheses
Problem Statement
• Problem statement direct refer to your topic
• It is better to include industries and context with topic
• Include Research Gap (Knowledge Gap to be studied) Background
• Highlight the theory, from which research model has been extracted
• In the light of previous work, write some concepts about variables
and linkage
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5. CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION
Objective
• Write a single sentence with the help of hypotheses
• Make a statement by using sub-variables
Significant of the study
• It shows importance of the study
• Write a paragraph to express what is unique in your study
• Compare your study with your base article or other supported
study
• Do not need to use citation here but it can be use if
necessary
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6. CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION
Outline of the study
• Explain about 5 chapters individually in 1 line
each
• Can take a help of sub headings
• Try to use present sentence instead of future
(is called) Definitions
• Write Operation definitions of all the variables
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7. Chapter # 2: Literature Review
• Find at least 15 relevant articles by searching topics then
variables
• Find 5 things in an Article
• Mostly use Google Scholar, Emerald Insight and JSTOR
• Write 1 paragraph for 1 Article
• Write 2 – 3 Articles in 1 page
• What are their assumptions (abstract), what is the
methodology (abstract, intro), what are their findings (result,
abstract), what they concluded (abstract, conclusion), how
this study relevant to your study (Abstract, analyzing by
yourself).
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8. Chapter # 2: Literature Review
• Make reference of used citations
• Never used another research, one of the research, in
this research, or pronoun
• Mostly use past indefinite sentence
• Try to avoid using present tense
• You can make citation in the start of paragraph
• It must be written in start or middle of the text Zuberi
and Surani (2020)
• And in the end of the text (Zuberi and Surani, 2020)
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9. CHAPTER # 3: METHODOLOGY
• Geographical Distribution
• Demographical Distribution
• Research Question
• Research Design
• Variables Used
• Hypotheses
• Description of Instrument
• Reliability and Validity
• Method of Data Collection
(Mention: hurdles, challenges,
amendments and setting criteria
for the sample population)
• Sample Size
• Sampling Techniques
• Conceptual Framework
(Mention: source, it can be written
as self deployed model)
• Research Model
• Statistical Methods
• Ethical Consideration
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10. CHAPTER # 4: RESULTS
• Only includes table those show the
acceptance and rejection of hypothesis
• Write statistical analysis explanation about the
chart
• Hypothesis Assessment Summary
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11. Chapter # 5: Conclusion & Discussion
• Concluded your results in a single paragraph in the start of this chapter
• Compare and Contrast your results with the previous studies results
(Insert Citations)
• Show either your conclusion matching with past literature or not
• Discuss about validation of Theory and Model you have generated
• Includes Implication, Limitations, Recommendation and Future Research
• A paragraph should be added that will express gratitude and
acknowledgments
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12. REFERENCES
• Use APA format
• Copy and Paste the URL Link below the
references
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13. APPENDICES
• All complementary output Charts
• Full Data File (SPSS – Variable View and Data
View)
• Questionnaire
• Any complementary documents like (permission
letter and other relevant documents)
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