Master's Advising Guide: Suggested Thesis Outline

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Cover Page

Table of Contents

Chapter 1--Introduction (Background, setting, need for, justification of, and significance of the problem)

Problem Statement
Objectives/Research Problems/Hypotheses
Definition of Terms
Limitations of the Study
Basic Assumption

Chapter 2--Review of Literature

(Sections determined as appropriate to building the theoretical framework for the study)

Chapter 3--Procedures

Experimental	Non Experimental
Research Design	Research Design
Subject Selection	Population and Sampling
Outcome Measures	Instrumentation
Conditions of Testing	Data Collection
Treatments	Data Analysis
Data Analysis

Chapter 4--Results

Findings (relative to the objectives)

Chapter 5--Summary/Conclusion/Recommendations

Present in abstract form objectives and procedures
Present major conclusions of the study
Recommendations
   Generalize conclusions to appropriate populations and
   environments
Implications
   Implications to existing knowledge/theory
   Implications for practice
   Implications for further study

Appendices--Supporting Information

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