A Guide for Research Proposal Writing

Writing a good research proposal is a big challenge to post graduate scholars as well as researchers in the academic world. This book is aimed at helping such scholars to write a good research proposal. It is intended also to help them to think about their proposed research in a clear, structured and meaningful way. As discussed in the book, a good research proposal needs to present a researchable topic, statement of the problem, justification of the research project, sources of literature review, formulate research objectives, research questions and hypotheses, frame a theoretical background, some consideration of the methods, sampling, data collection tools and data gathering, data analysis procedures, outline of project activities, and finally present the list all references utilized to develop the research proposal. Thus, the present book guides social researchers with all those essential steps in research proposal writing with valuable examples. Hopefully, the scholars in the disciplines of social sciences, urban and urban planning will find this book as an important guide to their research work.

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N. Chandrasiri Niriella is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Colombo. He has completed PhD in Social Sciences(JNU), M.Phil in Social Sciences (TISS), MA/BA in Sociology (Colombo). He has over twenty years experience working in the University as an academic. He specialize in Urban Studies, Industrial Sociology and Research Methodology.