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HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH

PROJECT Abdul Basit

Roll No. 05

Essa Ahsan khan

Roll No. 01Muhammad Sulaiman Saeed

Roll No. 7



CONTENTS

Title Page

Writing skills

Project writing

Collection of data

Accuracy in writing

Formate



Title Page

Project title ( title should be

SHORT,

CONCISE,

State the leading project activity, Give an effective snapshot of project

Most important words first)

Name of author and potential partner / leadorganization

Place and date of project



Writing skills

learn proper project writing skills to make a

proper presentation

Start Research project writing on time and

start making notes the very day you start to

not miss any essential detail of your project

throughout its duration.



At the beginning, Collect every piece of information without concerning writing style andthen start arranging them into chapters.

Find out the format for your department andfollow it. i.e APA style

Word-processing:

– paragraph styles

–

automatic numbering – tables of contents, etc.

– spell checkers, etc.







Abstract

Abstract is a summary (précis) of the entirereport (introduction, review, results, …,

conclusions)

Must be able to stand entirely on its own

Abstract should be limited to 150-300 wordsand on first page



Introduction and Review of literature

Context of project

broad statement and relevant problem

The examiners judges the project from the abstract and

introduction pages.

Literature review gives the reader a background of the subjectand a possible future and improvements on it



Methodology is where you raise research questions,

hypothesis and a general discussion of research design and

procedure.

Conclusion

A good quality data collection can guarantee a good

conclusion to your university project

contribute to objectives

Loose ends are OK (suggestions for future work)







When to cite a reference

All direct quotes must be cited (e.g. placed inside quotation

marks)

Preferable to paraphrase (translate author's words into your

own) but must still give credit

If something is “common knowledge” (referred to in many

sources), no need to cite

Everything else is assumed to be your idea



Bibliography

Christian W. Dawson. The essence of computing projects: a

student's guide. Prentice Hall, 2000. ISBN 0-13-021972-X.

Publisher's price £16.99.

Gavin Fairbairn and Christopher Winch, Reading, writing and reasoning - a guide for students, Open University Press, 2nd

edition 1996.

Phyllis Creme and Mary Lea, Writing at university - a guide

for students, Open University Press, 1997.

H.W. Fowler and Robert Burchfield, The New Fowler’s

Modern English Usage, Oxford University Press, 1996









Bad things:

imprecise aims and objectives

little or no analysis, solely descriptive

trite conclusions

misinterpretations of literature

spelling mistakes, poor grammar, lousy structure, crazy

layout



Last words

Present your work in the best possible light

compatible with reality

There are no right answers, only wrong ones

Be honest and fair in your judgements

Don’t take credit for what you didn’t do

Make sure you take the credit for what you didBe proud of your accomplishment

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