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43 Pages·2010·0.62 MB·English

by  Mansur L. Panalangin

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Marleonie M. Bauyot, PhD
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• The APA Publication Manual is intended
primarily as a guide for preparing articles or
manuscripts for journal publication.
• This format facilitates easier editing should the
theses and dissertations be published on
different journals.
• The entire thesis or dissertation report shall have
four (4) chapters (in special cases, five (5)
chapters) while the thesis or dissertation
proposal shall only have two (2) chapters,
excluding Chapters III and IV which are results,
and discussion respectively.
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OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF A THESIS
Title page
Approval sheets (1 recommending oral defense; 1 acceptance of paper)
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Table of Contents (including List of Tables and List of Figures)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Review of Literature
Theoretical/Conceptual Framework
Statement of Problem(s)
Hypothesis(es) (if applicable)
Significance of the Study (for proposal, include in INTRODUCTION; for final paper, integrate in DISCUSSION)
CHAPTER II
METHOD
Design
Setting (if applicable)
Participants
Measures
Procedure
Data Analysis (for proposal, include in METHOD; for final paper, integrate in RESULTS)
Limitations of the Study (for proposal, include in METHOD; for final paper, integrate in DISCUSSION)
CHAPTER III
RESULTS
CHAPTER IV
DISCUSSION
(Note that the subsections in this chapter may be organized and integrated in flexible ways, depending on the nature of the
topic, study design, writing style, etc.)
CHAPTER V (optional)
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDICES

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Chapter I
– Introduction
– a thorough discussion of the literature review
– shows the theoretical and conceptual
framework
– presents the problem and hypothesis to be
studied
– describes the research strategy
Chapter II
– Method
– describes in detail how the study will be
conducted for a thesis or dissertation proposal
and details on how the study was conducted
for a thesis or dissertation report.
– discussion on the design, setting, participants,
measures, and procedures.
– (proposal) discussion on the data analysis
and limitations of the study
Chapter III
– presents in detail a report of the data
collected in relation to or subjected to the
statistical or data analytic treatment used for
quantitative researches; emerging themes,
and observations thematically analyzed for
qualitative researches.
Chapter IV
– Discussion
– presents the interpretation of the results and
its implications in relation to the hypothesis.
– this chapter may be organized in subsections
and integrated in flexible ways, depending on
the topic, study design, writing style, etc.
Chapter V
– Summary and Conclusion
– provides a summary of the entire thesis or
dissertation report and highlights the
significant results of the study and its
implications.
– initiatives that could be taken by other
researchers and stakeholders to further the
results and implications of the study will also
be discussed in this chapter.
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References
– Provides a list of the references or literatures
cited in the thesis or dissertation report.
Appendices
– Includes materials or documents needed for
complete documentation
Abstract
• Is a brief summary (usually written in 350
words or less) of the main points of the
study i.e., its topic, purpose or hypothesis,
method, and findings.
• It is integral to the thesis, therefore should
accompany each copy of the thesis.