Research

1. Research Monograph
How?
Nasreddine EL Guezar

2. First of all,
• What is a research paper?
“A systematic process of collecting and analyzing data for some
purpose”
• How to choose a topic?
passionate, important, new. (PIN)
• Get away from Plagiarism !
MLA style / APA style

3. A good monograph must have:
1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Methodology section
5. Literature Review
6. Results section
7. Discussion section
8. Conclusion

4. 2. Abstract
•What is it?
“it concisely describes the content … identifies the project’s
objective, its methodology and its findings, conclusions, or
intended results.”
•It must stand alone
•No more than 500 words

6. 3. Introduction
•Background information and context
•Talk about general focus of the paper
•The statement of the problem (thesis statement)
•Try to attract the attention of the reader
•Tell why did you choose this topic

7. 4. Methodology
•“deals specifically with the manner in which data is
collected, analyzed and interpreted”
•QualitativeVs. Quantitative research methods?
•Other methods:
Explorative/ Formulative, DescriptiveVs. Analytical
Diagnostic,AppliedVs. Fundamental,ConceptualVs.
Empirical, Diagnostic research, Historical, etc.

8. 5. Literature Review
• What is it?
“overview of the primary or major published literary
Works.”
• How you can do it?
1/ Cite the major previous studies on the topic
2/ find a gap
3/ try to fill that gap

9. 6. Results section
•Answer these:
1.What did I find?
2.What did I not find?
3.What did I find that I was not expecting to find?

10. 7. Discussion section
• Interpret and discuss the results
• Do my data support my goals?
• How you add/contribute to something new?
• Mention the limitation of your study

11. Title
Abstract
Introduction
Methodology
Literature
Review
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
8
sections
Attention
Summary
Thesis
statement
How was it done
finding a gap
Findings
Interpret the
findings
Thesis
restatement

13. Thank you 