PPA 696 and PPA 697
OUTLINE FOR A RESEARCH PROSPECTUS

1. Title Page
2. Table of Contents
3. Executive Summary or Summary Abstract
4. Statement of the Problem
5. Background and Literature Review
6. Research hypothesis and Null hypothesis
7. Definition of research variables and operationalization
8. Research design and strategy
9. Threats to internal and external validity
10. Sampling
11. Data collection and ethics
12. Data analysis and statistical tests
13. Conclusions
14. Recommendations
15. References
16. Annotated Bibliography