How to create a research project

How to create a research project

1. 1. Cover Page

   • It should have
     • Title
       • Name that identify our research.
       • Accurate
       • When you read it, you should know what is it about
       • Some cases you will find a subtitle. The title can be focused on catching readers attention.
     • Author
     • The project manager (if you have one),
     • Faculty
     • University
     • City

2. 2. Introduction

   • what
   • how
   • where
   • when
   • Project summary
     • Any reader must have clear and sufficient information about
       • What the project is about
       • Places
       • Time

3. 3. Investigative Background

   • Previous research that is relevant to the research question
     • A bibliographic review is made
       • State of the art
         • These are works that have been carried out from the same discipline that they have addressed.

4. 4. Justification

   • We mention why our research is important.-
   • There are two types of Justification
     • 1. Disciplinary relevance
       • Why our research is relevant to that discipline
     • 2. Socio-political relevance
       • Political or social relevance of research

5. STEPS TO WRITE A RESEARCH PROJECT

   • 1. To have an research question
     • It is the main important part of the research
   • 2. Write the objectives
     • First, general objective and then specific objetives
   • 3. Write the hyphoteses
   • 4. Write the methodology
   • 5. Write the theorical framework
   • 6.Write the investigative background
   • 7. Write the justification
   • 8. We finish with the coverpage, bibliography, budget, schedule

6. 5. Problem statement

   • It is built around the research question
   • Contextualize the question
     • Present geographical , historical, economic, social and cultural aspects
   • Formulate the question
     • Accurate transparent, direct, contestable and feasible question

7. 6. Hypothesis

   • It is the expected answer to the question
   • It makes explicit the assumptions from which the question operates
   • 7. Objectives
     • Goals
     • Purposes
     • They always start with an oinfinitie verb
       • General Objective
       • Specific objectives

8. 8. Methodology

   • Reasons for the investigation
   • How
   • When
   • how long
   • Under what conditions
     • Techniques and methodologies will be used

9. 9. Schedule

   • It orders in time the relevant activities for the development of the investigation

10. 10. Budget

    • It is presented in a table
      • Left column
        • shows the items
      • Right column
        • the costs
        • the total

11. 11. Bibliography

    • two types of citation
      • parentheses in the text
        • only references should appear in the bibliography cited in the text
        • any reference cited in the text must appear in the bibliography
        • Abbreviations are not used
        • References in the text is always in parentheses
          • author's last name and the year
            • (Sánchez 2005)
          • more than 3 authors
            • (Pardo et al. 2002)
          • transcription as in the text
            • (Fuya 1998: 237)
            • More than 4 lines
              • quotation marks (")
      • footnotes
    • examples
      • book
        • Dyer, Richard. 1997. White. Nueve York: Routledge.
      • paper
        • Stavenhagen, Rodolfo. 1984. Notas sobre la cuestión étnica. Estudios sociológicos. 12 (4): 18-45.
      • thesis
        • Vega, José Luis. 2006. “Gente negra del barrio Cristo Rey: historia, actividades económicas y representaciones en Santa Marta”. Trabajo de grado. Programa de Antropología. Universidad del Magdalena. Santa Marta.