Syllabus

1. Writing a Research Proposal in
Social Sciences
Hiep Pham
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May 2017
www.hocbong-thsts.com
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3. Hiep Pham
PhD Candidate in Business Administration,
Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Founder of #hocbongthsts
Co-founder of Scientometrics4Vietnam
10 year experience in higher education
Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
(2013)
Research Interest: marketization of higher
education, consumer behavior
1 SSCI article, 3 Scopus book chapters
Reviewer, SSCI journal
DAJA 2013 – ADB Institute (Honorable
Mention)
Columnist in education, business, public policy
etc.
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4. Introduction
Literature
Review
Research
Method
Research
Proposal
Whole
Thesis/
Dissertation
Research Proposal
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Syllabus
Learning
objective
• You will learn the fundamental concepts of research
method and think a scientist in social sciences
• You are able to write a completed research
proposal
Required text • Bhattacherjee, A. (2012). Social science research:
Principles, methods, and practices.
• Lussier, R. N. (2011). Research methods and statistics
for Business. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Time 10 class sessions (3 hour each) + 3 hours of 1-1 tutoring
Attendance policy Maximum 1 back-up session
Assessment • Quiz
• Reading journal’s article
• Research Proposal
Teaching and
Learning Methods
• Individualized
• Assignment – Based
• Step-by-Step

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Course Schedule
Phrase 1: Reading a Journal Article’s Skills
Session 1
• Research Goal, Objectives and Types
• Basic terms and concepts
• What is a good research?
• Theory and Model in Research
• Exercise
Session 2 • Moderating and Mediating effects
• Research gap, Research question and research hypothesis
• What’s the New in research? How do different disciplines regard
the New?
• Exercise
Session 3 • Research’s structure: Introduction and Literature Review
• Exercise
Session 4 • Research structure: Research Methods, Results, Discussion &
Conclusions
• Exercise
• 02 options to implement phrase 1:
 Organized in 02 consecutive days
 Organized in 4 weeks (one session per week)

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Course Schedule
Phrase 2: Searching an Academic Document Skills
Session 5  Academic engine
 Google Scholar & Research Gate
 ISI & Scopus
 Exercise
Phrase 3: Writing and Citations’ Skills
Session 6  Ethics in research
 Paraphrase and plagiarism
 APA citation and references
 Exercise
• 02 options to implement phrase 2&3:
 Organized in 01 whole day
 Organized in 2 weeks (one session per week)

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Course Schedule
Phrase 4: Writing your Reseach Proposal
Session 7  Quiz
 Quiz answers
 Introducing your research idea/objectives/questions
Session 8 • Sample, population and sample collecting methods
• Reliability and Validity
• Pros and cons of primary/secondary data
Session 9  Reading and Analyzing some journal articles
Session 10  Research Proposal Defend
 Guest Speaker
• 02 options to implement session 7,8,9:
 Organized in 1 whole day and a half
 Organized in 3 weeks (one session per week)
• Session 10 is organized in a separated day
• 3 hour 1-1 tutoring is arranged between lecturer and each learner

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Outcomes
Học viên khoá học sẽ
Hoàn thành 30h
học trên lớp
Hoàn thành tối
thiểu 30h tự học
ở nhà
Đọc 5~15 bài
báo KH
Trình bày trước
lớp ~4 lần
Làm 1 bài Quiz
Nghe 2~4 side
talks về nội
dung liên quan
Dự 1 seminar
của Guest
Speaker
Nắm được các
nội dung D&DN
trong đọc/viết
RP
Nắm được cách
tìm tài liệu KH
phù hợp
Suy nghĩ như 1
nhà khoa học
ngành XH&NV
Hoàn thành 1
Research
Proposal
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