This document provides guidance on writing the methodology section of a research proposal. It discusses the key components that should be included in this section such as the research design, research locale, sample, instruments, data collection procedures, and data analysis procedures. The methodology section is typically Chapter 3 and discusses the steps and techniques that will be used to conduct the research. It explains how data will be collected, from whom, and how it will be analyzed to address the research questions. An oral presentation of the completed research proposal should summarize the problem, literature review, and methodology sections in a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation.

1. WRITING THE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

2. You are expected to:
1.Write the research methodology;
2.Utilize materials and techniques to produce
creative work;
3.Present the research
proposal orally.

3. Writing the Research Methodology
 This part discusses the steps
and procedures that you will use in
conducting your research.
 This includes explaining the type of
research technique you will adopt in the
study, how you will get the data for the
study, whom or where you will get the
data from, and how you will analyse
the data that you will gather.

4.  Usually, this is the chapter 3,
the last section of the
research proposal.

5. Methodology
 Methodology is an essential chapter
in any research undertaking.
 This contains sets of instruments and
procedures in dealing with the research
problems.

6. Components of the section on research
methods
1. Research Design
 This section describes the specific
research approach you will use in the
study.
 This can be ethnography, case study,
historical, phenomenological, and
the like.

7.  The research design is dependent
on the purpose of the study and the
set of specific research questions you
have formulated.
2. Research Locale
 This section describes the setting or
location of your study.
 The specific description of the setting
is very important in a qualitative
research.

8. 3. Sample or the Respondents
 This section describes the
respondents of the study.
 The description may include the
demographic profile of the respondents
such as age, educational background,
occupation, and other information.

9. 4. Research Instruments
 This section outlines the
instruments you will use in the
study such as interview questions,
observation guide, survey form, focus
group discussion questions, and
others.

10. 5. Data Collection Procedure
 This section describes the specific
steps you will undergo in order to
collect the data for your study.
 In some types of research, particularly
ethnographic and case studies, the
specific date (and sometime, exact
time) of doing the steps

11. (i.e., observingthe participants)
are important. The instruments used
to record data (i.e., pen and paper, audio
and/or video recorder) may also be
mentioned.
6. Data Analysis Procedure
 This section describes how you will
analyze the data that you will gather.

12. Research Proposal

13. Research Proposal
It presents the first three chapters
of the research:
 Problem and Its Background,
 Review of Related Literature, and
 Methodology.

14. Three Chapters

15. Chapter 1
 The Problem and Its Background
 This chapter presents the problem of
your study.
 You can also find here the significance,
scope and delimitation, and some
terms that need to be defined in
your study.

16. Chapter 2
 Review of Related Literature
 This chapter discusses the literature
and studies related to your present
study which forms the theoretical and
conceptual basis of your research.

17. Chapter 3
 Methodology
 This chapter presents the qualitative
research approach that you will use,
including the sample and strategy for
collecting and analysing data.

18. Format

19. Chapter 1
The Problem and Its Background
 Introduction
 Statement of the Problem
 Significance of the Study
 Scope and Delimitation

20. Chapter 2
Review of Related Literature

21. Chapter 3
Methodology
 Research Design

22. Oral Presentation of the Proposal

23. Guidelines
1. Study your proposal carefully
 Expect questions that may be
asked about your paper and prepare
to answer each.

24. 2. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation
of your proposal
 Focus the content of your
presentation on the research problem
and the methods you will use to answer
the specific research questions.

25. 3. The allotted time for the
presentation of the proposal is
10 to 15 minutes to give more time
for questions. Thus, summarize your
proposal in a few slides.
4. Consider the comments and
feedbacks as suggestions to improve
your study.

26. 5. Be confident. The defence is not
meant to “grill” you but to help you
improve and finalize the direction of
your research study.
6. Follow the dress code.