Guidelines for MS Thesis
Content
Guidelines for MS Thesis
Indicative word limit for thesis: 12000-16000
Title: 14pt, Times New Roman, bold.
Main body: 12pt, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, justified on both sides.
Heading 1: 12 pt, bold, ALL CAPS.
Heading 2: 12pt, bold.
Heading 3: 12 pt, italic.
1.
Front Matter
Approved title
Table of contents
2.
Introduction
Background of the study
Gaps
Research question (s)
Research objective (s)
Significant of the Study (both empirical and theoretical contributions)
Proposed thesis structure
3.
Literature review
Concepts & definitions
Theoretical reflections
Critical analysis of the literature
Indentify literature gap(s) pertaining to the topic under study
Substantiating evidences from the literature
4.
Proposed theoretical/conceptual framework
Research Framework (with full justification and theoretical foundation)
Proposed research model (with diagram)
Hypotheses (if a deductive approach is adopted)
5.
Proposed Research Methodology
Research design (e.g. survey, case study, experiment etc.)
Sample design
Population frame
Sample selection (with full justifications)
Instrument development/selection
Variables and their measures
Treatment of scales
Proposed data collection procedures (self-completion questionnaire etc.)
Level of analysis
Proposed data analysis techniques (with full justifications)
Data Screening (missing values, outliers, and normality)
Reliability and validity
Hypothesis testing (e.g. regression and correlation)
6.
Empirical Results
Relate results to previous research
Words Limit
6-22
800-1000
3500-4500
1000-1500
1700-2000
1500-2000
3500-4000
Discussion, Conclusion, Implications, Limitations and future research
directions
8.
Reference list** (Harvard for in-test citations, tables, figures, and
references)
9. Appendices
9.1 Questionnaire(s)
* Please be careful, while selecting research articles. Articles must be recent (i.e. from the last 510 year publication) selected from the highly respected journals. Avoid WebPages, and
Wikipedia, etc.
** Citations should be cross referenced.
7.
Indicative word limit for thesis: 12000-16000
Title: 14pt, Times New Roman, bold.
Main body: 12pt, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, justified on both sides.
Heading 1: 12 pt, bold, ALL CAPS.
Heading 2: 12pt, bold.
Heading 3: 12 pt, italic.
1.
Front Matter
Approved title
Table of contents
2.
Introduction
Background of the study
Gaps
Research question (s)
Research objective (s)
Significant of the Study (both empirical and theoretical contributions)
Proposed thesis structure
3.
Literature review
Concepts & definitions
Theoretical reflections
Critical analysis of the literature
Indentify literature gap(s) pertaining to the topic under study
Substantiating evidences from the literature
4.
Proposed theoretical/conceptual framework
Research Framework (with full justification and theoretical foundation)
Proposed research model (with diagram)
Hypotheses (if a deductive approach is adopted)
5.
Proposed Research Methodology
Research design (e.g. survey, case study, experiment etc.)
Sample design
Population frame
Sample selection (with full justifications)
Instrument development/selection
Variables and their measures
Treatment of scales
Proposed data collection procedures (self-completion questionnaire etc.)
Level of analysis
Proposed data analysis techniques (with full justifications)
Data Screening (missing values, outliers, and normality)
Reliability and validity
Hypothesis testing (e.g. regression and correlation)
6.
Empirical Results
Relate results to previous research
Words Limit
6-22
800-1000
3500-4500
1000-1500
1700-2000
1500-2000
3500-4000
Discussion, Conclusion, Implications, Limitations and future research
directions
8.
Reference list** (Harvard for in-test citations, tables, figures, and
references)
9. Appendices
9.1 Questionnaire(s)
* Please be careful, while selecting research articles. Articles must be recent (i.e. from the last 510 year publication) selected from the highly respected journals. Avoid WebPages, and
Wikipedia, etc.
** Citations should be cross referenced.
7.
