Prefatory Pages
- Title page
- Approval page
- Dedication (optional)
- Acknowledgements (optional)
- Abstract
- Preface (optional)
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures and Illustrations
- List of Symbols or Abbreviations (if any)
Body of Text
- Chapter 1. Significance of the Problem
- Chapter 2. Literature Review
- Chapter 3. Theoretical Framework
- Chapter 4. Methods (includes design, sample recruitment, sample characteristics, data collection method (tools, their reliability and validity), details on analytical methods, ethical/access considerations)
- Chapter 5. Results (or Findings)
- Chapter 6. Discussion (can also include implications for further research, education, practice,...)
- Chapter 7. Conclusion
Final Sections
- References
- Appendices (may include ethics approval; permissions from publishers; details of methodology, tabulated data and other information not provided in detail in the previous chapters)
- Index (optional)
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