The following is the outline of Chapter 5 - if you are doing an OPTION I Research Project format.
 

Introduction

This section defines what the chapter will cover, namely to review how the objectives will measured. It will review "where" the data will come from, which will then be used to ascertain whether or not the objective was achieved. It will also explain how the information will be analyzed and any possible limitations to the data collected.
 

Objective Data Analysis

In this section you will tell the reader what statistical methodology will be used to evaluate the data collected, i.e., percentile comparison, correlational analysis, t-test, chi-square, etc….
 

Limitations of the Data Collection Plan

In this section you review any areas of the data collection plan that may have limitations, biases, or skewed populations. Basically, you tell the reader anything that may have an impact, or negative effect, on the data you will be collecting.
 

Summary

This section, as before, simply tells the reader how this chapter "fits in" to the overall scope of the Research Project.
 
 

The following is an example of a Chapter 5 outline if you are using an OPTION II format. 

Introduction

* See above
 

Criteria for Selection

Here you describe for the reader the criteria that will be necessary to find in a potential funding source. For instance, if your project is done in an Appalachian state, then you may find that there are some funding organizations that only give money to those states. Or, if your project is related specially to education, then you will want to identify those who are funding education programs… etc.
 

Actual Sources Researched

In this section you will identify several funding sources (at least 5) that appear to match the criteria for which you will be submitting a funding proposal. You will briefly describe each group under consideration.
 

Final Selection of Source(s)

In this section you will select one (possibly two) source that you will send a grant proposal. You will tell why you chose this organization instead of the others.
 

Summary

* See Above
 
 
 

The following is an example of a Chapter 5, OPTION III Research Project outline.
 

Introduction

* See above
 

Hypotheses Related to the Objectives
 

Objective 1

In this section you will briefly restate the objective noted in Chapter 4 (do this for each objective)
 

           Hypothesis 1

            A hypothesis is a statement of fact about what you believe to be true. For instance, if my "objective" was to raise total revenues by 10% over the next calendar year - then my "hypothesis may say something like "..total revenues have been significantly decreasing for the past two years." And, it is this hypothesis that becomes the thing you measure in the following chapters.
 

          Hypothesis 2

         There may be one or more hypotheses for each objective stated
 

Summary

* See above
 

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