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1. 1.0 Initial ReleaseDr. Ali AhsanChairman EM

Jan 3rd, 2014

Jan 3rd, 2014

President and BASAR Including (Dr. Ali Sajid, Dr. Nadeem Ehsan, Dr. Nadeem Qureshi, Dr Daniel Pirzada, Dr Memoona R Khan)

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•Document History

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Supervisor: XXXDate of Presentation

Notes for Student• Delete this slide from your final thesis presentation.• Your presentation should be of <30 minutes.• Question and answer session would be controlled by you.

You must try to answer all question and answers within 15 to 25 minutes after your presentation.

• Remember in a proposal defense the committee wants to see – what you intend to do (problem that you are handling)– the gap in the literature (you will explain from literature

review)<<<the committee does not need summary or understanding of all previous literature!!!

– how you want to do (your research methodology)• BE PRECISE!!!!!

What is the research all about (Your Basic Research Problem)?

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• Expected Scope:

• Study Rationale/Significance:

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• The Major Research Questions of the Study– Research Question 1

• ???– Research Question 2

• ???

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Research Process (Diagram)

• Research Methodology– Possible Sources of Primary Data

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• Research Methodology– Possible Data Collection Method(s):

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• Research Methodology– Possible Data Analysis Method(s):

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• Possible Limitations of the Study:

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Hypothesis (if any)

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Theoretical Framework

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Literature Review

• Venn Diagram

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Literature Review

• Core Findings:

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Notes:•Please note that do not bombard tons and tons of summary of articles and material.•Use web and see how literature review is done using Venn diagram.•Precisely focusing on your topic; explain what similar or close by work (existing literature) has been done that is relevant to your topic.

A)Provide short summary of what the work is?B)Explain how the work is relevant to your research?C)What are problem(s) in this work? What are the good aspects?D)How is your work novel with respect to this work?

•Refer only high class literature.

• What would be the expected outcome of your thesis? [Intellectual Contribution to Existing Knowledge Base]– Example of an outcome can be a guideline, an

important industrial / theoretical finding, a mathematical equation, a model, visibility into an industrial or academic problem, a guideline, identification of a problem/scenario, literature review, evaluation, a project, understanding of a problem/scenerio Etc

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How do you expect to validate your work?

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Social Economic Impact of Your Research

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Thankyou

Question and Answer???

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