About this book
Simplified Research Proposal: An Academic Headache is Dr. Mandeep C Saini's practical guide for anyone writing a research proposal. It strips academic ceremony from the process and lays out the structure, language, and judgement calls that turn a vague research idea into a defensible proposal.
Drawn from years of supervising postgraduate and doctoral students at the University of Salford, the book treats the proposal as a piece of structured argument rather than a checklist to fill in.
What you'll learn
- How to frame a research problem so it is genuinely researchable
- The standard sections of a proposal and what each one is actually for
- How to position your study in the existing literature without being buried by it
- How to pick a methodology that fits the question, not the fashion
- How to write the limitations and ethics sections without weakening the proposal
- Common reasons proposals get rejected, and how to avoid each one
Who it's for
Postgraduate and doctoral students writing a first major proposal, supervisors mentoring students through the process, and researchers returning to formal academic writing after time away.
Format
Kindle edition. The strategies and structure transfer across disciplines.