Notes for the seminar

Some notes for the seminar I attended this afternoon, with some searching results from Google for research proposal:

The structure of a research proposal:

• Introduction and objectives
• Literature and background
• Methodology
• Plans for data analysis
• Timescale and predicted results
• Where to publish

Other guidelines do not have the last one, “where to publish”. But I think it is good for me to begin with the end in my mind.

Some other tips:

• A telephone interview with 800-1000 respondents will cost about 46,000 HKD and almost a week time.

• Once you hire a research assistant, you should prepare to help him or her to start before he/she report duty. And you should keep a track on his/her work progress.

And there were also some discussion about the ongoing research project list or a internal magazine. I think it is a good idea for any other organizations besides a research department.