What are the components of a Research plan?

Research plan means the future perception of the method of carrying out the research from the angles of the method of collecting the scientific material, and the method of processing or analysis, and the method of displaying the results of the research after implementation, in other words: the Research plan is the semi-detailed steps and rules that the researcher will adhere to during the research process.

The Research plan is the only criterion by which to judge the feasibility of research and the merit of the researcher, because the research is considered in the world of the unknown, and the Research plan is the only criterion by which to judge the usefulness of the research, and the efficiency of the researcher. Therefore, the Research plan is the outline and rules that the researcher determines.

 The importance of preparing the Research plan: 

• The Research plan helps the researcher to determine the goal of his study with the required accuracy, because the researcher without the efforts that precede the preparation of a good Research plan does not usually have an in-depth picture of the subject of research and the hypotheses and limits of the research.
• The Research plan helps the researcher in the perception of obstacles that may be encountered in the implementation of the research, regardless of the topic if the problem of the study over the possibilities of time or material, or may prepare for those obstacles before starting the implementation of the research, thus avoiding himself in a dilemma to make him regret later on. The Research plan helps saving time, effort and money.
• The Research plan helps the researcher and the committee to evaluate the research even before its implementation; in terms of the research importance (research significance), and to estimate the amount of effort required by the research, and the capacity of the researcher, and clarity of the methodology.
• The scientific Research plan helps the researcher and the committee supervising the research in the evaluation of the research long before its implementation, in terms of research importance (research significance), and estimate the amount of effort needed by the research, and the ability of the researcher to implement.

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 Elements of the Research plan: 

• Research introduction: in research introduction, the researcher explains the area of ​​the research problem and research importance (research significance), and the extent of the shortage in the field of research and previous efforts in it, and the reasons for the selection of the researcher problem, and the beneficiaries of the research. The research introduction varies according to the type of research and the subject.  
  The research introduction is written at the beginning of the research and it is identified before you start formulating research questions and research hypothesis, and should attract the attention of the reader. The research introduction explains the basic terms and concepts of the research and must be expressed clearly in the beginning.  
• Research importance (research significance): It represents what the research aims to achieve or the contribution it will make to human or scientific knowledge. Research importance (research significance) shows what the researcher will contribute in the field of knowledge and science. The research importance (research significance) lies in solving the problems or the current issue.
  The research importance (research significance) also comes in enriching the researcher's information and expanding his knowledge. The researcher must prove the research importance (research significance) and the reasons that prompted him to choose this research. The research importance (research significance) is different from the research objectives that the researcher seeks to achieve.
  The motivation of the researcher and the real criterion of research and research importance (research significance) comes from the consistency of the problem subject of the research and its connection with the different fields so the researcher must choose research topics that shows apparent research importance (research significance).
• Research objectives: research objectives explains why the researcher takes into account what have accomplished in the past, the type of problem he will address, and what he should do in terms of the contribution he will make to human or scientific knowledge, identifying the target group of research, and research objectives that will achieve results. Specific and new in the world.
  Knowledge of the research objectives is important to achieve accurate scientific results of research objectives, prediction, and intelligent guess what will be the case in the future. In this partial researcher reviews the Research plan and research objectives are considered basic and must be characterized by research objectives and diversity between the cognitive goals and objectives affective scientific goals, great care should be placed in drafting research objectives, since many readers judge the results of the research based on their understanding of research objectives.

• Research hypothesis: research hypothesis  are considered one of the most important elements of the scientific Research plan, the main key to solving research problem is the expectations provided by the researcher, and believes that they are solutions to the problem, and research hypothesis and not composed by the researcher of his imagination, but stem from his experiences, and knowing the previous research and experiences, can be quoted hypotheses.
  Study through specific scientific theories, by making sure of its integrity, based on the determinants of a particular study, to support the validity of this theory or objection to it, and research hypothesis stems from his experience and his knowledge of research and practical studies and can be quoted research hypothesis by specific scientific theories.
  And by ensuring their safety. Conversely, research hypothesis should be formulated in either negative or evidentiary terms. Research hypothesis should be formulated to be small and easily understood and predictions for research hypothesis should be clear and specific.

 What the researcher should consider in the Research plan: 

• Formulate the research problem accurately; either by way of the report, or verbal, by expressing the problem in a sentence, or in the form of a question clearly highlights the relationship between the two basic variables in the study.
• Support the research importance (research significance) to be carried out with the results of the situation assessment study
• Define linguistic, scientific, terminological and procedural concepts for Research plan.
• Formulate research hypothesis by sound scientific methods, and determine the quality of research hypothesis -whether they are research hypothesis or statistical hypotheses- and the reasons for choosing them.
• Identify statistical methods to be followed in data processing and access to results

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