The student needs to comment on the following areas in the paper that indicating Evidence of Completion of Step 3:

Participants, Materials, Design, Procedure, and Timeline

1. Introduction: Include in this section a restatement of your purpose and introduce what you will say in the methodology chapter.

2. Participants: Describe the participants in your study or project, including who they will be, how many there will be, and how they will be selected.

3. Materials: Describe the materials, measures, equipment, or stimuli to be used in the study or project. This may include testing instruments, technical equipment, books, organizational procedures or equipment, images, or other materials used in the course of the study or project.

4. Design: Describe the type of design to be used in the study or project (qualitative or quantitative). Specify the variables measured as well as the levels of these variables.

5. Procedure: The next part of your method section should detail the procedures to be used in your study or project. Explain what you will have participants do, how you will collect data, and the order in which steps will occur.

6. Work Plan with Timetable: It is important that the proposal include a work plan of how the study or project will be completed. Describe in detail what you plan to do until completion of your thesis study or project. Use a table format. In one column list the steps involved in your project or study. In the other column indicate dates when you plan to complete each step.