6.2 Lay-out of Research Report

The standard skeleton (the exam's sequence): 1. The preliminary pages: the title page (the title, the researcher, the institution, the date); the declaration (the originality's oath — 6.5's face); the acknowledgements; the abstract (the 150– 300-word whole — the question, method, findings, conclusion); the table of contents; the lists (the tables, the figures, the abbreviations). 2. The chapters: (i) Introduction (the context, the problem's statement, the objectives, the hypotheses, the scope-and-limitations, the methodology's overview); (ii) Literature review (Unit 4.4's map); (iii) Research methodology (the design, the tools, the sampling, the ethics' protocol); (iv) Data presentation and analysis (the findings — the tables, the themes, the analysis's storeys); (v) Findings, conclusions and recommendations (the answers to the objectives — the evidence-linked conclusions); (vi) Bibliography and annexes (the sources' lists; the instrument, the consent-form, the permission letters). 3. The physical craft: the numbering discipline (the chapters' decimal system — 4.1, 4.1.2); the tables-and-figures' titles-and-sources; the consistent fonts-and-margins (the university's stylesheet). The thesis's Nepali frame: the university's submission rules (the word-limits, the plagiarism clearance — 6.5) and the viva's preparation (the defence's craft).