PhD Thesis Format (by: M. Pourrajab)

1. Chapter 5 (SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION)

1.1. Summary

1.2. Conclusion

1.3. Recommendations

1.3.1. General Recommendation

1.3.2. Recommendations for Future Research

2. Chapter 4 (RESULTS & DISCUSSION)

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Demography of the Respondents

2.3. General Findings

2.4. Discussion

3. Chpter 1 (INTRODUCTION)

3.1. Background

3.2. Problem Statement

3.3. Hypotheses & Objectives

3.4. Research Questions

3.5. Significance of Study

3.6. Limitation of Study

3.7. Definition of Terms

3.8. Limitation

3.9. Conceptual Framework of Research

4. Chapter 2 (LITERATURE REVIEW)

5. Chapter 3 (METHODOLOGY)

5.1. Research Design

5.2. Location of Study

5.3. Population

5.4. Sampling

5.4.1. Determining Sample Size

5.4.2. Sampling Procedure

5.5. Instrumentation

5.5.1. Presetting the Questionnaire

5.5.2. Validity

5.5.3. Reliability

5.6. Data Collection method

5.7. Data Collection Procedure

5.8. Data Analysis

5.8.1. Descriptive statistics

5.8.2. Inferential statistics