NORTHWEST REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Recognized by Ministerial Ordinance No. 497 of 06/28/85 - DOU 07/01/85, Regionalized by Ministerial
Ordinances No. 1626 of 11/10/93 - DOU 11/11/93 and No. 818 of 27 / 05/94 - DOU 05/30/94
NURSING RESEARCH - Profª Ieda Maria Vargas Dias
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. ContextualizationStart your work by putting your research topic in a succinct context. To
contextualize means to approach the theme in order to identify the situation or context in which the
following problem will be identified. It is an introduction by the reader to the topic, where the problem is
found, in order to allow a situational view of the problem.
1.2. Problem:then narrow the macro view of the theme, to the problem to be researched. Focus only on
your problem and identify it clearly. Outline what aspects or elements of the problem you will address. Be
clear and precise in this part. Remember, clear identification and delimitation of the problem is the first
step towards project approval and success in its execution.
1.3. Questioning(hypotheses / research questions / assumptions). After defining your research problem, it
can be broken down into hypotheses, research questions, assumptions or indicators. These will determine
the relationships between the variables that gave rise to the research problem.
2. OBJECTIVES: Thethat you indicate, clearly and exactly, what you want to do, what goals you want
to achieve with your research, unfolding in:
2.1. Main goal: indicate in general terms which objective must be achieved.
2.2. Specific objectives: list the specific objective (s) that should be achieved by executing the research
proposal.
3. RELEVANCE OR JUSTIFICATION: Thepresent in this paragraph, the technical relevance. In other
words, justify your proposal technically, scientifically and socially. List and explain arguments that
indicate that your research is significant, important or relevant.
4. GLOSSARY / TERMS CONSIDERED RELEVANT (optional): PFinally, if you used a term with a
different meaning than usual, or an expression with a specific meaning, not logically deductible from
these, list a glossary of those terms and / or expressions.
5. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW: Thebibliographic review should allow to know what has already been
done in the area of your research. This will allow you to substantiate your proposal scientifically. The
bibliographic review, therefore, constitutes the commented analysis of the works carried out in the field of
focus of his research.
6. METHODOLOGY: here you design your research. In other words, indicate how you intend to
execute it. That is, if it is a qualitative survey, how do you intend to collect and analyze the qualitative
data (observation / interviews, etc.). If it is a quantitative survey, how do you intend to collect data.
Outline the method to be used for the research. Depending on the area of operation, use the following:
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Population and sampling: you must identify the population from which you are taking your
sample. For example, if your research involves 1970 business alumni, its population is the total
number of these business alumni, for example 75 students. If you then decide to take a sample,
say 30%, then your sample for the purposes of your research will be 23 students.
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Data collect: in this item you indicate how you will operationalize the data collection (sending
questionnaires by mail, or in person; writing down the reaction results at predetermined times,
etc.).
Analysis and Interpretation of Results: describe in this item how you will analyze the survey
results (if the survey is qualitative, the answers can be interpreted globally or individually, if the
survey is quantitative, you will probably use descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, standard
deviation , central tendency) or inferential statistics (bivariate, multivariate linear regression,
etc.).
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7. PHYSICAL SCHEDULE: in this item you identify each part or phase of your research and relate it to
the time needed to carry it out.
8. FELLOWSHIP WORK PLAN (depends on the area):explain here the activity plan of the fellow,
taking into account the steps of the research proposal's activity schedule. In this plan, the student's direct
involvement with research, its main responsibilities and functions must be clear.
9. BUDGET: it is important that you get used to designing a budget for your research. The budget
projects a level of magnitude in R $ (reais) for the project. An interesting idea can suddenly become
totally uninteresting or unviable, when associated with the cost of execution. List what is available in the
unit and what you can make available.
 In Consumable Material, list all the necessary material that will be consumed in the execution.
For example, office or laboratory supplies (paper, pencils, chemical reagents, etc.).
 In Permanent Material, list equipment and / or physical infrastructure necessary to carry out the
project.
 And, finally, in Other Services and Charges, discriminate photocopies, transport, food,
accommodation and any other services necessary for the project to be provided by legal entities.
10. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE
All citations made in the text must be listed at the end of the proposal (after the Budget item). Use the
ABNT-UFPr Standard - Bibliographic References - to standardize your list of Bibliographic References.
OBS.: when typing the Research Proposal, the following must be used: font (letter) TIMES NEW
ROMAN, size 12, line spacing 1.5, SOFTWARE WORD FOR WINDOWS 6.0 or higher. The margins
should be: upper 3.0 cm, lower 2.0 cm, right 2.0 cm and left 3.0 cm ..