POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR TOMORROWS’ PROPOSAL
DEFENSE
1. CAN YOU TELL US WHY DO YOU PROPOSE TO CONDUCT THIS STUDY?
2. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE, THE REASONS FOR CONDUCTING YOUR STUDY?
3. WHAT WILL BE YOUR STUDY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY OR THE
STUDY'S RELEVANT FIELD?
4. WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION FOR CONDUCTING THIS STUDY?
5. HOW WILL YOUR STUDY CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE?
6. WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM THIS RESEARCH STUDY?
7. WHAT IS THE MOST RELEVANT THEORY OF YOUR RESEARCH?
8. WHAT IS THE SETTING OF YOUR STUDY? WHY DO YOU SELECT SUCH A
SETTING?
9. HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH YOUR INSTRUMENTS?
10. HOW WILL YOU VALIDATE YOUR INSTRUMENTS?
11. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO PRESENT, ANALYZE, AND INTERPRET THE DATA
YOU WILL COLLECT?
12. WHAT STATISTICAL TREATMENT WILL YOU APPLY?
13. DO YOU HAVE A BLANK SPOT/ BLIND SPOT? EXPLAIN/ELABORATE ON IT.
14. ARE THERE SUB-VARIABLES LIKE MEDIATING AND MODERATING
VARIABLES IN YOUR STUDY? WHAT ARE THOSE?
15. WHY DO YOU CHOOSE THIS TOPIC? WHAT ARE THE MAIN
ISSUES/DEBATES IN THIS AREA?
16. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE PRACTICABILITY OF YOUR
RESEARCH?
17. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE MAIN ETHICAL ISSUES OF
CONDUCTING THIS STUDY?