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Instrument (Data The design of the questionnaire will be arranged in line with …
Collection) A semi-structured interview is going to be chosen because …
The data will be collected by/ from ...
We are going to utilize primary/ secondary data from ...
The data will be gathered from …
To collect the data (on), …
Population and There are going to be … participants in this sample.
Sample Participants in the first data collection will be …
The sample is going to be heterogeneous with respect to ...
The sample size in this study is not considered large enough for...
The sample of respondents includes ...
The criteria for selecting the subjects are as follows: …
Eligibility criteria will require individuals to …
Procedures …will be prepared according to the procedure outlined by …
The first step taken will be …
The study is planned to be done in approximately …
Data Analysis The data will be analyzed as a function of ...
An established technique, namely ..., is going to be applied to analyze ...
The data will be analyzed and processed using/ with ...
The data are going to be presented in tables/ charts/ graphs ...
The empirical analysis is going to be taken using the data collected in ...
The data will be analyzed from different points of view such as ...
This analysis will be confined to ...

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Complete the unfinished methodology section correctly. Please consider the expressions or
phrases in the table to complete the blanks.

The study will focus on finding the impacts of social media to individual’s self-esteem.
(1) ……………………………………………… quantitative research. (2) ………………………………………………
from a questionnaire on examining respondents’ attachment to social media use. (3)
……………………………………………… on self-esteem level, a scale will also be applied. The
population selected will be chosen from high school students in Yogyakarta. (4)
……………………………………… meet the following points such as having an account in more than
one social media platforms, accessing social media on daily basis, and posting feeds at least
5 times in a week. A consent form (5) ……………………………………… by the applicable research
convention to avoid any losses for the respondents. After necessary data collected, (6)
……………………………………… SPSS statistical tests. As an addition, the (7)
……………………………………… to ease the readers in comprehending the results.

Practice
Writing Methodology

Below are some exercises in writing methodology for a research proposal.

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