PART III

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PART III THE RESEARCH REPORT, DISSERTATION/THESIS FORMAT

1. Definition of a report
   It is a detailed account of the study or research conducted.
2. Research report comprises of the following:
   

1. The preliminary pages (numbered in Roman numerals and Arabic letters for Arabic texts)



The preliminaries consist of the following and in the order given:

1. Title Page (Not numbered).
   This page is comprised of the following:-
   1. The IUIU logo: This should appear at the topmost part of the page and centered.
   
   
   2. Title or Topic: This is the most essential component. It should be phrased in a precise manner and should be able to accurately indicate the meaning of the research. It should be all Caps and not exceeding 25 words.
   
   
   3. The Author: This includes the full names of the researcher or candidate, the registration number and the latest qualification already attained together with the awarding Institution.
   
   
   4. The submission: All reports are submitted to the mother departments stating the faculty and then the University. Where the report is submitted for an award of the Islamic University In Uganda, the candidate must state whether the study is submitted for the award or it is submitted in partial fulfillment of the award of the degree of Master or of PhD of the Islamic University in Uganda.
   
   
   5. The Date: Title pages should cite the month and year when viva voce exam was done and NOT when report was submitted. (See appendix I)

   (Note: Each line typed on this page should begin from the center between 1 ½'' margin on the left and 1'' margin on the right.)

2. Declaration
   This is a pronouncement by the candidate that his/her study is original and has not been published and/or tendered for any other degree award to any other Institution before. The candidate must sign it.
   
3. Approval

   This is the page where the supervisor, internal and external examiners append their signatures approving the report after the candidate has duly defended it before the viva voce panel to which the three are members The appointed supervisor and examiners have to sign the declaration page following the statement that: We certify that this dissertation or thesis satisfies the requirements for the award of the degree of (name the degree) of the Islamic University in Uganda. (See appendix III)

   
   
4. Dedication: This mentions names of the individual or a group of individuals to whom the research is dedicated. It must be stated in a very short and precise form.


5. Acknowledgement: This calls for recognition of mentors, relatives, colleagues, individuals, sponsors and institutions, which contributed to or supported the research. It is ptional.
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7. Table of Contents: This is a list of the headings and subheadings starting with declaration and their corresponding page numbers. The title page is not paginated. The format of table of contents must be uniform with the format in the text (ie following the hierarchy of sections in the text).


8. List of tables
   This lists table numbers and titles in the research report/thesis/dissertation and their corresponding pages.


9. List of Illustrations or Figures or Plates (all listed as figures.): It lists titles of images used in the report and their corresponding pages. In the text each figure is assigned a new page.


10. Abbreviations and acronyms
    This refers to abbreviations used in the report other than those commonly used.


11. The Abstract: This gives a synopsis of the report. In precise terms it gives what the research set out to do, how it was done, what was found out, and what the recommendations are. It is written as one single spaced paragraph, and preferably not exceeding one page, or 250 words.



Abstracts may have 5 keys words, usually written at the end of the abstract. Key words represent key issues that are found in the research. They are very important for library search mostly for libraries that do abstracting.

For natural and physical sciences there are two types of Abstracts.

Descriptive Abstract ( For Proposals). This should have the components of purpose, brief description of methods and scope of the research. It is usually very short - 100 words or less.
• Informative abstract (For Reports). This is more detailed. It includes all the elements of the descriptive abstract plus the results, analysis, conclusions and implications of the research. research.

Continued to Part IV.............