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follow the APA style. 12. Slopping writing. Failing to critically evaluate cited papers Failing to cite influential papers Lacking focus, unity and coherence literature reviews suffer from the following problems: s proposal. An illconceived proposal dooms the project even if it somehow gets through the Thesis Supervisory Committee. A high quality proposal, on the other hand, not only promises success for the project, but also impresses your Thesis Committee about your potential as a researcher.A research proposal is intended to convince others that you have a worthwhile research project and that you have the petence and the workplan to plete it. Generally, a research proposal should contain all the key elements involved in the research process and include sufficient information for the readers to evaluate the proposed study.Regardless of your research area and the methodology you choose, all research proposals must address the following questions: What you plan to acplish, why you want to do it and how you are going to do it. The proposal should have sufficient information to convince your readers that you have an important research idea, that you have a good grasp of the relevant literature and the major issues, and that your methodology is sound. The quality of your research proposal depends not only on the quality of your proposed project, but also on the quality of your proposal writing. A good research project may run the risk of rejection simply because the proposal is poorly written. Therefore, it pays if your writing is coherent, clear and pelling. This paper focuses on proposal writing rather than on the development of research ideas. Title:It should be concise and descriptive. For example, the phrase, An investigation of . . . could be omitted. Often titles are stated in terms of a functional relationship, because such titles clearly indicate the independent and dependent variables. However, if possible, think of an informative but catchy title. An effective title not only pricks the reader39。How to Write a Research ProposalPaul T. P. Wong, ., . Research Director, Graduate Program in Counselling Psychol