How? Where? When?

Having formulated your objectives and research questions/hypothesis, now you should post an outline of your methodology. A Gantt chart will help you plan the different stages of the research process.

The Methodology section is the core of your paper. It should answer two main questions:

1. How did you collect or generate the data?
2. How did you analyse the data?

Be direct and precise. Use the past tense and include enough information so that it can be determined if the data collection, data processing, subsequent results and final conclusions are valid. You need to explain the reasons why you chose a particular method or procedure, the anticipated problems in the process and the steps you took to prevent them.

More specifically:

a- Present the basic demographic profile of the sample population or participants (e.g. age, gender, origins, etc.).

b- Describe the materials and tools that you used (e.g. observation, interviews, questionnaires, etc.).

c- Explain how you prepared the materials and describe the research design.

d- Explain how you gathered the data.

e- Describe the techniques that you used to process the data (e.g. descriptive statistics, SWOT analysis, etc.).