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Table of Contents

Topic and the Deadline ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 01

Research Paper Topic and the Word Count.. ………………………………………………………...…...02

Research Paper Topic and the Required Skills………………………………………..……………….….04

Research Paper Topic and the required Resources? …................................................... 04

Research Paper Topic and your understanding of the Relevant

Theories and Methodologies ……………………………………………………………………………………...05

Research Paper topic and Writing Skills……………………………………………..……………………...05

Research Paper Topic and your Interest? ........................................................................ 06

Research Paper Topic and its Depth ……………………………………………………………..…………….06

Research Paper Topic Exercise ………………………………………………………………..……………….....07



Topic and the Deadline

Deadline is an aspect of Research paper writing always on the mind of a student no matter what stage of Research Paper writing he/she is on. It’s a side of Research Paper writing which

keeps them vigilantly working all the time. Deadlines are usually a little flexible but sometimes they can play a horrible role in disturbing a Research Paper writing schedule.

So what does a Research Paper Topic has to do with the deadline??

A Research Paper topic is like the birthstone of an upcoming research project and this is what guides the student all along his research and so it has an immense impact on time

management. In order to better understand what impact it can have on a Research Paper’s

course one

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to

understand

first

how

a Research

Paper

topic

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selected.

When a student has to choose a Research Paper topic for his Research Paper he mostly has got these two choices.

1. The professor/supervisor can advise a few topics to the students using his years and

years of experience and knowledge knowing all the research holes in the field and the student can scan these topics against his interests and choose one of them.

2. The other way around to choosing a Research Paper topic is to sketch an idea in your mind for a prospective research and then conduct a thorough literature review to find out the loop holes in the previous research projects and propose some Research Paper titles to get them approved by the supervisor.

Now the way it goes is that when you choose a Research Paper topic suggested by the professor you actually buy yourself some leverages from your professor which are usually in the form of approvals and additional time.

It’s a given that you will be allotted an approval because the professor has recommended these

topics himself and he cannot reject his/her own proposals.

Then again when you are choosing a topic on your won and not considering a topic of your professor’s choice you are actually losing that extra amount o time which you can get otherwise because once the professor is ready to propose a couple of topics to you he always conducts a background research along with some literature review which gives him an idea about the time



required or this topic and they a lot suitable amount o time to the student in the end having understood the limitations and requirements of the research..

Now let’s see how you have to evaluate your Research Paper time management when you are proposing a Research paper title yourself.

When you finally have a Research Paper topic in your mind and you are ready to go for it right away. Stop right there. It’s not that simple. Before you go on doing all kind of research and

study for your Research Paper you have to plan the whole thing. The scope and the specificity of your research topic is what defines the time span and time management plan.

Managing your schedule is dependent on the topic itself. If the topic is on a very specific issue then you will find it easier for yourself to manage your time but in the case o a broader topic you will need more time. So when choosing your topic try to go as deep as you can.

Research Paper Topic and the Word Count

Word count limit is what puts the shackles to the feet of the researcher’s mind and pen at the same time. The reason for this is the same, the lack of planning.

When you choose your topic you have to consider the limitation of the word count because once you are on track to conducting and finishing your research project it’s really impossible to stop yourself from writing or going further with your research plan.

So when you choose a Research Paper topic always weigh it for the word count limit and try to visualize how many words you will need to write in order to show your expertise and understanding along with the argument which you will be proving in your research.

This is imperative because once you have written a document way above or way below the

word limit you won’t be able to expand or shrink it within the word limit and even if you do you won’t be able to maintain the congruency and the quality of the content of your work which can inevitably effect the grades in the end.



Research Paper Topic and the required Resources?

A Research paper topic research needs extended study and background research for which students need all kinds of resources and access to them i.e. journals, books, websites etc. so when a topic is being chosen one has to see if he/she has access to all these resources and major contributions on the topic because without these resources the paper would be incomplete and in‐conclusive.

For instance if someone is conducting a research on medieval Christianity believes then it’s a given that he needs access to the Vatican Archives where the history o Christianity is preserved and even the president o Italy is not allowed direct access to the archives. So how is he going to gather the knowledge?

Some of the students would go for the topics they are interested in right away without weighing the pros and cons and the requirement of the topic and the resources required and so end up ruining their Research papers.

So one should have a complete list and knowledge of all the resources and where they will be found and the status of availability of the access before the Research Paper title is proposed for approval because once the title is approved there is no going back.

Research Paper Topic and the Required Skills

Taking a look at all kinds of research one has to understand that there are different skills which are required for all kinds of researches. In order to conduct a scratch less research one has to get hold of all these research methodologies. Learning these research methodologies one needs a considerable amount of time.

With all kinds of research methods being used these days one has to understand that all these different research methodologies need different set of skills. If someone wants to conduct a spotless research a firm grip o all these research methodologies is necessary and in case you are not familiar with a certain methodology you can’t learn it in a day, it takes considerable amount of time.

So it is always practicable to prefer a Research Paper topic which requires such a research and analysis methodology which the research scientist have the prior skills for and can justify the requirements of the research. In case you have chosen a Research Paper title you do not have



the research methodology knowledge and expertise for, you have to evaluate and plan the learning mechanism pertaining to your deadlines.

Research Paper Topic and your understanding of the Relevant Theories and Methodologies

There are always some theories and methodologies which one cannot understand or comprehend or may not even agree to. During the course of research if such an occasion arrives you will be stalled and your research will be doomed.

The way to go is to evaluate and examine all the theories and methodologies for the proposed list of topics, all of them. You have to read, cross check and understand all the theories relevant to the proposed Research Paper topic along with the research methodologies you will need to use all along. If you find any of these incomprehensive, the right choice is to leave this topic alone.

These theories and methodologies are what define the outline of your research and the way your research is supposed to be conducted. In order to conduct the research and to present it in a way which highlights the significance and the originality of your work you need a hands ‐on command on all the theories so that you can define and follow the relevant methodologies.

Research Paper topic and Writing Skills

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

Charles Peguy

The reason Charles Peguy said the above words is evident and it applies to almost all the people who write no matter at what level or standard. The writer should have a unique style of his won

which can

highlight

the

distinctiveness

of

his

work.

When choosing a Research Paper topic you have to be extra careful in this regard because if you have chosen a topic which needs immense makeover of your writing style and skills your research is going nowhere. Ideally your Research Paper topic should be in line with your writing style and pattern so that the examiner or the supervisor can find the element of innovation and individual style in your work. Starting from the Research Paper introduction to the conclusions and recommendations all the work should be in a unique persistent format and pattern.



For example if you like referring all kinds of figures and charts in everything you have written so far before you start your Research Paper project choosing a topic which needs qualitative research methodologies will take you nowhere because you will have to sideline your typical style but that doesn’t mean you can go on making the mistakes you always make. That’s not style that a blunder when we are talking about Research Paper writing.

Research Paper Topic and your Interest?

Writing about something you are not interested in is like writing about something you don’t know. it doesn’t really matter as what you will be needed to do but you have to select a topic which sparks that interest in you and makes you feel like working on it otherwise you won’t be able to find that level of motivation within you which is necessary or your Research paper.

Most of the students refuse to choose a topic of their interest thinking that it’s not worth a research or not a topic good enough to work on. What they successfully ignore is that there is no topic in the world which seems worthwhile before it was chosen and executed.

When you choose a topic of your interest you have a number of advantages to yourself

1. There is a certain level of prior knowledge about the topic and a pre ‐defined outline of your future work in your mind.

2. You somewhat know where and how you have to conduct your research following what theories and using what methodologies and what are the most suitable and acceptable

results and conclusions of your research. 3. Once your research is complete and you have to submit and present the work you will

naturally feel confident enough to do that pertaining to the feeling of “I know it all”.

Research Paper Topic and its Depth

This might be the most influential aspect of your Research paper because this is where most of the students forget that they are writing a Research paper and not a dissertation and go on

digging deeper and deeper in the issue at hand.

What students do is that they choose a topic which is much broader than what can be covered within the word count limit assigned by the college and start digging into it thinking this would help them win their professors who would be impressed by their extensive research for a smaller task like a Research paper.



But the fact is that it turns out to be the other way around for the student in the end because the teacher is compelled to think that the student is unable to or doesn’t want to keep his writing within the specified limits and the grades of the student are endangered by the student himself.

When choosing a Research Paper title always remember that a well Planned Beginning is Half the Battle and if you are able to start in style you will most

definitely finish in galore.

TITLE EXERCISE

In order to help you better understand the concept behind the selection of a Unique and Viable Research Paper Topic/Title here is an exercise. Doing this exercise you will acknowledge the use of all

the above mentioned factors and teach you how you have to use them to give yourself a scratch less Research Paper Title.

In the lines below write down a rough sketch of your Research Paper Title/Topic in a descriptive form which can be reshaped later on.

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Now when you have your Prototype Research Paper Title, scan it against all the Research Paper Title

Guidelines provided in this E‐Book.

Do you think:

You can finish the work within the Deadline.

You can stay within the Word Count.

You can get all the necessary resources for this topic.



You can acquire all the necessary skills within the time limit.

You have the necessary understanding of the Relevant Theories and Methodologies.

You will be allowed to demonstrate your writing skills.

You can maintain your interest throughout the course of Research Paper writing on this topic.

Now when you have checked your Initial Research Paper Title for all these essential factors go back to

Research Paper Title writing and rewrite yourself a Title/Topic which assembles all these vital factors into a Research Paper title which carries your project all the way to the end.

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