· It should set a model for a continuing pattern of neatness and orderliness. Sloppy note taking and careless storage make information retrial and all but impossible task. p58

· Early attention to details will sharply reduce the chance of mournful losses. p58

· High-quality thesis research: only when thought is applied to the information unearthed by research is it probable that valid, reliable, and operationally useful outcomes can be expected. p11

· Systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications… (Random House Dictionary, 1987, p1219). P 12

· In the part of problem statement, people expect student to be able to state, convincingly, the chief reasons for doing the study, the potential values that could flow from doing the study… the investigator sets up the conditions of the investigation and specifies detailed questions that will be answered or hypotheses that will be tested… First, it should make clear whether the framework for the investigation is pragmatic, eclectic; why and how. Second, the framework should be stated, with appropriate references to the primary sources…. The “ purpose” paragraph would build on the introduction to provide information concerning the reason why the study is proposed, what it would be accomplish. After the purpose is the statement of the problem. P66

· Hypothesis, the word coming from Greek, means groundwork, foundation, supposition… A hypothesis is a shrewd guess, an assumption, an opinion, a hunch that is provisionally adopted to explain facts or conditions or to guide how one starts to attack a problem. It helps in determining the investigative methods to be used.