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Introduction Motivation of the study Significance of the study Purpose of the study Literature review 2.1 Research abroad 2.2 Research at home Theoretical framework 3.1 Key terms or concepts 3.2 Schemata Research design 4.1 Research question 4.2. Subjects 4.3 Research instrument 4.3.1 Questionnaire 4.3.2 Interview 4.4 Data collection Results and discussion 5.1 Results 5.2 Discussion Conclusion Major findings Pedegocial implication Future research plan RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE Below is a basic outline for any research paper and a description of what should be found in each section. I. Introduction. An introduction introduces the reader to your research paper. It does so by: A. communicating what your research question is (not in question form); B. explaining why that question is interesting and important to a general reader as well as to a political scientist, i.e. by identifying the debates it will illuminate; and C. providing a “road map” to the rest of the paper, i.e., your introduction contains at least one sentence summarizing each major section of your paper. II. Literature Review. A literature review presents to the reader the most important scholarly answers to date to your general research question. You should group the answers to your question into schools of thought, where the schools are defined by the different factors (or sets of factors) that are the most important for answering your question. Literature reviews necessarily uncover debates in the field and show exactly where and why the participants disagree. In the conclusion of your literature review, you should choose which school of thought you find most convincing and justify your answer. In addition, you should identify the most compelling alternative argument. To summarize, a literature review: A. explains the different possible answers to your general research question; B. develops a label or name for each school of thought; C. concludes by explaining to the reader which approach