What is Research Synopsis

The plan of a certain research protocol, providing the rationale, the main objectives, and the methods for data collection. Standard synopses are usually organized in the following headings: title (to be short, clear and self-explanatory), that can be enriched by a more descriptive sub-title; abstract, which is a brief summary (150-200 words) of the stated problem, research goals, theories and methods; introduction (providing background information about the addressed problem); detailed literature review about the research problem; objectives of the study (in turn based on the literature review); hypotheses (prediction of the outcomes of the study in terms of relations between variables); limitations, i.e. specific aspect of the problem not addressed by the study; methodology and methods suitable to achieve the objectives of the study, where the researchers choose a comprehensive methodology (experiments, surveys, models, case studies) within which it is possible to use different methods (qualitative and quantitative) for data collection and analysis; results (analyses of data, organized in tables and graphs); discussion (connection of the results to the objectives); conclusion (about research contribution and recommendations for future studies); literature references.

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