What you will need to prepare to gather your data. If you intend using a survey, then define the survey questions, if you are data mining be precise about what you will look for, and where.

When marking it, I will be looking for:

Title: A good clue about the agenda - what you will do.

Abstract: What the project is about, brief and to the point, only a hint of background, no definition of acronyms.

Introduction: Just that, a clear statement to put the reader in the picture about what you will do in the project.

Background: All the 'needs', 'why', 'who has done what before', work you are taking as a starting point, with properly formatted citations to your references.

Methodology: What you will need to prepare to gather your data. If you intend using a survey, then define the survey questions, if you are data mining be precise about what you will look for, and where.

Analysis: What you will do with your data to draw a conclusion. How will you process it? What will you look for?

Conclusion: And what are you trying to prove or disprove, how will your analysis affect it?

Safety: YOUR personal safety conducting the research, clear disclaimer if the research involves no risk.

Bibliography: Strictly observing the Harvard standard, including the format of citations. No 'naked' URLs.

And make sure that if anything is copied, including figures, they are properly acknowledged with a citation (not just a mention in the references) making it clear what is not 'your own'.

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TOPIC= USING POINT ON SWITCHING FOR IMPROVING POWER SYSTEM OPERATION

Total marks for this assignment are 800.More on This Topic......

50 marks will depend on language and presentation.

50 marks will depend on the proposal promising RESEARCH, not just a "bright idea".  Read the advice.

80 marks will depend on the title and abstract.   The abstract must clearly outline the project, not just the background.

Of the 200 marks for the introduction and background, the majority will be given for a clear statement of what the project actually consists of - so do not write mountains on the 'Why' because the 'What' counts for much more.

180 marks will be given for the methodology and timeline - what experiments or studies will you make, what measurements will you make and when?

120 marks will be given for analysis and conclusions.
What method will you use to analyse your readings?
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80 marks will be given to the bibliography - how well have you 'read around' you subject to find out what is new?
Do your references make it easy to find the paper they refer to?  Are they in the Harvard style? Are they cited in the text?
Are your references 'respectable'?  Any references to pages such as wikipedia, howstuffworks and other 'hobby' pages can lose marks.

40 marks will depend on the consideration of safety issues and any other requirements such as ethics clearance, as they relate to YOU when performing your project.

And remember that plagiarism, adding material copied from any other source without making it clear that it is not your own, will lead to failure.  That includes images from the web, if their caption does not contain the URL of their source.

Devise a topic most closely aligned with your studies and abilities - whether real or imagined.  In your proposal concentrate on the 'agenda' - what you are going to do - rather than any advice or ideas (such as "we could all save energy by riding bicycles.")

The background can address the need for the research, but the main thrust should be previous work that has already been done on your topic.  The aim of the research will be to reach some sort of conclusion, maybe "would it work" but more generally "what is the effect of".  Remember that this conclusion will not be known until you have completed the research!  Beware of jumping to conclusions with "This will show that."

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