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A GUIDE TO RESEARCH WRITING
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PREFACE
My students at global perspective and project works, who are starting to prepare for higher
learning at universities across the continent, inspired this book. Very often, little attention
is paid to how students have to prepare and understand
the processes of conducting
research. Mostly, young scholars really struggle during the early stages of their university
career regarding what is required of them and how to present their research proposal to
their supervisors.
With this in mind, the purpose of this guidebook is to offer a critical and practical mind map
to research writing to assist first time researchers in creating an appropriate design for their
research studies. The book includes many simple graphs to illustrate and explain what is
expected of researchers at each stage of their research writing and to enable them to deal
with any, a missing link when conducting their research.
The guidebook is mainly intended to serve young students when compiling assignments
on research studies and teachers who teach research writing at their schools, colleges and
universities.
It with joy and appreciation that I thank the Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physic and
Mathematics in Astana (NIS PhM Astana) and my students and colleagues in the Social
Sciences Department of Global Perspective and Project Works and Economics for
providing the avenue for writing this simple yet comprehensive book.
I am highly indebted
to the following editors, Jeanne Elslin and Paul Sweeney for their
great insight, support and criticism that make this guidebook a success.
It is my greatest dream that this book will help others to succeed in good research writing
and develop pioneers in the development fields. I look forward
to suggestions from all
readers and students for further improving the content design and making it even simpler.