OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City CAPSTONE FORMAT based on Outcomes-Based Practical Guide to Thesis and Capstone Proect !riting in Computing "#$%&' By( Dean Charlemagne Garcia Laviña
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Proect ect Conte*t Purp Pu rpos ose e a and nd 2esc 2escri ript ptio ion n Stat Statem emen entt o the the P Pro robl blem em Obecti+es Scope cope and and .im .imit itat atio ions ns
Cha!er II" Revie& #' Rela!e$ Li!era!%re(S)*!em* Cha!er III" Technical +ac,gr#%n$ Cha!er IV" Me!h#$#l#g)- Re*%l!* an$ Di*c%**i#n 41% 41% 41# 413 414 415 41& 419
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Cha!er V" Rec#mmen$a!i#n* Aen$ice* 6ele+ant Source Code )+aluation Tool or Test 2ocuments:uestionnaire Sample inputoutputreports ;sers Guide;ser
Timeline /or Proect Completion Please include a timeline to indicate how you e*pect to proceed with +arious aspect aspects s o the proe proect ct "i1e1 "i1e1 litera literatur ture e re+iew re+iew,, data data collect collection, ion, data data analys analysis, is, Caps Capsto tone ne writ writing ing and and re+i re+isi sing ng'' in orde orderr to comp comple lete te it by the the end end o the the
academic year1 >eep in mind that you are e*pected to complete data collection by the end o !inter :uarter, and produce a inal product by the end o Spring :uarter1
Statement O the Problem The statement o the problem should be concise1 !hat is the policy 7uestion you want to research? !hy is this an interesting policy 7uestion that you want to in+estigate? 8normation needs to indicate the signiicance o the study to the speciic policy area being addressed1 The problem may arise rom a theoretical 7uestion about policy ma@ing or rom a speciic circumstance that presents empirical, conse7uential 7uestions or policy implementation1 The statement will indicate the general purpose o the study, and relate the problem to general theories and accepted bodies o @nowledge1 !here+er appropriate, the proposal should speciy how it could beneit policy proessionals or particular interest groups andor the public at large, how it is related to an institution or organiation "i applicable', and what contribution it will ma@e to your proessional de+elopment1
.iterature 6e+iew ou should identiy the most important prior research or writing pertinent to the problem at hand1 8t is not necessary to document all prior writing on the subect, but there should be an indication o substantial amiliarity with the material and a clear deinition o its relationship to the proposed study1 The essential dierence"s' between the proposed study and prior research will be e*plicitly identiied1 !hat has been studied and researched about the subect by other scholars? How do their indings help you understand your own 7uestion, or do you disagree with their indings or research methods? !hy?
procedures should be indicated, measuring instruments ully described, and statistical analyses identiied1 8 instruments are to be de+eloped during the study, the procedure or their de+elopment should be described i instruments ha+e already been de+eloped speciically or this study, they should be attached1 .imitations o the study should be indicated in this section o the proposal1 This may be accomplished by indicating such actors as the population to be studied, the time period considered, the origin and composition o inormation to be used, and any other inormation that might indicate potential sources o error or the design or limitations o the ramewor@ within which the study will be conducted1 The appro*imate time schedule anticipated or the completion o +arious phases or aspects o the proect should be noted1
Selected Bibliography This bibliography may be dierent rom the bibliography that will be included with the inal proect, but it should deal essentially with those reerences discussed in the .iterature 6e+iew section abo+e1
