1. Suggested Guidelines for Thesis/Dissertation Chapters Chapter 1: Introduction  Problem Statement: Why is this research important?  What are the objectives of this study?  What are the testable hypotheses?  Outline of thesis/dissertation. What do the next chapters cover?

2. Chapter 2: Literature Review  Review of relevant literature.  Compare/contrast previous literature with what you intend to do.  How does your intended work extend the knowledge frontier?

3. Chapter 3: Research Methodology  Develop the theoretical framework underlying this research.  How would results from the testable hypotheses alter or support the proposed theoretical framework?  How sturdy is this theoretical framework? Are there short-comings?

4. Chapter 4: Data Specifications and Collection Procedures  Background information about data sources.  Variable descriptions.  Sampling procedures.  Descriptive statistics.

5. Chapter 5. Empirical Model and Estimation Results  Based on theoretical framework, develop empirical model.  Discuss estimation procedure and testing.  Discuss estimation results and test results.

6. Chapter 6: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations  Summarize your findings.  Given your empirical results, what do you conclude?  Based on your results and conclusion, what do you recommend?  What are the limitations of your research? What else could be done? What do you recommend for future research based on your findings?