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If the study requires any control groups, these should be specifically mentioned therein.

Secondary Data collection (Both non-doctrinal and doctrinal study)

Mention of Secondary sources used-library resources/reports consulted/internet resources
used.
Case studies.
Case laws/judgments.
Content analysis/document analysis/Meta-analysis.
4. Data Analysis Plan :

Data analysis could be manually or electronically. The use of IBM SPSS Statistics can be made to
analyse the data collected from the respondents.
Refer to any particular qualitative/quantitative techniques which would be used in this study.

5. Significance of the study :

Clearly state as to what theoretical, pragmatic and policy contribution would be made by the
study. Make at least four to five substantial statements in this section’

6. References :
Follow the standard referencing and citation (Follow the ’Blue Book citation style)

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Keep the tense in mind; if writing a proposal use future tense and if writing the report, use the past tense

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