Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku

The most fully specified format found: Times New Roman 12pt body, headings 14–16pt, A4, left margin 4cm and 2.5cm elsewhere, double-spaced body with single-spaced long quotations and references, APA throughout, abstract of no more than 250 words. Hypotheses appear in Chapter One for Applied Sciences, Science Laboratory Technology and Business Studies.

Source: the DSPG document itself. If your department circulates its own variant, follow that.

Formatting, in full

Chapter sequence by discipline

DSPG is the only Nigerian document we have found that sets a different chapter sequence for each field. If yours is listed, follow it rather than the generic five.

General / Education

• Chapter 1 — Introduction
• Chapter 2 — Review of Related Literature
• Chapter 3 — Methodology
• Chapter 4 — Results and Data Analysis
• Chapter 5 — Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

Business Studies

• Chapter 1 — Introduction (incl. research hypotheses)
• Chapter 2 — Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Framework
• Chapter 3 — Methodology
• Chapter 4 — Data Presentation, Analysis, Test of Hypotheses and Discussion
• Chapter 5 — Summary, Conclusion, Recommendations and Further Studies

Applied Sciences

• Chapter 1 — Introduction (incl. hypothesis)
• Chapter 2 — Review of Related Literature
• Chapter 3 — Methodology (population, sample, data sources, collection, analysis)
• Chapter 4 — Data Presentation and Analysis
• Chapter 5 — Summary, Conclusion, Recommendations

Science Laboratory Technology

• Chapter 1 — Introduction (incl. hypotheses)
• Chapter 2 — Review of Related Literature (theoretical and empirical framework)
• Chapter 3 — Materials and Methods
• Chapter 4 — Results and Discussion
• Chapter 5 — Summary, Conclusion, Recommendations, Further Studies

Engineering

• Chapter 1 — General Introduction
• Chapter 2 — Literature Review (historical background, gaps)
• Chapter 3 — Research Methodology (materials, design, calculations)
• Chapter 4 — System Testing, Results and Discussion
• Chapter 5 — Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

Computer Science

• Chapter 1 — Introduction
• Chapter 2 — Literature Review
• Chapter 3 — Methodology and System / Design Modelling
• Chapter 4 — Implementation and Evaluation
• Chapter 5 — Summary, Conclusion, Limitations, Recommendations, Contributions to Knowledge

What Chapter One must contain

Consistent across every Nigerian handbook we have read. Leaving any of these out is a common reason for departmental corrections.

• Background to the Study — Situates the problem in its Nigerian or sector context.
• Statement of the Problem — The gap or issue, usually closing on one crisp problem sentence.
• Purpose / Aim and Specific Objectives — An overall aim, then numbered objectives.
• Research Questions and / or Hypotheses — Hypotheses only if your design is inferential — NOUN writes "and/or".
• Significance of the Study — Who benefits, and how.
• Scope / Delimitation of the Study — Geographic, population and conceptual bounds.
• Operational Definition of Terms — Your major constructs, defined as you use them.

Check yours against it

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