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GUIDELINES for both primary and secondary based data projects

1) Use diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures, tables, etc. to make your Project
Report of a better quality.

2) Executive Summary:-

Executive Summary should be of 2 to 3 pages which is the full gist of your


project. After reading the Executive Summary, the reader should understand
what you have said in the Report. The Executive Summary should also
contain in brief, Objective, Methodology, Sample Design, Sample Size and
Major Findings and recommendation

3) Sample and Sample Size:-

Sample means the object of your Project Report, be it a Process, the


Working of a Department, etc. Sample specifies what you have studied.

For eg:

In a Finance Project, a Sample may be

All the Indian Companies in IT sector listed on the NYSE.

In a Marketing Project, a Sample may be

Present /prospective customers , stockists , dealers or/and competitors .


4) Methodology:-
In Methodology, the research design literature review library research, data
collection methods and methods of data analysis should be described.
Before beginning with Methodology, the objective(s) should be clearly
defined.

5) Analysis and Findings:-

Depending on the scope of your study, there can be multiple Chapters on


Analysis and Findings. However, if the scope of your Project is limited,
then this may require only one Chapter.

6) Conclusions and Recommendations:-

The Conclusions or Inferences and Suggestions or Recommendations should


be explained properly point - wise rather than writing a single long text.

All the recommendations should be based on your research .

7) Annexures:-

Annexures should include Questionnaires(for primary based data projects),


any documents collected from the Company and/or any big tables .

8) References and Bibliography:-

Should include the list of all the sources of secondary data, internet
resources, books, journals, periodicals, newspapers, conference proceedings,
etc. which you have used. Wherever in the Report you are reproducing
some material from the earlier published sources or using any information
from such sources, then at the end of the Chapter, proper references should
be given. The cases of plagiarism will be dealt with strictly.

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