The preliminary pages of research are the first page of your dissertation or thesis or any research project. Their content or order may differ from research house to another

 Introduction in Research is the first part, which  includes a statement and analysis of the nature of the problem and

Data collection Research instruments include the following: questionnaires, interview schedules, observation and focus group discussions.

Interviews are data collection instruments involving a face-to-face interaction in which oral questions are posed by an interviewer to draw out responses from the interviewee.

A research methodology therefore is a broad term involving all strategies that describe how, when and where data is to be collected and analysed (Patton, 1990)

Research Topics and title formulation are the landmark or starting point of the research activity and the initial step to the research success.

Literature review provides a background for the development of the present study and brings the reader up to date.