How long should a research title be?

The research title of scientific research is the expression of the body of study or research submitted, to understand the nature of the subject, so it should be appropriate in the sense of the word, and a good researcher who is fluent insider that corresponds to the ideas he cites in a problem or it is worth mentioning that there are many researchers who do not care about this, and consider it marginal, since the content of the thesis is large, and there are many ideas , and then they might put a non-reflective research title, which may cause confusion for readers.

The length of the title is not a primary determinant, but the title wording must meet a number of requirements and conditions as will presented in this article. It is worthy to mention that the length of the title is not an indicator of its effectiveness.

 Scientific Research Plan Requirements 

The scientific research plan can be defined as the methodological stages studied by the researcher in order to reach the results, and then the process of systematic analysis by statistical methods, whether traditional manual or modern represented in statistical programs on computers; to express the results related to the research, and those stages are as follows:

• The first stage: the title wording should be placed at the beginning of scientific research, which is a sentence at most reflect the problem or phenomenon of the study, the title wording should be taken into account in a simple manner and reflect the scientific content contained within the components of the study.

• The second stage: After the student or researcher decide on the research title, comes the introduction of scientific research, which should be concise, and the scientific researcher throws the importance of the study through some adequate sentences and specific to the nature of the problem addressed, and the reasons why to address this particular problem, it is important to be a comprehensive introduction to the aspects of the subject of scientific research.

• The third stage: The objectives of scientific research, and this is contrary to the importance of the study mentioned in the previous item, where we mean the goals what can be reached or what scientific research hopes by the end of the thesis or study, and the development of the goal or set of goals is the motivation for the researcher is looking to solve a specific problem or show innovative ideas that were not addressed by previous researchers, and in order to develop a set of hypotheses, which we address in the next step.

• The fourth stage: It consists of a set of hypotheses of scientific research, which puts the researcher in the form of news or interrogative, and aims to validate and test them through the plan of scientific research, and this is done through the evidence and evidence shown by the researcher to support the ideas contained in the hypotheses.

• The fifth stage: It consists of the information and data that the researcher is working to collect, to write the doors and chapters of scientific research,

• The sixth stage: the stage to which the researcher aspires, which is the results of the research, which reflects the validity of the research assumptions.

• The seventh stage: It is a solutions and proposals developed by the researcher to the problem of research in the light of the results, which represents the vision of the researcher, which is derived from all stages of the above plan scientific research.

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 Terms of drafting the research title of scientific research 

• Expression of content: It is important that the title wording formulated in a way that reflects the content of scientific research.
• The length of the title: the length of the title or title wording length may lead to the departure of the research title of scientific research from the content of the thesis and therefore the length of the title tainted by deficiencies, and experts in this regard showed that the length of the title should not exceed fifteen words, and this is sufficient to express what is inside the research, as well they point out that the excessive length of the title loses the research title meaning, so this is procedurally known as a paragraph, not a research title. In short, the length of the title should be given great care, where the length of the title shows an initial perception of the thesis.
• The distance from the abbreviation: The scientific researcher should avoid abbreviation for the research title of scientific research, as this puts the importance of the research or the message in the wind; to not clarify the perceptions expressed by the subject of scientific research properly.
• Avoiding sensational phrases: The scientific researcher should stay away from the sensational phrases. We are not going to advertise a commercial marketing project.
• Include study variables.
• Avoid words that have different interpretations.

 The most important notes to be considered in title selection (title formulation) 

There are different factors to consider in the process of title selection (title formulation), these are as follow:

1. When deciding to seek title selection (title formulation), the title should be related to the specialization
2. Title selection (title formulation) should consider the availability of new ideas that have not been put forward before in previous research.
3. Title selection (title formulation) should consider that the title should be attractive and reader friendly
4. Title selection (title formulation) should consider that the title should be scientifically formulated based on previous research
5. Title selection (title formulation) should consider that the title is applicable

The process of title selection (title formulation) is not an easy task, and it requires focus from the researcher side, in order to ensure that title selection (title formulation) is as required.

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