Clarify aspects of the study that are believed but cannot be demonstrated to be true. Include only those assumptions that are critical to the meaningfulness of the study.

Assumptions/Scope & De-limitations.

Clarify aspects of the study that are believed but cannot be demonstrated to be true. Include only those assumptions that are critical to the meaningfulness of the study.

Describe the reasons why the assumption(s) was/were necessary in the context of the study.

Scope and De-limitations

Describe specific aspects of the research problem that are addressed in the study and why the specific focus was chosen.

Define the boundaries of the study by identifying populations included and excluded and theories/conceptual frameworks most related to the area of study that were not investigated.