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1. Reporting and Sharing the Findings Module VIII

2. Guidelines in Making Conclusion Researchers in general consider conclusions their greatest contribution to the fund of knowledge. Drawing conclusions is one of the challenging tasks in the entire research process. A finding is usually considered the chief outcome of the research process. It denotes totality of the entire investigation. Here, the researcher makes sure that each research question has a corresponding answer. In essence a conclusion allows the readers to see your research useful in knowledge creation as it matters the way it does to the readers. When they say “so what” after reading your conclusion, there must be wrong in your conclusion, so you need to rethink and rewrite it without unnecessarily repeating the results.

3. Let us take a look at some tips in preparing a well-crafted conclusion. Write the conclusion as concise as possible. One or two paragraphs may be enough. Never simply restate the results. Discuss salient finding and interpret. Draw attention to limitations, exceptions or lack of correlation between your research findings and those of the previous studies. This is the time when you need to check if your research findings and interpretations contrast or agree to the related literature. State and discuss in quick manner the implications of the research findings as well as any practical application of the research results. State and condense your evidences for each conclusion.

4. Some key words or phrases can be used to start a conclusion. Summarizing the content Restatement of aims (research) Summarizing the findings (research) Suggesting implications Significance of the findings (research contribution) Significance of the findings with a qualification Limitations of the current study

5. Guidelines in Making Recommendations Like drawing conclusions, preparing recommendations require researcher’s ability to offer plausible, if not feasible means to improve or further the investigation being conducted. Oftentimes, recommendations are numbered as broken down. In other occasions, they are stated in paragraph form. The number of recommendations usually depends on the number of conclusions drawn.

6. Techniques in Listing References Listing references may vary in style as presented in Module IV. Oftentimes, it is dependent on the prescribed format that has been adopted among researching individuals in schools, industries or community. For various reasons, APA has been widely known an used at presented by many researchers all over the world particularly those from social sciences and hard sciences such as physics, chemistry, environment sciences, among others. To avoid wastage of time and efforts, you should get to know the citation and referencing style prescribed in your respective disciplines.

7. The P rocess of Report Writing Writing as a language skill may be so difficult to may people; others find it challenging while daunting for some. In research, this task may be made easier when the researcher has obtained a full grasp of the overall research undertakings. Critical thinking, apart from exact writing, is needed in preparing a research report. One important thing is that you should follow the writing format of the research report set by the school where you study.

8. Burnard (2004) outlined 10 basic parts and sections of a publishable qualitative research article: 1. Abstract Being written the last, the abstract usually contains 200-250 words depending on the guidelines of the research organization where you submit your paper for publication. The basic components of research abstract include Topic introduction Main objective of the study Research design/ method Sampling technique and instrumentation Findings of the study Conclusions, and Recommendations. The abstract carries the title and keyword that are used in the study.

9. 2 . Introduction A well-written Introduction… Sets the overview of the study Puts the study in context Defines the research problem or topic investigated States strong justification for conducting the study Demonstrates clear connection of the study to previous researchers 3. Aims of the study This part of the research report clearly states the main objective and specific objectives of the study. The researcher makes sure that those are achievable. Oftentimes, time and money are considered in research planning given the capability of the researcher in conducting the entire research.

10. 4. Review of Literature This sub-part of the paper may be optional given the current trends in writing a publishable research paper. Modern research scientists, to include the researching professionals, have popularized the idea of making the literature review embedded in almost all sub-parts of the paper. This is predominantly found in the Introduction and Results and Discussion . Oftentimes , research experts use recent reference materials (usually five years back from the present time). This is to warrant freshness of the research findings that you may consider in your own research . 5. Sample The research sample is the sub-set of the target population. It is determined substantially to establish convincing, if not, wide-ranging generalization of the research findings. In qualitative research, data saturation dictates the sample size with the sample previously determined.

11. 6. Date Collection Methods In general, a scientific research needs to be carried out on exact data gathering method. Dependent on the desired data to obtain, such method should be handled with maximum precision. 7. Data Analysis Methods Qualitative researchers always choose the most appropriate data analysis method. Failure to properly operationalize certain method of data analysis may impair the researcher to accurately analyze and interpret the research findings. 8. Results and Discussion The Discussion part consists of salient findings analyzed and discussed using the researcher’s analytical thinking skills. It contains his or her interpretation of the results and personal insights ensuring validity and reliability of the research findings.

12. The findings of the study usually show the outgrowth of the inquiry which usually appears in textual form as in the case of the qualitative research. Interpreting the findings is o ne of the challenging tasks of a qualitative researcher apart from identifying emerging themes and patterns. 9. Conclusions Generally, conclusions are usually considered the researcher’s contribution to science. It is in this part of the research report where the research questions are answered while drawing generalization, if not, stating inferences, implications, and interpretations of the research findings. It is important to note that qualitative research does not generalize, thus cannot really make conclusions. 10. Recommendations This part of the research report is sometimes treated optional. Recommendations are usually based on the findings and conclusions having all of these weaved to the core.