WRITING OF RESEARCH REPORT OR THESIS WRITING

WRITING OF RESEARCH REPORT OR THESIS WRITING

1. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF DELHI TOPIC: WRITING OF RESEARCH REPORT Presented by : Punam Pradhan PhD Scholar Roll no.: 1480

2. An Overview Salient Features of writing Research Report CHAPTER WRITING: Chapter-I: Introduction Chapter-II: Review of Related Literature Chapter- III: Methodology Chapter-IV: Results and Interpretation Chapter-V: Discussion Chapter-VI: Summary, Findings And Implications Bibliography Appendix

3. Salient Features of writing Research Report

4. CHAPTER WRITING Chapter-I: Introduction S hould include information on the topic's fundamentals. Rationale of the study : why the study was undertaken. Statement of the problem: It must be written in capital letters as this is one of the main captions. The objectives should be written in pin-pointed manner. The hypothesis must be written in the present tense. T he delimitations must be listed. In each and every research, there are limitations but it further gets limited.

5. Chapter-II: Review of Related Literature This chapter should contain only those researches which are related to the problem of the study. It should be written in past tense. Review of Related Literature be presented in ascending order of publication. Should include about the trend emerging from the studies. Should include the last name of the researcher followed by year of publication in parenthesis ( ), the relevant objectives of the study, the hypothesis, the sample size, sampling technique, statistical techniques used and findings of the study. Should be as concise as possible. All these information should be presented in one paragraph.

6. Chapter- III: Methodology Details regarding Sample, Tools/Instruments, Experimental Design, Procedure of Data Collection, and Data Analysis used in the present research should be given. Under Sample the researcher must mention the Population from which the Sample was selected. The sample size along with the Sampling Technique must be written. It should clearly mention the instructions given, the sequence of administering the tools, the time allowed for each tool for responding, and the scoring procedure used by the researcher. Lastly, the data analysis should be mentioned. It must be given objective wise.

7. Chapter-IV: Results and Interpretation The results should be integrated with the interpretation . The table in which the results are given should have appropriate title. While referring to the results, present sentence should be used else the rest part of this chapter should be written in the past tense. The findings emerged from the interpretation should be given in this chapter at the end.

8. Chapter-V: Discussion Different captions of this chapter should emerge from the findings. The findings should be discussed in the light of related researches. The researcher may find that the past researches either support or contradict the present research findings. In both the cases the researcher should give the reasons as why the present findings have emerged.

9. Chapter-VI: Summary, Findings And Implications Majority content of this chapter should be taken from earlier chapters. The researcher must give information under various heads, such as, Rationale of the study, Statement of Problem , Objectives, Hypotheses, Sample, Tools, Experimental design, Procedure of Data collection, Data analysis, Findings and Implications. The Implications should be written for different concerned people. If read, people must understand as how these findings can be used in the field to improve the quality.

10. Bibliography Bibliography is broader than References. In both Bibliography as well as References, the studies are arranged in alphabetical order. The format of writing Bibliography as well as References may vary from University to University and Journal to Journal.

11. Appendix Appendix is the last part of thesis or research report. It contains all the relevant material which helps in understanding the findings that cannot be assimilated in the main text without breaking the flow of information and pleasure of reading. Appendix generally includes tools used in collecting data.