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7 Report Writing

A research report communicates the purpose, scope, objectives, methodology, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and limitations of a research project. It follows standard elements including an executive summary, introduction, research design, data analysis, results, conclusions, and references. The researcher should discuss major findings with decision makers before writing to ensure the report meets their needs.

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7 Report Writing

A research report communicates the purpose, scope, objectives, methodology, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and limitations of a research project. It follows standard elements including an executive summary, introduction, research design, data analysis, results, conclusions, and references. The researcher should discuss major findings with decision makers before writing to ensure the report meets their needs.

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Report Writing

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Research Report
A research report is a written document that
communicates the
 Purpose

 Scope

 Objectives

 Hypotheses

 Methodology

 Findings

 Recommendations of the research project.


 Limitations
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Research Report
 Beforewriting the report, researcher should
discuss the major findings, conclusions,
recommendations with the decision makers.
 To ensure that the report meets the sponsor
/client's needs and is ultimately accepted.

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Standard elements of Report
 Title page
 Table of contents
 List of tables
 List of graphs
 List of appendices
 List of exhibits
 Executive summary (1 page)
 Major findings
 Conclusions
 Recommendations

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Standard elements of Report
 Introduction
 Background of the problem
 Problem Statement
 Research design
 Information needs
 Data collection from secondary sources
 Data collection from primary sources
 Scaling techniques
 Questionnaire development and pretesting
 Sampling techniques
 Field work

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Standard elements of Report
 Data analysis
 Methodology
 Plan of data analysis
 Results
 Conclusions and recommendations
 Limitations
 Appendix
 Questionnaires and forms
 Statistical output

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Harvard style Referencing
 In order to have an accurate record of what
have been referred while doing the research,
it is important to write down the details of
sources of study.

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Books
 Author’s or editor’s name (or names)
 Year the book was published
 Title of the book
 Edition

 City from where published


 Name of the publisher
 Fisher,R., Ury, W. and Patton, B. (1991)
Getting to yes: Negotiating an agreement
without giving in, 2nd edition, London:
Century Business.
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Journal articles
 Author’s name
 Year of publication
 Title of the article
 Title of the journal
 Volume and issue numbers
 Page number/s of the article in the journal
 Muller,
V. (1994) ‘Trapped in the body: ....’,
The Australian Feminist Law Journal, vol. 3,
August, pp. 103-107.

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Electronic Resources
 Date when accessed the source
 Electronic address or email
 Type of electronic resource (discussion
forum, email, WWW page, etc)

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