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Writing an Academic Report

In an essay, you can provide your thoughts and opinions about a topic or statement. In an
academic report, you should provide a description or analysis of a set of actions you took to
research a specific question or phenomenon.

Academic reports are used to present and discuss the results of an experiment, survey, or
other research method. These reports often require a specific layout and the inclusion of a
certain set of sections. Below, we describe the most often-used sections in an academic report
in the order in which they generally appear. Before we begin, note that when writing an
academic report, you must always follow the guidelines for formal academic writing,
including citing trustworthy sources and using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

The sections that are usually included in an academic report are as follows:

1. Introduction
2. Literature Review/Background
3. Methods
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion

Introduction
In the introduction to your academic report, you present the research topic or question and
explain why you chose to study that topic. You may also present a general overview of the
work you did and your findings, expanding on these points further in the main body of the
text. At the end of the introduction, you may want to present a brief summary of the way in
which the rest of the report is organized.

Literature Review/Background
In this section, you will briefly summarize work on this topic that other researchers have
conducted, including their findings. You can also provide any background information on the
topic that your readers should have before you present your own work. Remember that your
reader is interested in your work, not the work of others. It isn’t necessary to go into
excessive detail regarding other studies, especially if they aren’t relevant to your work. Focus
on summarizing work that relates in some way to the work you have performed.

Methods
The methods section is where you describe the steps you took in your research. For example,
you can describe the methodology you used to build your study, the sampling method you
used to obtain survey participants, and the steps you took in a scientific experiment. Make
sure to describe all your steps in detail using the past tense (since you’re describing
something that already happened, not something that will happen).

Results
In this section, you will describe the results of your study. For example, you will provide
information such as survey participants’ answers, medical test results, data from scientific
experiments, and any statistical analysis results. You may find it helpful to use figures and
tables to present these results in an easy-to-read format. However, note that if you present
data in a table or figure, it is not necessary to also provide all the same data in the text. If you
use tables or figures, only discuss particularly important findings in the text.

Discussion
In this section, you will discuss the implications of your findings, explaining them and
relating them to the previous research presented in your literature review. You will interpret
your findings and describe how these findings answer (or don’t answer) your research
questions. You should also describe any limitations of your work, such as sample size or
missing data, and discuss how you could resolve those issues in future work.

Conclusion
The conclusion is where you summarize your main work and findings as well as the
implications of your work. You should not introduce any new material in this section. You
should also provide recommendations based on your findings and discuss any future research
needed.
Of course, you should check with your academic institution or professor to see if they want
you to include any other sections or information. In addition, make sure you follow the style
guide required by your institution (e.g., APA or Chicago).
Writing an academic report doesn’t have to be stressful and intimidating. Using the
information above, you can finish your report and avoid undue stress.

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