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Lesson 6 Forming Logical Conclusions

The document outlines the processes for forming logical conclusions and making recommendations in qualitative and quantitative research. It emphasizes the importance of concise, clear, and precise conclusions that address research questions and provide insights, as well as recommendations that suggest improvements. Additionally, it details the structure of a research report, including essential sections such as introduction, methodology, results, and summary.

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Lesson 6 Forming Logical Conclusions

The document outlines the processes for forming logical conclusions and making recommendations in qualitative and quantitative research. It emphasizes the importance of concise, clear, and precise conclusions that address research questions and provide insights, as well as recommendations that suggest improvements. Additionally, it details the structure of a research report, including essential sections such as introduction, methodology, results, and summary.

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Forming Logical Conclusions

Accordingly, qualitative research follows data analysis procedures such as content analysis,
discourse analysis, grounded theory, narrative analysis, and thematic analysis. Quantitative
research data, on the other hand, is commonly analyzed with the appropriate statistical tools
design for your study. The number of data as well as the goal of the study, will help determine
the appropriate statistical tool to be used.
When concluding your paper, you must abide by the following characteristics (Prieto et al.,
2017). These characteristics will guide you to produce a quality research conclusion.
1. Conclusions are inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications, interpretations, general
statements, and/or generalizations based upon the finding.
2. Conclusions should appropriately answer the specific questions raised at the beginning of
the investigation in the order that they are given under the statement of the problem.
3. Conclusions should point out what was factually learned from the inquiry
4. Conclusions should be formulated concisely, that is, brief and short, yet they convey all the
necessary information resulting from the investigation.
Below are the strategies that you could follow in making your conclusions:
1. You briefly discuss or reecho your Introduction.
2. Put a final impression on your readers by giving them a hint of the application of your
research to their daily life.
3. Get more good impressions by concluding the importance of the study towards society.
4. Leaving a question to the readers which could be an avenue for gaining a new perspective.

Making Recommendations Based on Conclusions


A recommendation is commonly known as the section where you can give suggestions on
the matters relative to your research that must be improved. When writing you must take the
following considerations:
a) Recommendations must be brief. When writing your recommendations, take note to write
them concisely and as briefly as possible.
b) Recommendations should be clear. You must state the specific suggestions that you want
to imply in your study.
c) Recommendations must be precise. When giving suggestions, you should avoid vague
recommendations to secure sufficient results. As recommendations should be crafted briefly,
clearly, and precisely, here are some guidelines by Prieto et al. (2017) that you can use.
1. You must avoid writing broad and generic recommendations. Also, avoid recommendations
that are directly related to the topic of the research.
2. Remember that recommendations are one step further than the conclusion.
3. You must take into consideration that recommendations must be specified according to the
areas of concern (i.e., academe, policymakers, etc.)

Writing and Presenting Clear Reports


In making your report, you must take the following considerations:
1. You must decide on what sections that must be included in your report. Take note to include
the findings and discussion of your study. You should also include the introduction,
methodology, conclusion, and recommendations of your study.
2. You must write your report clearly and concisely. The main idea should be highlighted and
supported by statements for elaboration and explanation. Commonly, research reports are
written in the past tense form. Words used should be understandable by all of the possible
readers, thus, jargon terms must be avoided.
3. References should be carefully and accurately cited. Citing your references is a must.
Paraphrasing is also needed to avoid plagiarism.
4. Report should be edited by several times. Checking and proofreading are a must to secure
that all entries and information stated in the report hold credibility and transparency.

A research report is composed of five (5) integral parts,


a) Introduction-Your introduction must contain an explanation regarding the reason for the
conduct of the study. It must also have the research framework, statement of the problem and
objectives, the significance of the study, and scope and limitations.
b) Review of Related Literature-This chapter focuses on presenting relevant information
regarding the topic. Citing the references appropriately is a must in this section.
c) Methodology-Information found in a research methodology is commonly the research
design, research respondents, setting, the research method, and the analysis procedure.
d) Results and Discussion-This chapter holds the findings of the study and the discussion
for each finding. The results of the study must be written clearly and objectively. There are a
lot of ways that can be used in presenting results, some of which are by the use of tables,
graphs, and figures.
e) Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations-Commonly, the summary of the
research paper gives brief information about the research problems, methodology, and
findings. The conclusion, on the other hand, gives provides direct answers to the research
problems. Recommendations prioritize the suggestions that can lead to the improvement of
the study.
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