Sections of a report
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- Sections of a report
- 1.Title
- Tells the reader what the report is about
- Concise but informative
- 2.Abstract
- Brief summary of the key points
- Includes a sentence on the research question, the method used, findings and conclusion.
- First thing seen but the last to be written.
- 3.Introduction
- Background and rationale.
- Review of relevant past studies to introduce the study and specify research aims and predictions.
- Uses a funnel technique.
- Ends with the hypothesis.
- 4.Method
- How the study was carried out in enough detail or someone to replicate it.
- 5 sub-sections
- Design
- Outline the method used.
- Participants
- Information on the sample of participants.
- Apparatus
- The materials used to carry out the research.
- Procedure
- How the study was carried out, step by step.
- Ethics
- Plan to ensure all participants have an ethical experience.
- Design
- 5.Results
- Summarises the findings clearly and accurately.
- Descriptive statistics.
- Measures of central tendency and dispersion, shown in labelled tables and graphs.
- Inferential statistics.
- Reasons for selecting a particular statistical test and what it tests for
- Analysis of whether the null hypothesis can be rejected or accepted.
- 6.Discussion
- Explains what the results mean and has several sections.
- Explanation of findings
- Key findings described that relate to the aims and hypotheses.
- Explain what the findings show and why they occurred.
- Relationship to background research
- Presented in terms of previous findings shown in the introduction.
- Outline aspects o the design that may account or differences.
- Limitations and modifications
- Outline and discuss possible sources of error.
- Suggest ways of rectifying these results.
- Implications and suggestions
- Suggest further studies based on findings.
- Outline any implications and applications of findings from the study
- 7.References
- Sources of information used in alphabetical order.
- Provides evidence for the reader.
- 8.Appendices
- Detailed information not in the main body of the report.
- 1.Title
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