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Research Report writing:

For writing a good research report one should first prepare a detail research
outline giving all major section and sub-sections and indicating the important
points that would go in each.
The report should be written in simple, easily readable style using few and
commonly used words as possible.
Four major sections:
a. Introductory explanation
b. Presentation of collect data and its analysis.
c. Summary of general conclusions
d. Recommendations
Common Components:
Preliminary pages
1. Title page
2. Acknowledgement
3. Table of Contents
4. List of tables and figures.
5. Abstract.
Introduction
1. Statement of the problem
2. Review of related literature
3. Statement of hypotheses
Method:
Population and Sampling
1. Instruments
2. Design
3. Procedure
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Results:
1. Data analysis
2. Statistical inference
Discussion:
1. Findings
2. Conclusions
3. Recommendations
4. Recommendations for application of findings of the study
5. Recommendations for revision of the study.
6. Recommendations for further related researches.
References:
General Rules for Reference Writing
1. The references, or bibliography, section of the report lists all the
sources, alphabetically by authors last name; they were directly used in
writing the report.
2. Every source cited in the report must be included in the references, and
every entry listed in the references must appear in the report; in other
words, the sources in the report and the sources in the references must
correspond exactly.
3. If the APA style manual is being followed, secondary sources are not
included in the references
Tips for Research:
1. Clear statement of aims and objectives
2. Awareness of research context ( literature, potential significance)
3. Methodology ( good sample, good test materials, control of variable)
4. Appropriate data handling ( careful and appropriate use of statistics)
5. Result.
6. Conclusions drawn appropriately and applied appropriately.