Research Methodology for

business

University of Information Technology & Sciences

 Evaluation of a good research Report

Submitted By:

Name: Farzana Akter Maya

ID no: 17101020

Semester: Spring

Program: B.B.A

Department: Business Studies

University of Information Technology & Sciences

Submitted To:

Ms. Rabaya Bosri

Assistant professor

School of Business

University of Information Technology & Sciences

Date of Submission: 14/04/2020

University of Information Technology & Sciences

Group Members Name & ID:

Farzana Akter Maya 17101020

Ummay Sayma Ummey 17101035

Shukanna Barua 17101023

Samrin Akter Zinia 17101013

Faysal Iqbal 17101037

14th april, 2020

Ms. Rabaya Bosri

Course Instructor

Research Methodology for Business

Subject: Submission of Term Paper

Dear Mam,

It gives me immense pleasure to submit a report on “Evaluation of a good research

Report”. This Term paper is submitted as a partial fulfillment as a part of my course. The
preparation of the Term paper has given me and insightful experience and in-depth knowledge
on this topic. I have given my best effort to make it a worthy one and each aspect of the problem
is considered and studied as requirement.

If any confusion arises or further explanation is needed, I shall be available to explain the matter
to you as and when required despite having limitations. Your benign and authoritative advice
will encourage us to conduct further flawless research in future.

Your Sincerely

Farzana Akter Maya

ID: 17101020
 Acknowledgement

First of all I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude towards all those
people who have helped me in the successful completion of this Term paper, directly or
indirectly. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude towards “Ms. Rabaya Basri” for his
guidance and help which he willingly provided at every step of my Term paper.

Finally, I would like to thank all my family and friends for their encouragement, support and
good wishes.
 Executive Summery

Our Team doing this term paper by doing hard work, most of the information we collect
from internet. and some information collect from our knowledge. All about our paper we Taking
about how to write title page of the good research, as well as we also can understand
acknowledgement is how much important for the report, then we talking about the table of
content list of table. In the main body of the report is introduction ,literature review and design of
the methods, analysis of Data, then in report we also talking about conclusion and reference.
Contents
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Hypothesis of the study ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Significant of the study .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Review of Literature................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Design of the study .................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Methods and procedure ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Tools and Technique of Research .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Analysis and presentation of Data ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Analysis of Data ................................................................................................................................... 17
What to include in the Data Analysis Report .......................................................................................... 17
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 18
Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 18
Defining Good Research
When it comes to social science in general and management research in particular, good research
is research that can influence the human condition whether in society at large or individual
organizations where people spend many of their waking hours. In defining success, senior
executives at a Summit meeting in 2006 identified 10 criteria for quality research (Latham,
2008).

1. Content – New or profound information and best practices versus incremental knowledge
in a narrow topic.
2. Readability – New knowledge presented in a language that they can understand that is
fully deployable to all employees in the organization.
3. Utility – Actionable information that will help practitioners close gaps in performance,
exceed customer expectations and help sustain the organization in turbulent times.
4. Transferability – New knowledge needs to be transferable across the organization and
ideally across industry sectors. The corollary to this requirement in research is the concept
of generalizability.
5. Credibility – The depth of scholarship, including analysis and supporting data, is sufficient
to inspire confidence and implementation of the new knowledge (Baldridge, Floyd, and
Markoczy 2004). Part of the credibility is transparency on sponsorship and funding
sources.
6. Timely – New knowledge and information should be accessible in time to address real-
world problems and challenges and ideally in time to create a competitive advantage.
7. Access – Easy access to new knowledge and information available in multiple media and
formats.
8. Benefits – There should be a clear connection between the new knowledge and
information and organization results and overall success.
9. Involvement – Practitioners should be involved throughout the research process. As the
practitioners put it, “Don’t ask for our problems and data and then toss the research
findings over the wall.” The corollary to this in organizational change is the notion that
resistance to change decreases as the involvement of the key stakeholders increases
(Beckhard and Harris 1987).
10. Dissemination – Present new knowledge and information at public forums such as the
annual NIST Quest for Excellence and make the new knowledge available to the public.
Literature review

1.Coughian et al (2007), Studied on Step by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: quantitative
research . The study found that for many qualified and student nurses the terminology used in
research can be difficult to understand thus making critical reading even more daunting. It is
imperative in nursing that care has its foundations in sound research and it is essential that all
nurses have the ability to critically appraise research to identify what is best practice. [1]

Research Gap : In this literature review we find a lot of thing regarding Evaluation of a good
Research report, Key Word of all literature. But there is no literature regarding Good research .
That’s why we want to explore gray area.
Preliminary section

Title page

Being processed correctly, any title page of research paper is a confident step to the highest
grades and successful results. This part of writing contains necessary information about Research
work, such as:

research paper topic;

author (+co-authors, if there are any);
educational establishment;
Date of submission.
Submitted by
As we can see, a title page reflects the basis of the work in some way. In addition, being
formatted correctly, it gives the reader an understanding of how responsibly you have
approached the preparation of your assignment. Besides, people tend to judge a book (and a
research paper as well) by its cover!

So we've approached the main question - how to write a title page for a research paper
appropriately? First of all, two main formats are usually used for any research paper: APA and
MLA. These formats may seem to be very similar, but each of them has some quite important
unique requirements that must be strictly followed. A format that would be implemented in your
writing depends on the requests of your professor. Therefore, it is better and safer for you to be
skilled in all the format structures, just to be sure!

Acknowledgement
Use the appropriate tone and form. The acknowledgment page is a common feature at the end of
a formal thesis or dissertation, and it can be difficult to know how to include a bit of personal
writing at the end of a technical project. It would be strange to follow up your epoch-shattering
cancer research study with "Shout out to D-Nuts for the sick waffles he brought me in the lab
that one time." Make your acknowledgment page professional, brief and more informal than the
rest of your text, but also specific to the people who helped you along the way.
• The acknowledgment page can either be a list or a more fluid paragraph. It would be fine
to write, "I would like to thank Professor Henderson, Rabaya Bosri, etc." until you've
worked your way through the list.
 • It would also be perfectly acceptable to address each person individually and more
personally: "I would like to thank Professor Rabaya Basri mam for her expert advice
and encouragement throughout this difficult project, as well as Dr. Matthews for his
brilliance in the lab."
• Some people feel uncomfortable emphasizing certain people's help over other people's
help, in which case the list form in alphabetical order is a perfectly acceptable method
of writing an Acknowledgment.

Start with the most important teachers. In general, the most important person to thank in the
acknowledgment is your thesis advisor or major professor overseeing your project, followed by
any members of the thesis committee and other supervising academics directly involved with
your project.
• In general, it's helpful to think in groups, even going to far as to format all the thank-yous
of a particular group in a single sentence: "I would like to thank Dr. Stevens, Dr.
Smith, and Professors Clemons for their extraordinary support in this thesis process."
• If you worked with a small committee, it's customary and thoughtful to thank each person
for the specific things they contributed to your work.

List other helpers. This might include lab assistants, or anyone who helped you with coursework
or contributed to the project itself in any way. Other classmates who you feel like contributed to
the project directly would also be appropriate to thank in this category.

Table of content
Printed tables of contents indicate page numbers where each part starts, while digital ones
offer links to go to each part. The format and location of the page numbers is a matter of style for
the publisher. If the page numbers appear after the heading text, they might be preceded by
characters called leaders, usually dots or periods, that run from the chapter or section titles on the
opposite side of the page, or the page numbers might remain closer to the titles. In some cases,
the page number appears before the text.
Create the table of contents

1. Click where you want to insert the table of contents – usually near the beginning of a
document.
2. Click References > Table of Contents and then choose an Automatic Table of Contents
style from the list.
Then it creat the table of content

Example table of content

Contents
Defining Good Research................................................................................................................................ 8
Preliminary section ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Title page................................................................................................................................................. 10
Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................. 10
Table of content ...................................................................................................................................... 11
List of Table ............................................................................................................................................. 13
List of figure ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Second Section ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Statement of the problem .................................................................................................................. 13
Objective of the study ......................................................................................................................... 14
Hypothesis of the study ...................................................................................................................... 14
Significant of the study ....................................................................................................................... 15
Review of Literature................................................................................................................................ 16
Design of the study ................................................................................................................................. 16
Methods and procedure ..................................................................................................................... 16
Tools and Technique of Research ....................................................................................................... 16
Analysis and presentation of Data .......................................................................................................... 17
Analysis of Data ................................................................................................................................... 17
What to include in the Data Analysis Report .......................................................................................... 17
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 18
Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 18
List of Table
A List of Tables is a reference tool that allows your readers to quickly and easily navigate to data
in your thesis or dissertation. Construction of the list is similar to creating a Table of Contents.
To save yourself some time in making your List of Tables, be sure that you use font styles

List of figure
The List of Figures allows readers to quickly and easily navigate to those pages containing charts
and images that are of interest to them. To save some time in making List of Figures, be
sure that use font styles.

NOTE: not have to provide a List of Figures if have fewer than 5 figures.

CHECKLIST FOR LIST OF FIGURES

• Appropriately formatted.
• Lists all figures in the document except those listed in any Appendices.
• All titles match what appears in the text exactly.
• All page numbers are correct.

Second Section

Introduction
Statement of the problem

The ultimate goal of a statement of the problem is to transform a generalized problem

(something that bothers you; a perceived lack) into a targeted, well-defined problem; one that
can be resolved through focused research and careful decision-making.

Writing a statement of the problem should help you clearly identify the purpose of the research
project you will propose. Often, the statement of the problem will also serve as the basis for the
introductory section of your final proposal, directing your reader’s attention quickly to the issues
that your proposed project will address and providing the reader with a concise statement of the
proposed project itself.

A statement of problem need not be long and elaborate: one page is more than enough for a good
statement of problem.
Objective of the study
The objective of research project summarizes what is to be achieved by the study. The research
objectives are the specific accomplishments the researcher hopes to achieve by the study. ... The
objectives include obtaining answers to research questions or testing the research hypotheses

The final part of clarifying your research project involves thinking in more detail about your
research objectives. Research objectives should be closely related to the statement of the problem
and summarise what you hope will be achieved by the study. For example, if the problem
identified is low utilisation of antenatal care services, the general objective of the study could be
to identify the reasons for this low uptake, in order to find ways of improving it.

Writing your research objectives clearly helps to:

• Define the focus of your study

• Clearly identify variables to be measured
• Indicate the various steps to be involved
• Establish the limits of the study
• Avoid collection of any data that is not strictly necessary.

Hypothesis of the study

A research hypothesis is a specific, clear, and testable proposition or predictive statement about
the possible outcome of a scientific research study based on a particular property of a population,
such as presumed differences between groups on a particular variable or relationships between
variables.

There are different formats that you as a writer can style your hypothesis. There is no specific
format for styling of your hypothesis instead, you are supposed to adhere to the instructions of
your supervisor given in the paper. To come up with a good format you should:

• Research on the question asked. The information can be found in books and articles
online on websites. In libraries and schools. Research and get your findings from
combined sources. The information maybe is containing unknown part of the study. This
will help you in drawing research questions.
• Create a hypothesis that gives the possible answers to the questions you formulated from
your research and reading more. will use your hypothesis to experiment to find out if the
hypothesis statement you draw is not containing null hypothesis.
• Construct an experiment to check hypothesis. This experiment uses scientific methods to
search for the use of machines to conclude. This information can be found by using the
method like observation, interviewing people to get information from them. You can also
use questionnaires to get information that is not biased. The information should give you
the results of the population that shared their information.
 • Study your results then conclude. The conclusions are drawn from the information gotten
from the scientific methods used. The information is analyzed, and the comparisons are
made. They are compared to the hypothesis you drew earlier. This information is used to
write a hypothesis statement.
• Give your findings on the results to either your teacher or whoever it may concern. After
a study, the findings should be presented. It could be done during class discussion, class
presentation or further library research. Use this finding to nullify your hypothesis.

Significant of the study

Essentially, the section on significance of the study provides information to the reader on how
the study will contribute. It must be specifically stated, however, what the study will contribute
and who will benefit from it.

You can figure out several important contributions of your research paper if you let your mind
flow. But I find the following tips helpful in writing the significance of the study.

1. Refer to the statement of the problem

Your problem statement can guide you in identifying the specific contribution of your study.
You can do this by observing a one-to-one correspondence between the statement of the problem
and the significance of the study.

For example, if you ask the question “Is there a significant relationship between the teacher’s
teaching style and the students’ long quiz scores in Mathematics?” then the contribution of your
research would probably be a teaching style or styles (among say, three teaching styles you
evaluated) that can help students perform better in Mathematics. Your research will demonstrate
that that teaching style really works. That could be a groundbreaking approach that will change
the way teachers teach Mathematics which many students abhor.

2. Write from general to specific contribution

I learned this technique from a former professor while in pursuing my masters degree. It works
this way:

Write the significance of the study by looking into the general contribution of your study, such as
its importance to society as a whole, then proceed downwards—towards its contribution to
individuals and that may include yourself as a researcher. You start off broadly then taper off
gradually to a specific group or person.

Coupled with reference to the problem statement, this effectively stimulates the mind to think in
a deductive mode, i.e., from general to specific. This writing approach is similar to the Inverted
Pyramid Approach discussed in How to Write a Good Thesis Introduction.
Review of Literature
A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of
current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing
research.

Conducting a literature review involves collecting, evaluating and analyzing publications (such
as books and journal articles) that relate to your research question. There are five main steps in
the process of writing a literature review:

1. Search for relevant literature

2. Evaluate sources
3. Identify themes, debates and gaps
4. Outline the structure
5. Write your literature review

A good literature review doesn’t just summarize sources – it analyzes, synthesizes, and critically
evaluates to give a clear picture of the state of knowledge on the subject.

Design of the study

Methods and procedure

In your thesis or dissertation, you will have to discuss the methods you used to do your research.
The methodology or methods section explains what you did and how you did it, allowing readers
to evaluate the reliability and validity of the research. It should include:

• The type of research you did

• How collected your data
• How you analyzed your data
• Any tools or materials you used in the research
• Your rationale for choosing these methods

The methodology section should generally be written in the past tense.

Tools and Technique of Research

Qualitative research is generally used to explore values, attitudes, opinions, feelings and
behaviours of individuals and understand how these affect the individuals in question.
Researchers using qualitative methods are concerned with individuals’ perceptions of specific
topics, issues or situations and the meanings they assign to their lives. This kind of research is
important for generating theory, developing policy, improving educational practice, justifying
change for a particular practice, and illuminating social issues. It may also be used to explain the
results of a previous quantitative study or to prepare for the development of a quantitative study.

Analysis and presentation of Data

Analysis of Data

Data analysis for quantitative studies, on the other hand, involves critical analysis and
interpretation of figures and numbers, and attempts to find rationale behind the emergence of
main findings. Comparisons of primary research findings to the findings of the literature review
are critically important for both types of studies – qualitative and quantitative.

Data analysis methods in the absence of primary data collection can involve discussing common
patterns, as well as, controversies within secondary data directly related to the research area

Data analysis is an executive technical summary of the results got from a series of tests and
experiments that are well written by the research paper writing help. It involves a review of
gathered information for research and interpretation of the data collected using logical and
analytical reasoning to determine trends, patterns, and relationships. This is a significant section
of the study that cuts across professions like medicine, actuarial science, business, and others.
Typically, data analysis section of a research paper is divided into four main parts; description of
preparing data, descriptive statistics resulting from experimental studies, inferential statistics
from qualitative analysis and quantitative studies that explain the findings and sums up the
conclusion.

What to include in the Data Analysis Report

To compile the analysis section of your research paper, you need a spreadsheet program and a
word or any other document writing program in your computer. Double-check your data for
accuracy and ensure that your methods of discovery are comparable to the subject issue.

Gather Relevant Materials

Before embarking on writing the analysis, collect relevant documents, including print and online
materials. Make several copies of the print materials. Label and store them in a way that you can
easily access them when you need them.

Create an outline

What rules or guidelines does your institution set for writing data analysis reports? Start by
sketching out how you want your analysis paper to appear. This way, you’ll have a road map that
guides you on the direction that the paper should go. If your report analysis goes beyond 10
pages, then you should a content page. Maintain a formal tone throughout the paper though not
too stodgy as it should be easy to read. Consider your target audience. Is the report meant for
only the people in your field or it is intended for anyone?

Create Data

The crafting of tables, graphics, spreadsheets, and charts have a considerable impact on how you
create data analysis in research. Always develop data before writing the body of the paper to
enable you to match the points and reference. Summarize the importance of each data set and
place the texts close to visual as possible for easy readability.

Craft the Body

Just use simple words in the body of your report analysis. Avoid technical or jargon texts. Your
readers should be able to quickly identify the information and correlate it with the graphics,
spreadsheets, tables, and charts.

Summarize

Summarize your analysis in one or two paragraphs, Craft the transition for the conclusion section
of your research paper. The conclusion needs to be swift as it serves an essential role in joining
all the other data analysis sections together. Focus on the information that you want your readers
to take away from the report.

Revise the Report

The importance of revising the paper need not be overstated. Check every part of the report for
any grammar mistakes, data accuracy, correct font, and overall appearance. You may ask a friend
or classmate to proofread the paper for you because they are likely to identify mistakes in the
analysis than you.

Conclusion
The conclusion of a research paper needs to summarize the content and purpose of the paper
without seeming too wooden or dry. Every basic conclusion must share several key elements, but
there are also several tactics you can play around with to craft a more effective conclusion and
several you should avoid to prevent yourself from weakening your paper's conclusion. Here are
some writing tips to keep in mind when creating a conclusion for your next research paper.

Reference
Authors should focus on recent papers and papers older than five years should not be included
except for an overriding purpose.
 Primary literature references, and any patents or websites, should be numerically listed in the
reference section in the order that they occur in the text (including any references that only
appear in figures/tables/boxes) using the Vancouver reference style (see reference
manager or Endnote styles).
References should be denoted numerically and in sequence in the text, using superscript.
Authors should, where possible, provide DOIs for the articles they cite. The easiest way to find
an article’s DOI is to cut-&-paste references into CrossRef’s simple text

Authors can cite journal articles that have been submitted and accepted for publication but are
yet to be published. These should form part of the main reference section and should be
numbered accordingly.
Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be credited in the text as
“unpublished observations” with written permission from the source and should not be cited or
included in the reference list.
Authors should avoid citing a personal communication, unless it provides essential
information not available from a public source. In this case, include the nature and source of the
cited information, using a term or terms to indicate clearly that no corresponding citation is in the
reference list. Place the source information in parentheses (the name of the person and date of
communication).
The same format should be followed for documents available to scholars in an archive or a
depository.
Authors can cite papers and poster sessions presented at meetings, including items that were
presented but never published and items for which any subsequent publication is unknown. If
subsequent publication is known, they should cite the published form rather than the meeting
paper or poster session.
Reference

[1] Coughian, by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: quantitative research, British Journal of
Nursing. 2007. Vol 16, No II