II.

WRITING OF RESULT SECTION

A. Result section
In this section…
 present the data, the facts – what you found, calculated, discovered, or observed;
 simple past tense of the verb is used to report what was found or observed; and
 you may use tables and figures to summarize, but make sure that all tables and
figures are labeled and numbered separately. Captions go above tables and
beneath for figures.
Basically, you answer the question:
“What did you find out?”
Reminder!
In this section, you are only supposed to summarize your findings.
DON’T DISCUSS!
 In writing this section, make sure that you’ll be able to present the themes (and
what does it show?) and the specific statements of the participants where your
themes were generated from.

Example:

THEME 1: Outcomes-based education a tool in providing sustainable quality

nursing education

This theme illuminates the participants’ perspective on outcome-based education as a

system for Olivarez College Tagaytay College of Nursing to deliver quality nursing
education. Likewise, it describes the participants' viewpoint on how outcomes-based
education contributes to the attainment of the vision-mission and goals of the College of
Nursing.

(Provide the specific statements from the participants which leads you to the
theme, then support it with RRL)
 B. Structure of result section

1. Theme
2. Introduction to the theme and explanation to the theme
3. Participants statements that lead to the theme
4. Rrl to support the statements

III. Writing of discussion section

A. Discussion section

In this section…

 show the relationships among the facts as you put the results of your research in context
of previous researches; and
 use the present tense to emphasize on established knowledge and present your results.

This section should include:

 trends, relationships, generalizations shown by the results

 any exceptions
 outlying data and why
 how your results agree/ disagree with previous studies and why

Basically, you answer the question:

“What do the results mean, and so what?”

B. Organization of discussion section

this section typically follows the following rhetorical moves:

 Move 1: POINTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE RESEARCH SPACE

 Move 2: INDICATE THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

 Move 3: IDENTIFY USEFUL AREAS OF FURTHER RESEARCH
1. MOVE 1: Points to consolidate the research space

These expressions can be used to compose:

MOVE 1:
○ On the whole,
○ Overall,
○ In the main,
○ With certain exceptions

Example:
Overall, findings research indicated the respondents’ general positive outlook on
research. Studies have shown (Bakar, 2010 & Remes, Helenius & Sinisaari, 2000)
students are more likely to put effort into studying research methods and statistics
when they possess positive attitude towards the subject.

2. MOVE 2: Indicate the limitations of the study

 Acknowledge the limitations of your research.
This is important for the following reasons:
 Not to overstate what the result means (hedge)
 How much weight can be attached to the findings
 Not meant to detract one’s own work

 You may use any of the following expression to state your limited research
scope
 It should be noted that this study has examined only . . .
 This analysis has concentrated on . . .
 The findings of this study are restricted to . . .
 This study has addressed only the issue of. . .
 However, the findings do not imply . . .
 Unfortunately, the data was not able to reveal the . . .

Example:
However, it should be noted that the study did not include the Hotel and
Restaurant Management program as Thesis 1 is taken by the students during
the second semester of the academic year. The study was conducted during
the first semester of the said academic year.
3. MOVE 3: Identify useful areas of further research
 Identify useful areas of further research, emphasize your research may have
found an area that has yet to be explored, or a problem might have presented
itself that needs to be resolved.
Example:
To validate the results of this study, further researches on gender
and research design used as factors to over-all research attitude should be
conducted to validate the results of this study.