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The standard approach to this section of a research article or dissertation is to present and
describe the results in a systematic and detailed way. When reporting qualitative results,
the researcher will highlight and comment on the themes that emerge from the analysis.
These comments will often be illustrated with excerpts from the raw data. In text based
studies, this may comprise quotations from primary sources. In quantitative studies, the
results section is likely to consist of tables and figures, and writers comment on the
significant data shown in these. This often takes the form of the location or summary
statement, which identifies the table or figure and indicates its content, and a highlighting
statement or statements, which point out and describe the relevant or significant data. All
figures and tables should be numbered and given a title. More elaborate commentary on the
results is normally restricted to the Discussion section. In research articles, however,
authors may comment extensively on their results as they are presented, and it is not
uncommon for the Results section to be combined with the Discussion section under the
heading: Results and Discussion.
an overview of …
shows the experimental data on X.
Table 1 compares the summary statistics for …
Figure 1 presents the breakdown of X according to …
provides the intercorrelations among the nine measures of X.
the results obtained from the preliminary analysis of X.
As shown in Figure 1,
As can be seen from the table
(above),
the X group reported significantly more Y than the other
From the graph above we can see
two groups.
that
It can be seen from the data in
Table 1 that
are shown
The results of the correlational analysis are set out
in Table 1.
The themes identified in these responses are presented
in Figure 1.
The results obtained from the preliminary analysis of X can be compared
are summarised
surprising
significant
interesting result.
This is a/an (rather)
remarkable outcome.
unexpected
disappointing