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    This document provides guidance on preparing a research report for COM 3345 Research Methodology. It discusses important parts of research like defining the problem, literature review, research methods, analysis and writing. Common mistakes like leaving the report until the end are addressed. The presentation recommends preparing a schedule and identifies key elements of an academic research report. It emphasizes using appropriate terminology, structure, referencing and style guidelines.

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    This document provides guidance on preparing a research report for COM 3345 Research Methodology. It discusses important parts of research like defining the problem, literature review, research methods, analysis and writing. Common mistakes like leaving the report until the end are addressed. The presentation recommends preparing a schedule and identifies key elements of an academic research report. It emphasizes using appropriate terminology, structure, referencing and style guidelines.

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    COM 3345

    Research Methodology
    Research Report Preparation

    Ms. Vilani Sachitra, PhD.


    Department of Commerce
    Instructions:
    Refer Recommended Textbook Chapter 17.
    You can refer the chapters once you follow this presentation slide.

    COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra


    Important Parts of Research
    • Exploring and defining a research problem
    • Reading and reviewing the literature
    • Designing the research methods
    • Conducting the research
    • Analysing data
    • Writing the research report

    COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra


    Common mistakes in report writing
    • We leave it until near the end
    • Believing that it is a simple part of work
    • we can finish at the last minute

    • How to overcome?
    • You need to have a plan
    • Prepare a Gantt Chart
    • Identify activities in your study
    • Calculate expected time for each activity
    • Identify resources you need
    COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra
    Academic Research Report
    • Using appropriate terminology
    • Take a critical analytical approach
    • Attention on referencing
    • Elements of academic research report:
    • Title page
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Literature review
    • Research methodology
    • Findings
    • Discussion and conclusion
    • Reference
    • Appendices COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra
    Key points to remember
    • Style and grammar: concern about citation style and grammatical
    style (UK or USA)
    • Bullet points: avoid them, use only when giving a list of examples that
    require no further explanation
    • Use of first person: not use ‘I, We’ except two specific cases (when
    explaining your learning experience or narrating a story in qualitative
    data analysis)
    • Use of verb tense: better to use past tense as you are writing
    something that has happened
    • Length of sentence and paragraph: ensure that sentence introduces
    only one idea, and paragraph groups around one idea. Use sub-
    headings COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra
    • Logical structure: there should have a flow from one section to
    another.
    E.g
    • In Introduction: you need to explain why you look at the literature,
    what problem you want to solve
    • In literature review: you need to explain what literature told, what
    literature didn’t answer
    • In discussion: you need to explain how findings of your research
    relate to literature and make your conclusion regarding on it

    COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra


    Reference
    • The location of the cited work of others must be accurately recorded in the
    list (Reference list)
    • Ensure that you cannot be accused of plagiarism
    • Demonstrates that you are aware of the latest thinking in the subject
    • Remember: ‘Everything you have cited in text appears in your reference list
    and everything that appears in your reference list will have been cited in text’
    • Reference styles:
    • APA (American Psychological Association) - author/date based style, primarily used in
    the USA
    • Harvard - very similar to APA, the most well used referencing style in the UK and
    Australia, and is encouraged for use with the humanities.
    • Chicago - widely used for history and economics
    • Search: APA guide 2017
    COM 3345 Online Teaching Material Prepared by Vilani Sachitra

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