WRITING A

RESEARCH
REPORT
Five major parts of a research report

 Introduction
 Review of literature
 Methods
 Results
 Discussion
 Section 1: Cover Sheet
 Section 2:  Abstract
 Section 3: Introduction
 Section 4: Research question(s) or
hypotheses
 Section 5: Review of Literature
 Section 6:  Methods
 Section 7:  Results
 Section 8:  Discussion
 Section 9:  Recommendations
 Section 10: Limitations
 Section 11: Conclusion
 Section 12: References
 DESIGN
DECISIONS IN
RESEARCH
 Research Design

The research design is the overall

plan for conducting a study that will
optimize the ability to achieve the
study purpose and obtain accurate
results.
In this section, the following topics
will be presented:

 Validity
 Research Design
 Study Population
 Sampling Plan
 Data Collection Methods
 Finalizing the Research Plan
RESEARCH WORKBOOK
 Introduction
 Exploration
 Designing an experiment
 Conducting an experiment
 Concluding
 Presenting
 Elaborating/ Broadening
As a result of following the research process, you
should have:

 essential question(s) or thesis

statement.
 an outline that follows the essential
question(s)
 Citations
 one or more drafts of the paper,
following the outline of essential
questions or main points, using LEAF
paragraphs.
 a final paper with citations.
 a work cited bibliography.
Leaf Paragraph

L-ead
E-vidence
A-nalysis
F-inisher
TENKYU!
TENKYU!
TENKYU!
Roda/Onin/Kukay/Jema