Research Report Writing
- 1. RESEARCH REPORT WRITING Meghana Sudhir
- 2. DEFINITION Research report is a condensed form or a brief description of the research work done by the researcher. It involves several steps to present the report in the form of thesis or dissertation.
- 3. PURPOSE Present in conference. Publish in journals or articles. Get grant or financial aid. Have implications or recommendations in clinical practice,education & administration .
- 4. TYPES & CHARACTERISTICS Conciseness Clarity Honesty Completeness Accuracy REPORT Technical Popular Oral
- 5. GUIDELINES Be objective. Minimize the use of technical language. Use present tense & active voice. Treat the data confidentially. Revise and rewrite.
- 6. Use visual aids. Report should show originality. It must provide a ready availability of the findings. The layout must be appropriate and accordance with the objective. Cont…
- 7. Report should be free from grammatical mistakes. Report must present the logical analysis of the subject matter. It must be an attempt to solve some intellectual problems. Index must be prepared & appended at the end. Report must be attractive in appearance, neat & clear whether typed or printed. Cont..
- 8. It should state the policy implications relating to the problem under consideration. Appendices should be enlisted in respect of all the technical data in the report. Bibliography of sources consulted is a must for a good report.
- 9. STEPS Logical analysis of the subject-matter Preparation of the final outline Preparation of rough draft Rewriting and polishing Preparation of final bibliography Writing the final draft
- 10. FORMAT FOR WRITING REPORT 1. Preliminary Page Title page Approval sheet Acknowledgement Preface or forward Table of content List of tables List of figures Cont…
- 11. 2.Main Body of the Report Introduction Section Problem statement Assumptions Operational definitions Variables Abstract Review of related literature Cont…
- 12. II. Methodological Section Research design Research approach Research setting Population Data collection tool Data analysis III. Result Section Study findings can be represented in graphical or non graphical form Cont…
- 13. IV. Ethical Section Summary Discussion Conclusion Cont…
- 14. V. Implication section Utilized in the field of nursing administration, education & clinical practice. Limitations & Recommendations Bibliography or reference. Appendix .
- 15. THANK YOU