Components of a Research Report
Partido, B.B.
Elements of research report
| Introduction | What is the issue? |
| Methods | What methods have been used to investigate the issue? |
| Results | What was found? |
| Discussion | What are the implications of the findings? |
The research report contains four main areas:
- Introduction– What is the issue? What is known? What is not known? What are you trying to find out? This sections ends with the purpose and specific aims of the study.
- Methods– The recipe for the study. If someone wanted to perform the same study, what information would they need? How will you answer your research question? This part usually contains subheadings: Participants, Instruments, Procedures, Data Analysis,
- Results– What was found? This is organized by specific aims and provides the results of the statistical analysis.
- Discussion– How do the results fit in with the existing literature? What were the limitations and areas of future research?