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PREPARING
RESEARCH
PROPOSALS AND
Chapter
Twenty-Four
REPORTS
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Definitions
All key terms should be defined.
The researchers task is to make the
definitions as clear as possible.
Sometimes, terms will have to be modified
to fit the present study.
While it is probably impossible to eliminate
all ambiguity, the clearer the terms used, the
fewer the difficulties that will be encountered
with the study.
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Procedures
The procedures section includes discussion
of the following:
Research
Design
Sample
Instrumentation
Procedural
detail
Internal validity
Data analysis
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Results/Findings
Results of a study can be presented only in a
research report.
Results are usually not found in the proposal section.
This section is found near the end of the research
report and constitutes the description of what kind of
analyses were performed.
The data are revealed by the form of statistical
analysis that was applied to the data, and any
significance that was observed.
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Discussion
The discussion section of a report presents the authors
interpretation of what the results imply for theory and/or
practice.
Researchers place their results in a broader context.
Here, difficulties as well as limitations of the study are
noted, and suggestions for future considerations are
included.
Results and Discussion sections should be kept separate,
since the Discussion section goes beyond the data.
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