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Introduction (1)
MAIN GOAL Clarity
Resultssectionshouldcontain:JUST THE FACTS
Texts
Tables
Figures
Transcript summaries
Authors description of what is important
Extensivediscussionofresultsbelongstothediscussionsection.
Introduction (2)
How should the results be organised?
Thereisnotastandardformoridealformula.
Resultsshouldhave:
1. Anorganisationallogicthatcanbedescribedtothereaders.
2. Asequencewhichguidesthereaderthroughtheresults.
MAINGOALSimple,clearandcompleteaccountofresults
Demographics
(Overall Picture)
Quantitative
(numbers,statistics)
Qualitative
(words,ideas)
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Addressing
Research objectives
Itwouldprobablybebesttoorganisetheresultsaround
answeringtheresearchobjectives.
Quantitative
(numbers,statistics)
Qualitative
(words,ideas)
D.E. Searle & S.Suresh
Quantitative Study
Theresultsusuallypresentstheoutcomeofmultiple
analysisofdata.
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Analysis
Statements
I, II, III, IV
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Tables
Graphics
Pictures
Charts
Quantitative Study
Types of Statements:
Type I
The correlations between student ratings and final examination marks are given in Table 1.
Type II
As shown in Figure 2, the rate of typing increased from a baseline of about 0.7 words per
minute to about 1.5 words per minute during the treatment period.
Type III
Six of the correlations between amount of homework and GPA were found to be positive
and significant (p < 0.05).
Qualitative Study
Thenaturalisticinquiryislikelytoproducelarge
quantitiesofdatathatrepresentwordsandideas.
Raw Data
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Tables
Graphics
Pictures
Charts
Qualitative Study
Thesourcesofinformationarethefollowing:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Interviewtranscripts.
Fieldnotes.
Widevarietyofrecords.
Documents.
Eachqualitativeanalysisrequiresthattheresearcherdevisehisor
herownmethodforpresentingresults.
Purpose
Makesenseofthedata.
Method
Inductiveanalysis.
1. Unitising(Codingoperation)
2. Categorising(Organisingintocategoriesbasedon
similarities)
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Themethodsmaydiffer.
Therawdatamightassumedifferentforms.
Theresultscouldincludetexts,tables,figures,graphs,orother
diagramrepresentations.
Recommendations
Practitioners
Academics
Example
Chapter 4 Data Analysis
4.1Introduction
4.2Detailedanalysisofquestions
Tables
Figures
Words
Combination
4.3Link4.2toresearchobjective
4.4Summary
Example
Chapter 5 Conclusion and
Recommendations
5.1Introduction
5.2Objectivesanditsfindings
Objective1
Objective2
Objective3
5.3Recommendations
Practitioners
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