Chapter Four
Research Findings
Introduction
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here. Recap the methodology from Chapter Three and provide an overview of how
Chapter Four is organized.
Participants and Research Setting
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here. Begin this section by describing how the study reached saturation through
the number of participants.
Typically, you must include a paragraph describing the
demographic information for each participant in your study. See this example
using an APA level 3 heading (see following example).
Institution #12 – President #12
Institution
#12 was founded in the late 1800s with Christian principles and is committed to
student’s future successes and contributions to Appalachia. The institution
supports and respects the worth of all humans. Ninety-nine percent of freshmen
students receive financial aid, and 38% are first-generation students.
Sixty-three percent of undergraduate students are awarded federal, state,
local, or institutional grant aid. Institution #12 is designated by IPEDS as
“town: remote” and classified with the Carnegie Classification as a major
graduate, medium-sized institution with high residency. The institution offers
both distance education courses and programs. The institution has roots in the
Baptist faith and is religiously affiliated for purposes of institutional
control. As an independent, non-profit institution, #12 receives no federal,
state, or local appropriations. President #12 was a white male in his fifties
who had been serving in his present role as president since 2016 after serving
as chief academic officer at a private, faith-based institution in Idaho
(Hudson, 2021).
Study Analysis
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here. This section should circle back to the Data Analysis section from Chapter
Three, where you provide an overview of the coding. Then, briefly introduce the
themes of your study and firms alignment with each of your respective research
questions.
Analyses of Research Questions
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each new paragraph. Write your next section here. List research questions one
at a time. You should address each question with its own level three heading. Often,
you will want level IV and V headings to introduce themes and sub-themes within
each research question (see below).
Research Question One
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each new paragraph. Write your next section here. It is best practice to begin
this section by restating the research question. For example:
Research question one asked, what meaning do TRiO Student Support Services students
attribute to firms success in college? Then, introduce your themes and firms
corresponding data using Level IV and V headings (see example below).
Theme
One: Social Responsibility. Begin
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block quote. For more information on how to appropriately format quotations
from research participants, please see 8.36 of the APA Publication Manual,
Seventh Edition (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/quoting-participants)
Subtheme
One: Social Responsibility Among Culture.
Begin texts and quotes here. Recall that APA requires quotes 40 words or more to
be a block quote.
Research Question Two
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Follow the same guidelines as above to begin this section.
Supplementary Findings
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here. If you do not have supplementary findings, this heading should be
deleted.
Summary
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here. This
section summarizes the chapter contents and closes with a transition sentence
to Chapter Five. Do not write in future tense.
