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4.0 Findings and Discussion
4.1 Findings
In this chapter, the results are presented
so that the reader can understand what you found when analysed the data. The
results section is where you report the findings of your study based upon the
methodology [or methodologies] you applied to gather information. The results
section should state the findings of the research arranged in a logical
sequence without bias or interpretation. Here, you show that you have enough
data to support your discussion, conclusion, and recommendation.
The findings include:
▪ Data presented in tables, charts, graphs,
and other figures (may be placed among research text or on a separate page).
▪ A contextual analysis of this data
explaining its meaning in sentence form.
▪ Report on data collection, recruitment,
and/or participants.
▪ Data that corresponds to the central
research question(s).
▪ Secondary findings (secondary outcomes,
subgroup analyses, etc.).
4.2 Discussion
The purpose of the discussion is to
interpret and describe the significance of your findings in light of what was
already known about the research problem being investigated, and to explain any
new understanding or fresh insights about the problem after you have taken the
findings into consideration. The discussion will always connect to the
introduction by way of the research questions or hypotheses you posed and the
literature you reviewed, but it does not simply repeat or rearrange the
introduction; the discussion should always explain how your study has moved the
reader’s understanding of the research problem forward from where you left them
at the end of the introduction.
In this section, you:
▪ Identify and interpret the important
statistical so that readers can understand the purpose of your research.
▪ To draw conclusions and suggest the
implication of your findings.
▪ To suggest how this type of research
could be improved.
▪ To compare your results with existing
research so you can make suggestions and
recommendations for future research.
▪ Limitations – discuss how your research
could have been improved.
4.3 Conclusion
5.0 Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Conclusion
The conclusion is a restatement of the
strongest parts of your argument.
▪ Summarise the key points of what was
found and discussed. Do not repeat wat you have already written in the
abstract, introduction, or
discussion. Paraphrase yourself!
▪ Refer to your thesis statement and
describe the conclusions that you have reached. “This study provides support
for…” or “The present
study yielded some investigative insights into…” and discuss them.
▪ Reinstate the significance of what for
you have found and include the broader implication of your research. For
example, “The findings
of
the present study suggests that” … or “have the potential for…” and then
discuss this.
5.2 Recommendation
This section gives a list of
recommendations that reflect the conclusions. It proposes actions that should
be taken. Base each recommendation on your expert view of what can and should
be done Recommendations may refer to a need, a new concept, a new project, a
solution to a problem Use a numbered list, if possible, and try to match the
numbers with those of the Conclusions.
Each conclusion may lead to one or more
recommendations
Here, you should:
▪ Base recommendations for future research
on your own research.
▪ Examine your limitation and build on
them.
▪ Develop alternate explanations provided
for your findings and suggest future research be
carried out to validate this.
