PR 4TH

• Noting patterns and themes


  • Recurring themes which put together many separate pieces of data
• Making contrast and comparisons


  • Comparison is a classic way to test a conclusion
• Clustering


  • Grouping of data then, conceptualizing information that has similar patters or characteristics
• Types of Conclusions (Samosa, et al. (2021))

  • Summarizing Conclusion
  • Externalizing Conclusion
  • Editorial Conclusion
• is typically used for giving a clear summary of the main points of your topic and thesis
• Externalizing Conclusion


  presents points or ideas that may not have been directly stated or relevant to the way you presented your research and thesis
• Editorial Conclusion


  you are presenting your own concluding ideas or commentary
• Characteristics of a good conclusion

  • Appropriately answer the specific questions raised at the beginning of the investigation
  • Formulated concisely that is, brief and short
  • Have inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications, and interpretations
• Drawing out conclusions


  • Demonstrate good analysis
  • Give the written work a sense of completeness
  • Stresses the importance of the conclusion
• A concluding statement does not support the results and findings of the study is a common error in making qualitative conclusions
• Types of Research Recommendations

  • Article Recommendations
  • Topic Recommendations
  • Methodology Recommendations
  • Collaboration Recommendations
• Characteristics of a good research recommendation

  • Benefits of further studies in your field
  • Steps to be followed in future studies
  • Feasible certain points in your study
• Using the actual findings of the study as reasons for recommendation means writing the recommendation precisely
• Latner, Richard. "The Long and Short of Salem Witchcraft: Chronology and Collective Violence in 1692."


  Journal of Social History 42.1 (2008): 137-56.
• Chapters of a written research report

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Review of Literature and Theoretical Framework
  • Chapter 3: Methodology
  • Chapter 4: Results and Discussions
  • Chapter 5: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
• Conclusions


  The part of the research paper that is based on the findings of the study and presented in paragraph form
• Summary


  The part of the research report that briefly recapitulates the entire content of the paper
• Recommendations


  The part of the last chapter of a research study that is based on the findings and conclusions