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• What to do when writing conclusions

  • Restate your position
  • Emphasize subject Importance
  • Offer suggestions
  • End on relevant quotes
• What not to do when writing conclusions

  • Introduce new material
  • Repeat your results and discussion
  • End on a cliff hanger
• • Restate your position - To help readers connect the entire study it is useful to restate the purpose of the study.
• • Introduce new material - Closing statements and inferences should all refer to information previously presented in the study
• • Emphasize subject Importance - Similar to the statement above, this helps the reader understand the importance of the study
• • Offer suggestions - Although some research papers prefer to separate these in a different section, the conclusion can include recommendations of the study
• • End on relevant quotes
• • Repeat your results and discussion - A conclusion can reference the results and discussion, but should not act as a summary
• • End on a cliff hanger - a conclusion should wrap the study neatly Readers should not be left with any unanswered questions or unclear answers.