The research report refers to turn public to someone else the results achieved on a specific research study. It means that the report attends one of the basic principles of a scientific method, which is Science is public. This kind of report is a document that must be accurate, objective and complete about all that was done, found, and also specifying how the specific study is related to other studies in the same field. All that pieces of information are necessary prerequisites to prepare o an excellent material to be shown to the scientific community.
According to the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is conveyed that the reports of behavioral science publications be presented using the APA style. The content of the Publication Manual establishes standardized structures of the reports to organize all its content in a way that enables the readers to find the pieces of information more objectively as possible.
Some of the critical elements of a Research Report are:
- Abstract - which offers an overview of the research study.
- Introduction - describes the context and background of the research and includes the research question and brief comments about the applied methods of the study.
- Methodology- provides detailed pieces of information about the research strategy and the step by step process to achieve the results.
- Results - Presenting the collected data and its results.
- Discussion - Present the analysis logically and systematically supported by the pieces of evidence and explanation of the findings creating an eventual application of the results.
- References - List of all sources of information that were relevant in the study.
The crucial point of research is to acquire knowledge, and a good report should contain the correct structure to serve to open up new areas of interest communicating information which has been compiled as a result of research and analysis of data collected in a study.
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