Question

Why is it difficult to summarize research results and their implications in a few pages, What considerations should guide these processes? What are the roles of the research report?

Answer 1

Answer: Often the researches that are carried out are deep and have wide scope therefore the results have a number of implications that are very difficult to describe and summarize in few pages. Similarly using few words to summarize them may often result in missing out some important points associated with them. All these factors make it difficult to summarize the results and their implications in few pages. Therefore there are a number of considerations to guide this process. Some important ones are

1. All the key relevant findings and implications related with the hypothesis get mentioned

2. There is a logical sequence in presentation so that reader can easily understand them

3. The significance of the results is covered

4. The presentation looks professional

5. Proper citations are mentioned

6. The validity and relevance of the findings is not lost

The major roles of the research reports are

1. To establish answers to the complex questions

2. To convey the results and analysis of the research question

3. Transmitting information with a clear purpose

4. To support decision making