BODY OF THE REPORT:
The body of the Report is the most important part of the report and may be segmented into a handful of Units or Chapters arranged in a sequential order.
Research Report often present the Methodology, Objectives of the study, Data tools, etc in the first or second chapters along with a brief background of the study, review of relevant studies.
The major findings of the study are incorporated into two or three chapters based on the major or minor hypothesis tested or based on the sequence of objectives of the study.
Each Chapter may be divided into sections.
While the first section may narrate the descriptive characteristics of the problem under enquiry, the second and subsequent sections may focus on empirical results based on deeper insights of the problem of study.
Each chapter based on Research Studies mostly contain Major Headings, Sub headings, quotations drawn from observations made by earlier writers, footnotes and exhibits.
Use of References:
There are two types of reference formatting. The first is the ‘in-text’ reference format, where previous researchers and authors are cited during the building of arguments in the Introduction and Discussion sections. The second type of format is that adopted for the Reference section for writing footnotes or Bibliography.
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