How to write Thesis/Article/Research Report

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The following format can be used to write a thesis, article, or research report. In most circumstances, the structure outlined below can be found appropriate after reviewing many reports and interacting with professionals. Remember that your supervisor may expect a variation of the following report structure in a variety of ways.

For the purpose of better understanding, the Title of the blog is divided into two parts are-

1. Section Outline of Thesis/Article/Research Report

2. Section Outline of Project/Case Study Report

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1. Section Outline of Thesis/Article/Research Report

Title: Title will not be in abbreviated form.

 Abstract

More About Abstract

Abstract: The Abstract should include the importance/necessity of the work, the method/process, the specific outcome of the present work to show what you concluded from the study. 

1)     An abstract is a concise summary of a research paper or entire thesis.

2)     Total 150 to 250 or 350 words as demanded

3)     Keywords (important/catchy words) will be from 5 to 10. Less is mostly preferred

4)     No Abbreviation 

5)     No reference 

What are the issues in the abstract?  All abstracts generally cover the following five issues:

1. Reason for writing:

What is the importance of the research? Why would a reader be interested in the larger work?

2. Problem:

What problem does this work attempt to solve? What is the scope of the project? What is the main argument, thesis or claim?

3. Methodology:

An abstract of a scientific work may include specific models or approaches used in the larger study. Other abstracts may describe the types of evidence used in the research.

4. Results:

An abstract of a scientific work may include specific data that indicates the results of the project. Other abstracts may discuss the findings in a more general way.

5. Implications:

How does this work add to the body of knowledge on the topic? Are there any practical or theoretical applications from your findings or implications for future research?

Section 1: Introduction

1.1.      Introduction

Explain the context of the study and state the precise objective. An Introduction should contain the background, the problem and proposed solution, the structure of the remaining sections.

1.2.  Background of the Study

1.3.  Problem Statement

A survey of the existing literature in the field of your research, leading up to your topic, is usually included in the background of a study. You can identify gaps in understanding, or areas that have not been covered in these studies after you've discussed the contributions of other scholars in the field. should use reference.

1.4.  Questionaries

1.5. Objectives

1.6.  Rationale of the Study

1.7. Chapter summary (Brief summary of each section

Section 2: Literature Review

Section 3: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

Theoretical framework-

Investigating the literature following the object of the research. Finding some variables that are more fit to construct questions and hypotheses also. These questions will help the researcher to map the objectives.

Conceptual framework-

Obtain the list variables from the study of literature review. Establishing final relationship among the variables obtained from a literature review. Decide about statistical tests or models that can be fit to prove the hypothesis. The test can be completed based on the conceptual framework and finally, the researcher will prove the relationship of the conceptual framework. Draw a figure (if applicable) based on your relationship with variables. 

     Section 4: Methodology

                 Section 5: Key Findings / Data Analysis/ Results

The presentation of results should be simple and straightforward in style. This section reports the most important findings, including results of statistical analyses as appropriate and comparisons to other research results. This is where the author(s) should explain in words what he/she/they discovered in the research.

        Section 6: Discussion

        Section 7: Conclusion and Recommendations

Summarize sentences the primary outcomes of the study in a paragraph. Are the claims in this section supported by the results, do they seem reasonable? Have the authors indicated how the results relate to expectations and to earlier research? Does the article support or contradict previous theories? Does the conclusion explain how the research has moved the body of scientific knowledge forward? Also, the future focus needs to be pointed out.

References

       Styles are-   APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, IEEE, Harvard

What style will you prefer? Really very difficult to make a decision. Depends on the direction of the supervisor or sometimes the publisher. Learn more from the internet about each style format.

       Bibliography

 (Same as Reference but more references that are not in the body of the report)

        Annexures

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