RESEARCHREPORTWRITING.ppt

Y.L SOMASHEKARA Research Scholar DOS In Library Information Science MGM Mysore Research report writing is the oral or written presentation of the evidence and the findings in such detail and form as to be readily understood and accessed by the reader and as to enable him to verify the validity of the conclusions.. According to American Marketing Society, Its purpose is to Convey to interested persons the whole result of study in sufficient detail and to enable each reader to comprehend the data and to determine himself the validity of the conclusions. It is covers, Disseminations, Presents the conclusions for the information and knowledge to others, to check the validity of the generalizations, to encourage others to carry on research on the same or allied problem. Generally, a research report, whether it is called dissertation or thesis 1) The Priliminary i.e. preface pages 2) The text of the report / Main body of the report 3) The Reference material. Title page Certification Candidate Declaration Preface including Acknowledgements Table of Content List of Tables List of figures List of Abbreviation 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Problem Statement 1.3 Purpose and objective of the study 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Definition of Terms 1.6 Significant of the study 1.7 Conclusion 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Body of the literature 2.1.1 General area of research 2.1.2 Underlying theory 2.1.3 Variables used from previous literature 2.2 Theoretical Framework 2.3 Hypotheses 2.4 Conclusion 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Research Design 3.2 Variable and Measurement 3.3 Questionnaire design 3.4 Population and Sample 3.5 Scope of the study 3.6 Data analysis method 3.6.1 Goodness of data 3.6.2 Inferential analysis 3.7 Conclusion 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Goodness of Measure 4.2.1 Representativeness of data 4.2.2 Validity test 4.2.3 Reliability test 4.3 Inferential analysis 4.3.1 Descriptive analysis 4.3.2 Test of difference 4.3.3 Test of relatio