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Preparation of the Research Report - Coggle Diagram

- - - - This context is what characterizes theses, dissertations, articles for publication in scientific journals, studies for government agencies, technical reporting centers; and books that report one or more investigations.
      - What we call non-academic context implies that the results must be for commercial purposes or to the general public (for example, readers of a newspaper or magazines), to a group of executives with little time to dedicate to a matter or to people with minors research knowledge.
    - - The research report is a document that describes the study carried out (what research was carried out, how it was done, what results and conclusions were obtained).
- - - - • Summary. What constitutes the essential content of the research report (usually the statement of the problem, the methodology, the most important results and the main conclusions - all summarized). In the case of articles for scientific journals, the abstract occupies 75 to 175 words. The summary must be understandable, simple, accurate, informative and precise.
        
        • Introduction. Which includes the statement of the problem (objectives and research questions, as well as the justification of the study), the general context of the research (how and where it was carried out), the variables and terms of the research and their definitions, as well as the limitations of this.
        
        • Theoretical framework (reference framework or literature review). In which the studies and background investigations and the theories to be handled are developed.
        
        • Method. This part of the report describes how the investigation was carried out and includes:
        o Hypothesis and specifications of the variables
        o Design used (experiment or no experiment)
        o Subjects, universe and sample (origin, ages, sex and / or those characteristics that are relevant to the subjects; description of the universe and sample; and sample selection procedures).
        o Applied measurement instruments (precise description, reliability, validity and measured variables).
        o Procedure (a summary of each step in the development of the investigation).