Research Methodology \ Reporting And Thesis Writing

This section consists of 16 steps. They were

1. Structure and components of scientific reports.
2. Types of report.
3. Technical reports and thesis.
4. Significance.
5. Different steps in the preparation.
6. Layout.
7. Structure and language of typical reports.
8. Illustrations and tables.
9. Bibliography.
10. Referencing and footnotes.
11. Oral presentation.
12. Planning.
13. Preparation Practice.
14. Making presentation.
15. Visual aids Uses.
16. Communication Importance.




Thesis Structure and components of scientific reports. [Top]

Here we are going to deal with Science Reports Formatting.
Types of Reporting Formats Format Name and Details / Contains.
Science Format Uses: IMRAD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, And Discussion.)
Field / case studies Format Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.


Thesis Structure and components of scientific reports

S.No Component of Thesis Component Details
1 Title Page Title includes subtitle, author name, Institution, Department, date of delivery, research mentor(s) and advisor, their institutions and email addresses
2 Abstract Outline of any Project is called as Abstract.It should is concise, readable, and quantitative. It contains 1 to 2 paragraphs and approximately 400 words. It explains about What, Why and How Questions of a project.
3 Table of Contents It contains all headings and subheadings with page numbers.
                  Page No
List of Figures		xxx
List of Tables	 	xxx
Introduction  		xxx
Subheads...?		xxx	 
Methods  		    xxx
Subheads...?		xxx 
Results  	    	xxx
Subheads...? 		xxx	 
Discussion  		xxx
Subheads...?		xxx
4 List of Tables It contains page numbers of all tables in a list.
5 List of Figures It contains page numbers of all Figures in a list.
5 Introduction It is the beginning article which gives or provides an idea about the project content.
6 Methods These are procedures and tools used to collect and analyze data of surveys, experiments and statistical tests. Or these are used to report the findings of a project study
7 Results These are the actual outputs of a project / actual statements of observations( statistics, tables and graphs) of a project.
8 Discussion These are few sentences that summarize the most important results.
9 Conclusions These are used to summarizes the complete project work of a research paper/ essay / article.
10 Recommendations These are available options used to solve a problem.
11 Acknowledgments These are the vote of thanks for the people wh helped in the project(Advisor, Technical, Intellectual and financially supported persons for the project).
12 References These are the links from where certain resources in the referenced project available for use in the current project.
13 Appendices It contains supplementary material used in understanding research problem and is not a important part of data / Inforamtion.





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