Elements of a Research Paper

Elements of a Research Paper

• State the Problem
• Topic
• Identify first your topic that fits to your field of study
  
• Set the scene
• Describe the environment and its conditions
• Get permission before using personal information
  
• Introduce and describe the problem
• Understand and describe your problem
  
• Begin to define terms, concepts, vocabulary
• If possible, use one authoritative source or combine definitions and footnote your sources
  
• Since tasks begun well, likely have good finishes
• review the topic, scene, and problem with your teacher or supervisor to verify if you are on the right path
  

• Review the Literature
• understand your topic and organize your research
  
• Develop your Hypotheses
• Your hypothesis is your proposed explanation that you will test to determine whether it is true or false
  
• Methods
• Give enough information so that others can follow your procedure,
  and can replicate it.
  
• Findings
• This is descriptive and numeric data
  
• Discussion
• Develop your argument based upon your findings.While the data may read for itself, you will need to interpret
  
• Conclusion
• Restate and summarize your findings and discussion either in order to simply complexity or to provide a summary for those who skip to it!
  
• References
• Identify your resources like textbook or individuals that help fro your research
  
• Recommendations
• Write a recommendation about your research, who will use it, how it will be implemented.
  

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