Content and organization of a manuscript

1. RESEARCH METHODS
IN EDUCATION

2. “Content &
Organization of a
Manuscript”
Writing a Research report
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Objectives
￮ To share tips with potential researchers for
constructing a scholarly manuscript and,
￮ Organizing information in various types of
scholarly manuscripts
￮ Acquaint the potential researchers with
guidelines to help them avoid making mistakes
that may hinder publication of their manuscripts.

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1. What is a manuscript?
2. Research Reports
3. Elements of a Manuscript/Research Report
a. Problem to be investigated
b. Purpose of the Study
c. Justification for the Study
d. Research Questions or Hypothesis.
e. Definitions
f. Background and review of related
literature
g. Procedures
i. Research Design
ii. Sample.
iii. Instrumentation
iv. Procedural Details
v. Internal Validity
vi. Data Analysis
h. Results/Findings
i. Discussion
Outlines

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h. Suggestions for further research
i. References
j. Footnotes
k. Figures
l. Tables
4. Organization of Manuscript
Outlines

6. What is a Manuscript?
￮ A manuscript is the work
that an author submits to
a publisher, editor, or
producer for publication.
Research reports are one
of those works.
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7. What is a Research Report?
￮ A research report is a
formal account of how a
research project was
conducted and what it
found out. 7

8. ￮ Organization of a
Manuscript
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9.  Title Page
 Table of Contents
 List of Figures
 List of Tables
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Introductory
Section

10. 1) Problem to be investigated
 Purpose of the study
(including assumptions)
 Justification of the study
 Research question and
hypotheses
 Definition of terms
 Brief overview of study
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Main Body

11. 2) Background and review
of related literature
 Theoretical framework , if
appropriate
 Studies directly related
 Studies tangentially
related
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Main Body

12. 3) Procedures
 Description of the research design
 Description of the sample
 Description of instruments used (scoring
procedures; reliability; validity)
 Explanation of the procedures followed
(the what, when, where, and how of the
study)
 Discussion of internal validity
 Discussion of external validity
 Description and justification of the
statistical techniques or other methods
of analysis used 12
Main Body

13. 4) Findings
 Description of
findings pertinent to
each of the research
hypotheses or
questions
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Main Body

14. 5) Summary and
conclusions
 Brief summary of the research
question being investigated, the
procedures employed, and the
results obtained
 Discussion of the implications of
the findings—their meaning and
significance
 Limitations—unresolved
problems and weaknesses
 Suggestions for further research
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Main Body

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• References
(Bibliography)
• Appendixes

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