Worthful knowledge to built a research report

1. Research Report
Chapter 9

2. Concept of Research Report
A descriptive statement is made after the completion
of research work with specific objectives including
work procedures and results. Such descriptive
statement is known as research report.
Research report presents the research findings and
procedures to the concerned parties in scientific,
systematic and well managed way.

3. Importance of Research Report
1. Provide information
2. Measure validity and reliability
3. Forms the base for article
4. Helps to prepare educational materials
5. Know the difference in knowledge
6. Helps to management Decision

4. Types of Research Report
UNDP has classified to the research reports in
the following groups:
1. Preliminary Report
2. General report
3. Technical Report

5. Procedures for Writing Report
1. Preparation of outline
2. Time planning
3. Management of data
4. start of writing report
5. Prepare the first draft
6. Put the report for some time
7. Review and rewrite

6. Style of Research Report Writing
1. Clear writing
2. Coincide with the study objectives
3. Put concentration on grammar, spelling and terminology
4. Be selective
5. Be objective
6. Draw conclusions

7. Format and Components of Research Report/Thesis
Following format is used while writing research
report:
a. Preliminary part
b. Body of the report
c. Supplementary section

8. Format and Components of Research
Report/Thesis
A. Preliminary Part
1. Title page
2. Recommendation sheet
3. Viva - voce sheet
4. Acknowledgement
5. Executive summary/ the Synopsis
6. Table Of Contents
7. List of Tables and Figures

9. Format and Components of Research
Report/Thesis
B. Body of the Report
1. Introduction
2. Review of Literatures
3. Research Methodology
4. Data Presentation and Analysis
5. Summary and Conclusions
C. Supplementary Section
1. Reference materials or bibliography
2. Appendix

10. Citation and References in Report
Referencing is a standard of
acknowledging sources of information
that is used in research. Citation is a
style of managing the information in
the research report which was obtained
from various sources.

11. Methods of Citation and References in the Text of
Report
1. Short citation
2. Long citation
3. Use of ellipses
4. Indirect 'quotations or paraphrasing
5. Footnote
6. Abbreviations
7. Citation style when there is one or more writers

12. Plagiarism
word plagiarius,
Plagiarism comes from the Latin

which means kidnapper (Menager-Beeley & Paulos, 2006);
In plain English, plagiarism is cheating;
This occurs when the work of others, either wholly


or in part, is presented by you as your own work;
Plagiarism
giving them
Plagiarism
means using another’s work without

credit and saying that it is your own;
“copying”,
can occur when

“summarizing”, “paraphrasing”, or “citing”common
words without
knowledge, facts, ideas, and/or
giving credit to the person from whom you got the
information;

13. Intentional vs. Unintentional Plagiarism
Plagiarism can take two forms: intentional and unintentional
INTENTIONAL UNINTENTIONAL
• Copying and pasting parts of or a whole Paraphrasing a source without citing it;
webpage to submit as own; Failure to include works cited or
• Downloading a paper from a web- site; reference page;
• Ordering a paper from a web- site; Patchwork plagiarism; taking the ideas
or,
• Buying a paper; other writers and patching them together;
• Using another person’s paper;
• Cutting and pasting from several sources;
• Copying an article from the internet, or
from a local source;

14. How to avoid plagiarism
When you write something that includes:
 Words;
 Opinions;
 Statistics;
 Facts;
 Information from an author
 Pictorial representations,
or any other source, and
You are required to put
an
down a footnote,
quotation marks, and/or in-text parenthetical
author, then
reference to the author. If there is no
state where you found the information.

15. How to Avoid Plagiarism…
 Use your own words
 Always give credit to the source where
you have received your information
 If you use someone’s exact words- put
them in quotes and give credit using in-
text citations.
your references
Include the source in

16. How to Avoid Plagiarism…
 If you have paraphrased someone’s work, (summarizing
a passage or rearranging the order of a sentence and
changing some of the words)- always give credit
 Take very good notes- write down the source as
you are taking notes
 Avoid using someone else’s work with minor “cosmetic”
changes

17. THANK YOU !!!