WRITING OF RESEARCH REPORT OR THESIS WRITING

1. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
TOPIC: WRITING OF RESEARCH REPORT
Presented by : Punam Pradhan
PhD Scholar
Roll no.: 1480

2. An Overview
• Salient Features of writing Research Report
• CHAPTER WRITING:
Chapter-I: Introduction
Chapter-II: Review of Related Literature
Chapter- III: Methodology
Chapter-IV: Results and Interpretation
Chapter-V: Discussion
Chapter-VI: Summary, Findings And Implications
Bibliography
Appendix

3. Salient Features of writing Research Report
• Language & Style
• Precision
• Consistency
• Continuity
• Use of Third Person
• Use of Tense
• Use of Headings
• Table of Data or
Results
• Top page of thesis or
Report

4. CHAPTER WRITING
Chapter-I: Introduction
• Should include information on the topic's fundamentals.
• Rationale of the study : why the study was undertaken.
• Statement of the problem: It must be written in capital letters as this is one of
the main captions.
• The objectives should be written in pin-pointed manner.
• The hypothesis must be written in the present tense.
• The delimitations must be listed. In each and every research, there are
limitations but it further gets limited.

5. Chapter-II: Review of Related Literature
• This chapter should contain only those researches which are
related to the problem of the study.
• It should be written in past tense.
• Review of Related Literature be presented in ascending order of
publication.
• Should include about the trend emerging from the studies.
• Should include the last name of the researcher followed by year of
publication in parenthesis ( ), the relevant objectives of the study,
the hypothesis, the sample size, sampling technique, statistical
techniques used and findings of the study.
• Should be as concise as possible.
• All these information should be presented in one paragraph.

6. Chapter- III: Methodology
• Details regarding Sample, Tools/Instruments, Experimental Design,
Procedure of Data Collection, and Data Analysis used in the present
research should be given.
• Under Sample the researcher must mention the Population from
which the Sample was selected. The sample size along with the
Sampling Technique must be written.
• It should clearly mention the instructions given, the sequence of
administering the tools, the time allowed for each tool for
responding, and the scoring procedure used by the researcher.
• Lastly, the data analysis should be mentioned. It must be given
objective wise.

7. Chapter-IV: Results and Interpretation
• The results should be integrated with the interpretation .
• The table in which the results are given should have
appropriate title.
• While referring to the results, present sentence should
be used else the rest part of this chapter should be
written in the past tense.
• The findings emerged from the interpretation should be
given in this chapter at the end.

8. Chapter-V: Discussion
• Different captions of this chapter should emerge
from the findings.
• The findings should be discussed in the light of
related researches.
• The researcher may find that the past researches
either support or contradict the present research
findings. In both the cases the researcher should
give the reasons as why the present findings have
emerged.

9. Chapter-VI: Summary, Findings And Implications
• Majority content of this chapter should be taken from earlier
chapters.
• The researcher must give information under various heads, such
as, Rationale of the study, Statement of Problem , Objectives,
Hypotheses, Sample, Tools, Experimental design, Procedure of
Data collection, Data analysis, Findings and Implications.
• The Implications should be written for different concerned people.
If read, people must understand as how these findings can be used
in the field to improve the quality.

10. Bibliography
• Bibliography is broader than References. In both Bibliography as well
as References, the studies are arranged in alphabetical order.
• The format of writing Bibliography as well as References may vary
from University to University and Journal to Journal.

11. Appendix
• Appendix is the last part of thesis or research report.
• It contains all the relevant material which helps in understanding the
findings that cannot be assimilated in the main text without breaking
the flow of information and pleasure of reading.
• Appendix generally includes tools used in collecting data.