The document provides guidance on summarizing, concluding, and recommending for research findings. A summary should include the key outcomes and effect estimates from a study in 3 sentences or less. Conclusions should answer questions raised and point out what was learned, based on responses. Recommendations should aim to solve problems discovered and be feasible, logical suggestions addressed to relevant parties.

1. C h a p t e r 5
S U M M A RY, C O N C L U S I O N S A N D
R E C O M M E N DAT I O N S

2. ,
A summary of findings presents
the key information about the most
important outcomes of a treatment,
including the best effect estimate
and the certainty of the evidence
for each outcome.

3. S U M M A RY O F F I N D I N G S
There should be a brief statement about:
The main purpose of the study
The population or respondents
The period of the study
Method of research used
The research instrument
The sampling design

4.  The findings maybe lumped up all together but clarity
demands that each specific question under the statement
of the problem must be written first to be followed by the
findings.
 The findings should be textual generalization, that is a
summary of the important data consisting of text and
numbers.
 Only the important findings, the highlights of the data,
should be included in the summary.
 Findings are not explained nor elaborated anymore.
 No new data should be introduced in the summary of
findings

5. The conclusion is intended to help
the reader understand why your
research should matter to them after
they have finished reading the paper. A
conclusion is not merely a summary of
your points or a re-statement of your
research problem but a synthesis of
key points.

6. CONCLUSIONS
Inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications, interpretations, general
statements, and/or generalizations based upon the finings.
Conclusions should appropriately answer the specific questions raised at
the beginning of the investigation in order they are given under the
statement of the problem.
Conclusions should point out what were factually learned from the inquiry.
The conclusion should be based upon the responses to the question.
Conclusions should be formulated concisely, that is brief and short.

7. A recommendation is a
suggestion or proposal for
something that should be done, as
derived from the findings.

8. RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations should aim to solve or help solve problems discovered in
the investigation.
No recommendations should be made for a problem, or any thing for that
matter, that has not been discovered or discussed in the study.
There may also be recommendations for the continuance of a good practice
or system, or even recommendation for its improvement.
Recommendations should aim for the ideal but they must be feasible,
practical, and attainable. It is useless to recommend the impossible.
Recommendations should be logical and valid.
It should be addressed to the persons, entities, agencies, or offices who or
which are in a position to implement them.

9. Any questions?

10. Choose the correct answer. (Summary, Recommendations,
Conclusion
1. It should be addressed to the persons, entities, agencies, or
offices who or which are in a position to implement them
2. It should be logical and valid.
3. Inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications,
interpretations, general statements, and/or generalizations
based upon the findings.
4. Only the important findings, the highlights of the data, should
be included in the summary.
5. is intended to help the reader understand why your research
should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper.
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