The document outlines the typical sections of a research paper, including the abstract, introduction, method, results, and discussion sections. The abstract provides a brief overview of the study, including some background information, the purpose and scope of the study, the methodology used, and the main results and conclusions. The introduction establishes the context for the research and reviews previous literature on the topic. It focuses the reader on the specific research problem that will be addressed. The method section describes the steps taken in conducting the study and the materials used. The results section presents the findings and includes brief comments. The discussion section interprets the results in a more general context and moves the reader from specific findings to broader implications.

1. Sections of a researchpaperMaría Guadalupe García

2. AbstractTheabstractisactuallythefirstsection of a report, comingafterthetitle and beforetheintroduction. Theabstractprovidesthereaderwith a briefpreview of yourstudybasedoninformationfromtheothersections of thereport. Itisoftenthelastpart of thereporttobewritten.

3. Order of typicalelementsincluded in anabstractSomebackgroundinformation.The principal activity (orpurpose)of thestudy and itsscope.Someinformationaboutthemethodologyused in thestudy.Themostrelevantresults of thestudy.A statement of conclusionorrecommendation.

4. IntroductionItserves as anorientationforreaders of thereport,givingthemtheperspectivetheyneedtounderstandthedetailedinformationcoming in thelatersections.It can bedividedinto 5 parts:Stage IThewriterestablishes a context, orframe of reference, tohelpreadersunderstandhow

5. theresearchfitsinto a widerfield of study.Inthisstageyouestablish a settingforyourresearchtopic.In stage II youestablish a settingforyourresearchtopic. Thisiswhy, sometimesitiscalledthereview of literature. Itisessentiallyanorganizedcollection of references, orcitationstootherworkswhich are listed in a separatesection at theend of yourreport.

6. Thereview of literatureservesthreeimportantfunctions.First, itcontinuestheprocessstarted in Stage I of givingyourreadersbackgroundinformationneededtounderstandyourstudy.Second, itassuresyourreadersthatyou are familiar withtheimportantresearchthat has beencarriedout in yourarea.

7. Third, itestablishesyourstudy as one link in a chain of researchthatisdeveloping and enlargingknowledege in yourfield.Afteryouhavepresented contextual setting and discussedthepreviouswork of otherresearchers, you use the final part of theintroductiontofocustheattention of thereaderonthespecificresearchproblemyouwillbedealingwith in thebody of yourreport.

8. workis done in threeadditionalstages, whichwedesignate as III,IV, and V. Stage III indicatesanareathatisnottreated in thepreviousliterature, butthatisimportantfromthepoint of view of yourwork; Stage IV formallyannouncesthepurpose of yourresearch; and Stage V indicatepossiblebenefitsorapplications of yourwork.

9. MethodIt describes thestepsyoufollowed in conductingyourstudy and thematerialsyouused at eachstep.Themethodsectionisusefultoreaderswhowanttoknowhowthwmethodology of yourstudymayhaveinfluencedyourresults, orwho are interested in replicatingorextendingyourstudy.

10. ResultsIn thispart, youpresentthefindings of yourstudy and brieflycommentthem. Somewriterscallthissection “ results and discussion”, thusindicating more extensivecommentsonthefindings of thestudy. However, in thischapterwefollowedtheconvention of includingonlybriefcommentsfocusedonthestatisticalanalysis .

11. DiscussionItisthelastmajorsection of thereport, followedbythelist of references. Sometimes ,thissectioniscalled “conclusions” instead of “discussion”.Thissectionmovesthereader back fromthesecificinformationreported in themethods and resultsto a more general view of howthefindingsshouldbeinterpreted.