Educational Research writing a Research Report

2. Objectives of the unit
 Explain the significance of the report writing
 Discuss the main division of a research report
 Identify the preliminary section of the report
 Specify the requirement of main body of the research report
 Evaluate the summary and conclusions part of the research report
 Analyze the typing format of research report
 List the supplementary section of the report such as bibliography,
appendices and index
 Discuss the abstract of a report; and
 Appreciate the process of report writing

26. General rules for typing
research report
1. All copies of the report must be legible-distinct and clear.
2. Strike over should not be made
3. All errors should be corrected by erasing neatly on all copies.
4. Material should be typed on one side of the paper only.
5. One and a half inch margins on the top and left hand side of the
paper and one inch margin on the right hand side and at the
bottom should be left.
6. All textual material should be double spaces.
7. Ditto marks should not be used.
8. The pages of the main body of the report are marked in Arabic
numerals on the right hand corner.
9. The pages of the preliminary section are marked in small Roman
letters.

27. Guidelines for preparing a research
report.
1. The research report should be written clearly so that the
reader may not have any document difficulty in
understanding its content.
2. The report should be written in past tense and not in present
tense.
3. Expressions such as “investigator” “ researcher” etc. in place
of personal pronoun like “I” ,”We” and “My” should be used
in writing the research report.
4. The size of the types of contents, headings, sub-headings,
etc., should be selected appropriately.
5. There should not be any typographical mistakes.
6. It is necessary to get the research report properly bound
since it is a v