5.1.4 Main Takeaways on Reporting Results

Course subject(s) Module 5. Reporting & Managing Research

Image showing resultsTo report quantitative studies, you typically follow the scheme:

  • Introduction
  • Problem, Relevance, Background, Related Work
  • Method: Participants, Procedure, Materials, Analysis
  • Results: Sample, Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics
  • Discussion: Interpretations, Conclusions, Limitations

In qualitative studies you typically report:

  • Understanding the context of research
  • Understanding the main problem in daily practice
  • Describe the transition from qualitative data to structure, interpretations, or conclusions
  • Describe classification systems or taxonomies as outcomes
  • Describe how you validated your classification
  • Document the link between data and conclusion with citations

In mixed methods, you must include all of the above.

When reporting keep the principle of reproducibility (a.k.a. can the reader replicate your study based on the information you have given in your report or article) in mind.

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