Parts of a Research Paper

________ states the procedure you took to discover about your topic.

• results

• discussion

• literature review

• methodology

______ here is where you will reiterate your thesis statement and justify if the findings are the same or not.

• conclusion

• findings

• analysis

• results

It is a brief summary of the researcher’s main ideas and restates the paper's main thesis, giving the reader the sense that the stated goal of the paper has been accomplished.

• Introduction

• Statement of the Problem

• Conclusions

• Recommendations

It is where the researcher introduces the overview of the topic, the main points of information, and why the subject is important.

• Abstract

• Recommendations

• Conclusions

• Introduction

These are the added suggestions that the researcher wants people to follow when performing future studies.

• Conclusions

• Recommendations

• Statement of the Problem

• Abstract

It shows the different sections of the research paper and the page numbers on which they begin.

• Definition of Terms

• Abstract

• Table of Contents

• Bibliography

Where can you find the list of references in a research report?

• at the beginning

• at the end

• in the methodology

• in the introduction

Which of the following is not discussed in the methodology?

• setting of the research

• sampling strategy used

• instruments used for data collections

• the key findings

It is a detailed summary of your study, which should include a broad overview of the paper, your research question, the significance of your study, methods of research, and findings.

• abstract

• background of the study

• introduction

• methodology

This section tells the reader what problem your study is attempting to solve.

• abstract

• background of the study

• introduction

• methodology