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Write a research report of at least 900 words on a topic of your choice. Be sure to appropriately narrow your topic and choose something that you can adequately research.
Your research report should include the following:

Document your sources properly, using MLA format (click here to review the MLA Style Guide).
You must submit an outline with your report.
Remember that a research report is a formal piece of writing.
You must use at least two sources for your report; only one of which can be a website source. Journal articles found using an online database, such as EBSCOhost, are not considered to be website sources.
You must cite at least one direct quotation in your report.
Use what you've learned about well-developed paragraphs and effective transitions.
Be sure your report is free of conventional and grammatical errors and is at least 900 words long.
Include the works cited page.

Answer 1

 Introduction - The purpose of your report. The thesis statement will be useful here.

Background information may include a brief review of the literature already available on the

topic so that you are able to ‘place’ your research in the field. Some brief details of your

methods and an outline of the structure of the report.

 Literature Review - If asked to do a separate literature review, you must carefully structure

your findings. It may be useful to do a chronological format where you discuss from the

earliest to the latest research, placing your research appropriately in the chronology.

Alternately, you could write in a thematic way, outlining the various themes that you

discovered in the research regarding the topic. Again, you will need to state where your

research fits.

 Methodology - Here you clearly outline what methodology you used in your research i.e.

what you did and how you did it. It must be clearly written so that it would be easy for

another researcher to duplicate your research if they wished to.

 It is usually written in a 'passive' voice (e.g. the participants were asked to fill in the

questionnaire attached in Appendix 1) rather than an 'active' voice (e.g. I asked the

participants to fill in the questionnaire attached in Appendix 1).

 Clearly reference any material you have used from other sources. Clearly label and

number any diagrams, charts, and graphs. Ensure that they are relevant to the

research and add substance to the text rather than just duplicating what you have

said. You do not include or discuss the results here.

 Results - This is where you indicate what you found in your research. You give the results

of your research, but do not interpret them.

 Discussion - This is where you discuss the relevance of your results and how your findings

fit with other research in the area. It will relate back to your literature review and your

introductory thesis statement.

 Conclusion - This is a summary of the most significant results/findings. You should not

include any new material in this section. Sometimes you could indicate some areas where

your research has limits or where further research would be useful.

 Recommendations - This includes suggestions for what needs to be done as a result of

your findings. Recommendations are usually listed in order of priority.