Writing Empirical Research Reports

Leisa C. Galvan, Fred Pyrczak

Chapters

1. Structuring a Research Report

2. Writing Simple Research Hypotheses

3. A Closer Look at Hypotheses

4. Writing Research Objectives and Questions

5. Writing Titles

6. Writing Introductions and Literature Reviews

7. Writing Definitions

8. Writing Assumptions, Limitations, and Delimitations

9. Writing Method Sections

10. Describing Experimental Methods

11. Writing Analysis and Results Sections

12. Writing Discussion Sections

13. Writing Abstracts

14. A Closer Look at Writing Reports of Qualitative Research

15. Preparing Reference Lists

References

Appendix A Checklist of Guidelines

Appendix B Thinking Straight and Writing That Way

Appendix C The Null Hypothesis and Significance Testing