Chapter 16 Drawing Conclusions and Writing Research
Select the choice which best completes the statement, or answers the question, by clicking on the corresponding letter.
In the final chapter the researcher:
Presents the conclusions and recommendations of the study.
Presents the context for the research.
Presents the background to the study.
Presents the research proposal.
A conclusion in research is essentially:
A guess.
A judgement, a final decision.
A supposition.
A proposition.
The overall conclusion the researcher draws in the final chapter is:
A simple idea the researcher has.
No more than a hunch that the researcher has.
Developed from all of the minor conclusions presented in the data analysis chapter, so it emerges from the data gathered, and it is informed by the review of the literature.
A guess that the researcher makes.
The research diary is:
A good place to jot down ideas for conclusions and to develop rough drafts of conclusions.
Is of little use to the researcher.
Is of little use to the research.
Is of little use.
To learn how to present conclusions:
Ask someone to show you how.
Ask your classmates to show you how.
Ask your research supervisor to show you how.
It is a good idea to examine the manner in which conclusions are presented by other researchers, in journal articles and in theses in the library.
In theorising the research, the researcher:
Writes theories for research.
Learns theories of research.
Makes explicit connections between their research and the research of other researchers.
Discusses theories in research.
The entire research project is an exercise in:
Rhetoric.
Logic.
Procrastination.
Gymnastics.
Recommendations are:
Courses of action the researcher recommends based on the findings and conclusions of the study.
Simply a couple of ideas that the researcher jots down.
Long and complicated theoretical posturings that the researcher engages in.
Never taken seriously.
The writing of the research project:
Is a simple task.
Is a monumental undertaking.
Is routine and unimportant.
Is the most important and the most critical aspect of the research project.
It is important to begin the process of writing:
A week or two before the submission date.
When all of the data has been gathered and analysed.
As early as possible.
When you feel you are ready to do so.
The bibliography:
Is always the last thing to be written.
Is presented before the first chapter/section.
Is a list of all of the data gathering methods used in the research.
Is a list of all of the references in the text, presented in alphabetical order.
The bibliography is:
One of the most useful resources, for the researcher and for other researchers, to be produced in the research process.
Of little importance.
Of some importance.
Relevant only to the researcher.
A lot of time is needed always for the final:
Discussion of the research with the research supervisor.
Editing and polishing of the final draft of the thesis/report of the research.
Discussion of the research with fellow researchers.
Discussion of the research with the examiners of the research.
The model of the research process is:
Of some use to the beginner researcher.
Of little use to the practiced researcher.
Of no use to the skilled researcher.
A useful model for any researcher.
The research process is:
A scientific endeavour.
A creative endeavour.
An endeavour that is neither creative nor scientific.
An endeavour that is both creative and scientific.