RESEARCH CLUSTER

Research Project (RES04)

SCHOOL YEAR 2020 - 2021

Research Project
RES04

Course Outcome 2

Prepared by: Ardvin Kester S.

Ong

NAME: ____________________________________ TEACHER: ________________________

YEAR AND SECTION: _______________________ SCHEDULE: _______________________

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COURSE OUTCOME BULLETIN

Objective: Form logical conclusions and make recommendations based on analyzed data to write a
quantitative paper.

Subject Matters:

Lesson 2: Writing research conclusion and recommendation Evaluation:

Written Work: Create Annotation of Conclusion and Recommendation

I. Conclusion
The conclusion is created to help the reader understand the importance of the study made.
Note that a conclusion is not merely a summary of the whole paper content from introduction,
but a synthesis of key points, how the objectives were met, and how your results turned out. For
most papers, about two to three paragraph can suffice a well-developed conclusion. The aim of
writing a conclusion is to leave the reader with a clear understanding of the main discovery you
made on your paper, or a scientific argument that your research paper has taken. A good
conclusion is able to explain the entire gist of your research without omitting major facts or
figures (e.g. data).

Annotation – is a note added to a writing by way of comment or explanation

(MerriamWebster, 1828)

1.1. Annotation
In research, reading expectation is a great challenge. Reading more “academic” type of materials
in less time and usually recall the information as soon as the next paper will be read would be quite
difficult. The problem here is that students read a lot of papers and sometimes do not remember what
they have read, or have trouble analyzing what they have read. Annotation will be a great tool to help
you learn how to actively engage with a text or other media. Annotating properly is all about generating
insights and ideas from the paper to your own which may be used in making good content to a research
paper. Annotations will ensure that you understand what is happening in a text when you come back to
it, or provide others with valuable information about the text. You can add annotations by hand or by
using the commenting tools of software such as Google Docs or Adobe Acrobat.

Examples

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Annotating using Adobe Reader. Open the pdf file in Adobe Reader and look for the conclusion section.
Highlight the section you want to choose and then click ‘highlight text’ as seen in figure 1.

Figure 1. Highlighting text tool

You may then add comments using ‘add sticky notes’ tool as seen in Figure 2. You may then click
beside the area you want to put in your annotation.

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Figure 2. Sticky notes tool

Annotation

Annotate the conclusion and recommendation of the paper. Determine which is the main objective of
the paper. What was the main findings? Determine what the main conclusion of the paper is with
regards to the topic. For the recommendation section, it may not be seen in all publications but may be
evident in the conclusion section (highlight). What will be the impact of the paper or how it will
contribute to the field?

The conclusion from the study done by Angeles-Agdeppa, Magsadia, and Capanzana (2011) on Fortified
Juice Drink Improved Iron and Zinc Status of Schoolchildren was annotated as an example as seen in
figure 3. It was seen from their conclusion that their main objective was to improve iron and zinc status
of schoolchildren using fortification and was considered to be reasonably effective. The main finding of
their study showed that short duration of the intervention and low dosage led to having low growth
density. Yet there was a significant increase in weight and height from their sample, deeming the
process effective. Lastly, their recommendation would be to do deworming process before the
intervention of fortified drinks to have a better effect/outcome. By application, when it comes to
consumption of iron and zinc fortified food or fortification in general, deworming may be beneficial for
the consumer.

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Figure 3. Annotating Conclusion Example

II. Annotating Conclusion and Recommendation

Use the format provided. Do annotation of references in relation to your topic (at least
4). Include the following:
1. Determine which is the main objective of the paper.
2. What was the main findings?
3. Determine what the main conclusion of the paper is.
4. What was recommended?
5. What is the impact/contribution of the study to the field/society?

Names: _________________ Section:

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________________
1. Title:
Author(s) & year: (APA format)
Screen Capture of Annotated Section
a. Determine which is the main objective of the paper.
b. What was the main findings?
c. Determine what the main conclusion of the paper is.
d. What was recommended?
e. What is the impact/contribution of the study to the field/society?

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Sample:

Name:
Last name, First name Middle– initial
Student number
LN, FN MI
– SN
LN, FN MI
- SN
LN, FN MI
– SN

Section: IS219
– Edwards

1. Title: Three
-level Supply Chain Considering Direct and Indirect Transportation Cost and
Carbon Emission
Authors and Year: Ong, Robielos, Jou, and Wee (2019)

a. Determine which is the main objective of the paper.

- Formulation of a mathematical model considering three-level supply chain that considers
multidelay in payment method with direct and indirect transportation and carbon emission for interim
financing for profit increase.

b. What was the main findings?

- The study showed great difference in applying multi-level-credit payment policy. It showed that
giving ample time for payment in each party of supply chain would increase profitability due to the
revenue, but should not be longer than the production cycle time. This will result to a good
partnership among parties of the supply chain.

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c. Determine what the main conclusion of the paper is.

- The model could be used as interim financing, result to good partnership after a positive
outcome, and produced an eco-friendly model with economic costing that would help any industry.

d. What was recommended?

- Utilization of math model by managers to create a better trade-off, manipulation of time-frame
for the payment method may be done to have higher profitability, key strategy would be considering
the cycle time and allowed time of payment for optimized cost.

- Study extensions were mentioned. Optimum minimization would be beneficial for applying the
SSMD policy if the industrial cost considering the carbon emission would be less than the holding cost.
In addition, the algebraic approach done for the paper presents a positive outcome and would be
easier to manipulate in real-life scenarios. Compared to integrated derivations where results are
sometimes difficult to manipulate for the application of the different supply chains in the industry, this
model is flexible for adaptation to a supply chain’s needs. The presented numerical example and
sensitivity analysis for the main parameters would be easily manipulated for application purposes of
different SSMD policy-applied industries. The study could be extended if the demand will be made in a
stochastic approach to simulate a real-life scenario when it comes to inventory.

e. What is the impact/contribution of the study to the field/society?

- This will be beneficial to the parties of the supply chain as a benchmark in deciding on the best
outcome for their system regarding the optimality of the costing based from the different illustrated
(i.e. holding, transport, industrial, carbon emission, carbon tax, interest payment).

EVALUATION

RUBRICS
Traits 10
There is clear,
Focus and details wellfocus in relation to
the topic. Information is
well supported.
Organization Organized thought and
topic assignment
Content Correct Annotation
Sentence construction Paraphrased well
Grammar Grammatically correct
Total Points
6 3
There is clear,
wellfocus topic. The topic and ideas
Information lacks are not clear
support.
- Unorganized
- Annotated the wrong
part
- Not paraphrased
- Sentence fragment

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Comments

The score obtained will be under WW2 for Research Project (RES04).

References

Angeles-Agdeppa, Magsadia, and Capanzana (2011). Fortified juice drink improved iron and
zinc status of schoolchildren. Food and Nutrition Research Institute-Department of
Science and Technology, Taguig City, Philippines.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4a05/ab7f0a53a4930e59da7e806616a9c3fe8316.pdf

Ong, Robielos, Jou, Wee (2020). Three-level supply chain considering direct and indirect
transporation cost and carbon emission. IOP Publishing LTD.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/847/1/012050/meta

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