Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations

CONCLUSION
• Is commonly composed of the inclusive summary of findings of the research study
• Serves an important part in making a research paper as it is the chance of the
researcher to leave a lasting impression.
• Concluding qualitative research needs the researcher to recall more thoroughly the
problem statement, research questions, and results and findings of your analysis
and how they connect and organize together.
Research conclusion has its important roles and purpose in a research study
• a) it stresses out the importance of the thesis statement,
• b) it gives the written work a sense of completeness,
• c) it leaves a final impression to the readers
• d) it demonstrates good organization.
Strategies in writing conclusions
• 1. Write in a manner that is comfortable to you and edit while writing.
• 2. Write to be understood. Do not write to impress or to sound smart. Avoid highfalutin
words to replace the common but clearer ones.
• 3. Write from an objective distance. Remember that you are writing a formal academic
paper.
• 4. Write in a fresh new style. In concluding your qualitative research, you are supposed
to present a new knowledge after all.
• 5. Conclusions should be formulated concisely, that is, brief and short, yet they convey
a meaningful and logical arguments. It is important that conclusions have a conceptual
significance and can imply, indicate, or chart future research directions.

RECOMMENDATION
• A recommendation in research proposes a solution to a problem or evaluates possible
solutions and recommends one.
• Recommendation is commonly known as the section where you can give suggestions on
the matters relative to your research that must be improved.
Tips in Writing the Recommendation
• Recommendations must be brief. When writing your recommendations, take note to
write it concisely and as brief as possible.
 • Recommendations should be clear. You must state the specific suggestions that you
want to imply in you study.
• Recommendations must be precise. When giving suggestions, you should avoid vague
recommendations to secure sufficient results.
References
• References list is part of the paper that provides information necessary to locate and
retrieve the source of the material.
• The purpose of the reference list is to allow the sources to be found by the reader.
• It gives credit to authors of the publication being consulted and extracted from the ideas.
Information needed in making the referencing list involves the following:
• Author’s name
• Date of the publication of the source
• The page number where you found the information
• Publisher
• Place of Publishing
• Volume
• Edition

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Torneo, A.R. & Clamor-Torneo, H.S. (2017). Practical research 2: An introduction to quantitative
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