Report Sections

... includes the background information; it also specifies the aim of the research.

• Literature review

• Results

• Key words

• Introduction

... informs the reader concisely of what the report is all about.

• References list

• Appendices

• Literature review

• Title

...describes the procedure followed to answer the research question and explains how the results were analyzed.

• Abstract

• Discussion

• Methods

• Conclusion

... analyzes and discusses findings with specific reference to the problem/research.

• Discussion

• Recommendations

• Literature review

• Methods

This section sets out the specific actions that the report process indicates should be made.

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Recommendations

• Results

... briefly describes the content of the report outlining the main points.

• Title

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Results

... shows the overall significance of what has been covered; answers the research question.

• Conclusion

• Recommendation

• Literature review

• Abstract

... lists in alphabetical order all published sources referred to in the report.

• Introduction

• Appendices

• Reference list

• Conclusion

... includes a description of the study results and necessary graphs or tables of gathered data that support the results.

• Methods

• Discussion

• Literature review

• Results

This section is at the end of an academic text where you include extra information and evidence of your findings.

• Abstract

• Appendices

• Conclusion

• Results