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Research Project Report Checklist

The document discusses what makes a good research report. It states that research reports have a standard format and are written to share results with others in an academic or employment context. It then provides a checklist of key elements that should be included in a research report, such as an executive summary, introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references. Including these elements can help ensure a research report is coherent, clear, and analyzes the topic effectively.

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Research Project Report Checklist

The document discusses what makes a good research report. It states that research reports have a standard format and are written to share results with others in an academic or employment context. It then provides a checklist of key elements that should be included in a research report, such as an executive summary, introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references. Including these elements can help ensure a research report is coherent, clear, and analyzes the topic effectively.

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What is a good Research Report?

Following the completion of every project (study, piece of research) a report will be written for a
particular audience. It may be presented to an employer, a manager, or published in an academic
scholarly journal, in order to share the results with the broader academic community. Such reports
have a standard format, although there will be some variations (this may depend on where the
report is being presented). However, there are certain essential qualities that make a good research
report. By developing an analytical approach when reading reports for your literature review, you
will become familiar with these qualities, and this approach will help you to write a coherent, clear
research report yourself.

The following checklist is designed to help you in doing this: Notes/comments

Executive summary

Does the it give you a clear idea of the following:

What the research is about?

What it aimed to achieve?

How and where the research was conducted?

What the main findings were?

What main conclusions have been drawn?

What recommendations (if any) were made?

Introduction

Does the introduction contain:

Background information in relation to the problem/area of investigation?

Expected outcomes?

Some indication of the importance of the problem/issue/research area?

Literature Review

Is the research summarised here RELEVANT to the research question?

What aspects/factors/variables of the research topic have been covered?

What is the relationship between these factors/are they connected?

What kinds of sources are cited in support?

Are they reliable /appropriate/up-to-date?

CBS Communication Skills Centre Research Project Report checklist


Is the hypothesis stated clearly?

Does the hypothesis of this research report flow logically from the
literature review?

Is the content logically and clearly organised?

Is it correctly referenced?

Methodology

Are there appropriate sections dealing with materials, methods,


experimental and modelling?

Is there a clear match between the research purpose and the procedure?

Results

Are the data presented in figures and tables?

Is the representation of the data clear and easy to understand?

Is each figure/table clearly labelled and numbered?

Discussion

Is the discussion clearly related to the hypothesis and the main questions
raised in the literature review?

Is the discussion based on the main findings given in the ‘results’


section?

Are there cross-references to the Literature Review?

Does the discussion focus on the following areas:

Why? (Reasons/cause and effect)

How? (Processes that explain a result or outcome)

What? (Information based on inferences from the findings)

Are there any logical CONCLUSIONS drawn?

Have any RECOMMENDATIONS been made as a result of the research?

Are there any LIMITATIONS to the research?

Nomenclature (if applicable)

CBS Communication Skills Centre Research Project Report checklist


Are all the symbols cited in the text or equations listed alphabetically in
order?

Does this include:

The units used?

A definition of key terms and concepts (where applicable)?

References

Are all the references correctly presented according to a system (Chicago


author-date or other)?

Are all the in-text references matched with the corresponding end-of-
text references?

Bibliography (if applicable)

Have you included additional informative sources that have not been
references?

Appendix/ces

Is any additional relevant information related to the project presented


here?

Experimental and/or simulation data?

Computational algorithms and programmes?

CBS Communication Skills Centre Research Project Report checklist

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