Deck 16: Drawing Conclusions and Writing Research

Question 1

The more recommendations made the better the research project.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In the final chapter of the thesis, or the final section of the research report, the researcher presents the conclusions and recommendations of the research project.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

All research undertaken within an academic setting is required to make a contribution to knowledge.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In the final chapter, the overall conclusions drawn from the research are presented, as are the recommendations the researcher makes based on the conclusions drawn from the research.

Question 5

The writer writing up and presenting research is engaged in an exercise of communication.

Question 6

As during the conclusions phase of the research, the researcher explores the implications of the conclusions drawn from the research for different constituents to the research, the researcher may make separate recommendations for different constituents to the research.

Question 7

Academic research emerges from some body of knowledge, and in turn, it makes a contribution to that body of knowledge.

Question 8

The final account of the research project, the thesis or the report of the research, should be communicated as fully, as comprehensively, as completely and as clearly as possible.

Question 9

The overall conclusion that the researcher comes to with regard to the research is a response to the research question or statement, a response to the overall aim of the research. It is the final accomplishment of the overall aim of the research project. It is the essential product of the research.

Question 10

The process of developing the overall conclusion for a research process is a process of conceptualisation similar to the process of conceptualisation engaged in in order to develop a conceptual framework for a research project.

Question 11

In presenting data analysis the researcher engages in the four stages of data analysis by first describing the data, then interpreting the data, then coming to some minor conclusion(s) about the data, and finally theorising the data.

Question 12

The style of the research project should be consistent throughout. For example, when writing the conclusions of a qualitative study, the richness of the data gathered should be reflected in the concluding chapter, as it should be reflected in the data analysis chapter.

Question 13

In the final chapter of the thesis, as well as presenting the findings of the research, the conclusions drawn from the research and the recommendations the researcher makes based on the research, the researcher theorises the conclusions drawn from the research.

Question 14

When the conclusions have been presented, the implications of the conclusions should be explored.

Question 15

It is important to tease out the implications of all of the conclusions drawn from the research, and to tease out the implications of the conclusions for everybody and every group of people and every organisation and entity affected by the research and the conclusions drawn from the research.

Question 16

The complexity of the conclusion(s) should reflect the complexity of the research undertaken.

Question 17

The concluding chapter/section is usually the longest chapter/section in the project.

Question 18

The implications of the conclusions are the meaning the conclusions have for different parties or constituents to the research project.

Question 19

The overall conclusion of the research is not presented until the very last sentence in the thesis/report of the research.

Question 20

Recommendations are courses of action that the researcher recommends based on the findings of the research and the conclusions drawn from those findings.

Question 21

The overall conclusion that the researcher comes to with regard to the research is:

A) A response to the research methodology used in the research project.
B) A response to the data collection methods used in the research project.
C) A response to the means of data analysis used in the research project.
D) A response to the research question or statement, a response to the overall aim of the research

Question 22

The theoretical framework is contained in/or is the content of the literature review written for the research project.

Question 23

The recommendations the researcher makes are based on:

A) Hunches the researcher has.
B) The conclusions drawn from the research.
C) The stipulations of the different stakeholders in the research.
D) The researcher's gut instinct.

Question 24

The implications of the conclusions are:

A) Always substantial.
B) Always left to the reader to infer.
C) Never clear.
D) The meaning the conclusions have for different parties or constituents to the research project

Question 25

A conclusion is essentially:

A) A hunch the researcher has.
C) An aspiration the researcher has.
B) An idea the researcher develops.
D) A judgement, a final decision

Question 26

The research statement/question is the conceptual framework for the research project.

Question 27

Through the process of theorisation:

A) The researcher engages in grounded theory research.
B) The researcher draws on the work of other researchers and theorists connecting their work to the research s/he is undertaking, and through that process they enrich the reporting of their conclusions.
C) The researcher develops a theoretical framework for the research project.
D) The researcher engages in theoretical research.

Question 28

The overall conclusion that the researcher draws from the research is presented:

A) At the start of the final chapter, the chapter on conclusions and recommendations.
B) At the start of the first chapter of the thesis/first section of the report of the research.
C) At the start of the appendices of the research.
D) At the end of the appendices of the research.

Question 29

Recommendations should be:

A) Very complex and scholarly.
B) Simple and clear, yet substantial and meaningful in relation to the research carried out
C) Quirky and engaging.
D) Impressive, expensive and stylish.

Question 30

The researcher may make separate recommendations:

A) For different constituents to the research
C) If required by the thesis supervisor.
B) If they wish.
D) If they have enough wordcount left.

Question 31

When the conclusions have been presented:

A) The implications of the conclusions should be explored.
B) The research project is complete.
C) The researcher lists a few recommendations and the research project is complete.
D) The researcher adds in the appendices and the research project is complete.

Question 32

The research proposal is the first part of the research project. When the researcher has completed a good research proposal, the research is off to a good start. The research proposal, with a little adaptation, can become the first chapter in the thesis.

Question 33

The process of writing the research project is the simplest of all of the aspects of the research process.

Question 34

It is important to begin the process of writing the thesis/report of the research:

A) As early as possible.
B) As soon as all of the data has been gathered.
C) As soon as all of the data has been analysed.
D) As soon as the conclusions have been conceptualised.

Question 35

The process of writing the research project is perhaps the most critical aspect of all aspects of the research process. It is through writing about the research project that the researcher communicates the research, what the research was about, how the research was carried out, and what was accomplished through the research.

Question 36

The complexity of the overall conclusion should reflect:

A) The personality of the researcher.
B) The complexity of the world we live in.
C) The complexity of the research undertaken.
D) The researcher's level of knowledge of research methods.

Question 37

Recommendations should be:

A) Hard to implement.
B) Very complex.
C) Very ambitious.
D) Do-able or achievable. There is no point in making recommendations that cannot possibly be put in action, perhaps because the necessary resources would be not available, or perhaps because there would be too much opposition to them, or for other reasons.

Question 38

Life history is:

A) The life span of the research project.
B) The kind of data gathered in one-to-one in-depth interviews.
C) Not relevant to business research.
D) The research methodology used to compile biographies of different people or biographies of different companies, organisations, entities.

Question 39

The final chapter of the thesis/section of the report of the research contains:

A) The conclusions and recommendations of the study.
B) The methodological framework.
C) The analytical framework.
D) The appendices.

Question 40

The recommendations of the study are:

A) Actions that the researcher intends to take.
B) Never based on the conclusions drawn from the research.
C) Courses of action that the researcher recommends based on the findings of the research and the conclusions drawn from those findings.
D) Actions the researcher recommends based on their own hunches.

Question 41

Once the first draft of the thesis or report is complete:

A) It is time to begin the process of re-writing the thesis and the process of editing the thesis, in order to produce the final draft.
B) The work on the thesis/report is complete.
C) The research can be submitted.
D) The researcher begins to seek feedback from the thesis supervisor.

Question 42

The thesis/report of the research that is submitted should be:

A) Short, simple and to the point.
B) Long, rambling and complex.
C) Complex, difficult to read and understand.
D) A complete, well-structured, well-written and well-integrated research project.

Question 43

Every aspect of the methodological framework:

A) Should meet the highest statistical standards.
B) Must be unique to the research project.
C) Must be designed by the researcher.
D) Has to 'fit' with the research project, the methodology, the population and sample, the data gathering methods, the kinds of data gathered, the ways in which the data are analysed, the ethical issues considered.

Question 44

The key concepts, the key words and phrases, the big or important words and phrases in the conceptual framework:

A) Are ususally dictated by the research supervisor.
B) Can be very difficult to understand.
C) Provide guidance and direction for the reading for the literature review and the structure of the literature review chapter.
D) Have little relevance in the research project beyond the conceptual framework.

Question 45

Why is the writing of the research possibly the most critical aspect of the research process?

Question 46

What is a conclusion in a research project?

Question 47

The research methodology chapter contains all of the information:

A) On how the research was carried out.
B) On the background to the research.
C) On the context for the research.
D) On the appendices detailed in the research.

Question 48

The data analysis chapter:

A) Contains details of the research methodology.
B) Contains the analytical framework for the research project.
C) The methodological framework.
D) The conclusions and recommendations of the research.

Question 49

What is an overall conclusion in a research project?

Question 50

An abstract is:

A) A short one-paragraph summary of the thesis, for a 20,000 word thesis, the abstract would be less than 300 words long. It contains mention of all of the key concepts in the research project.
B) A summary of the thesis.
C) A short extract from the thesis.
D) A long extract from the thesis.

Question 51

The methodological framework is:

A) The first framework in the four frameworks approach.
B) The second framework in the four frameworks approach.
C) The third framework in the four frameworks approach.
D) The fourth framework in the four frameworks approach.

Question 52

The work involved in producing the final draft:

A) Is the work of major revisions in the text.
B) Is the work of re-writing, editing and re-editing.
C) Is the work of finally completing the analysis of the data.
D) Is the work of the thesis supervisor.

Question 53

A bibliography is:

A) A list of all the books the researcher read in relation to the research project.
B) A list of all of the references the researcher should have read in relation to the research project.
C) A list of books.
D) A complete list of all of the references in the text.