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WRITING THE DISCUSSION SECTION

WRITING THE DISCUSSION SECTION. What to discuss?. Causes of observed findings OR Results based on underlying characteristics or theory If there are different contributory factors, describe their r/ship & assess their contributions to e research.

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WRITING THE DISCUSSION SECTION

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  1. WRITING THE DISCUSSION SECTION

  2. What to discuss? • Causes of observed findings OR • Results based on underlying characteristics or theory • If there are different contributory factors, describe their r/ship & assess their contributions to e research. • If certain parts of findings are not understood for various reasons, the discussion should acknowledge this.

  3. STRATEGIES • Explain the findings • Compare the findings • Infer the findings (Krishnan,2003)

  4. Explain Results • Give reasons for the findings • Explain the scenario during data collection which might influence the result of the research. • Explain the results based on the limitations of the research during data collection

  5. Compare the findings • Compare with the findings of other research within the same field (discussed in the lit review sect) • Compare the different findings of the research to highlight certain results as significant.

  6. Evaluate the findings • Provide an assessment of the findings. Since you know the scenario of the issue you can decide the data are as expected or otherwise (i.e unexpected, satisfactory or insignificant) • Examples on pg 184

  7. Infer from the findings • Develop your ideas based on the facts from the responses. • This is done to make sense of the findings. (ppl x u/stand e facts in its statistical form) • Be creative and do not be afraid to speculate • Example on pg 184

  8. Don’t forget to use the right language expressions!!

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