7.2 Format of the Research Report

The standard skeleton (the exam's sequence): The preliminary pages: the title page (the title, the researcher, the institution, the date); the declaration (the originality's oath — 7.5's face); the acknowledgements; the abstract (the 150-300-word whole: the question, the method, the findings, the conclusion); the table of contents; the lists (the tables, the figures, the abbreviations); The chapters: (i) Introduction — the context, the problem's statement, the objectives, the hypotheses, the scope-and-limitations, the methodology's overview; (ii) Literature review — the field's map and the gap; (iii) Research methodology — the design, the tools, the sampling, the ethics' protocol; (iv) Data presentation and analysis — the findings (the tables, the themes, the analysis's storeys); (v) Findings, conclusions and recommendations — the answers to the objectives, each conclusion linked to its evidence; (vi) Bibliography and annexes — the sources' lists; the instrument, the consent form, the permission letters; The physical craft: the numbering discipline (the chapters' decimal system — 4.1, 4.1.2); the tables-and-figures' titles-and-sources; the consistent fonts-and-margins (the university's stylesheet). The precautions in report writing (the craft's rules): the plain sentence (the legalese's restraint); the paragraph's unity; every claim sourced; the data honestly presented (no chart's deception — the axis's honesty); the negative findings reported; the terms' consistency; the statutes' current version checked (the repealed-act citation the standard error); the cases' citations verified…