Contents
Introduction
1 The context of reporting
1.1 Ethics
1.2 The reader
1.3 Purpose
1.4 Reporting outlets
2 Structure and content
3 The report in quantitative
research
3.1 Abstract
3.2 Introduction
3.3 Methods
3.4 Findings
3.5 Discussion
3.6 Conclusions and recommendations
3.7 References
3.8 Optional elements
4 The report in qualitative
research
4.1 Report writing in field research
Types of presentation
Sets of formats
4.2 Case studies
5 The report in multiple-paradigm
research
5.1 Successive-paradigm triangulation
5.2 Concurrent-paradigm triangulation
5.3 Step-wise conversion
6 The student project report
7 Presentation
7.1 Conveying the message
7.2 Writing style
8 Self-assessment
8.1 The abstract
8.2 The main body of the report
8.3 The references/bibliography
8.4 General
9 Last but not least: The fate of
the repost
9.1 The politics of publication
9.2 From research findings to policy and practice
Main points
Where to from here?
Further reading