Chapter 5:

Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

Summary

I. STRUCTURE

There should be a brief statement about:

  1. The main purpose of the study.

  2. The population or respondents.

  3. The period of the study.

  4. Method of research used.

  5. The research instrument.

  6. The sampling design.

*Note #1: Only important highlights and numbers should be included, with no further elaboration of the data presented.

II. SAMPLE

Note #2: There should be no explanation made.

Note #3: The findings may be lumped up together, but clarify demands that each specific question under the statement of the problem must be written first to be followed by the findings.

Conclusions

I. WHAT?

These are inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications, interpretations, general statements, and or/ generalizations based on the findings.

Note: This should not contain any numerals.

II. SAMPLE

Do's & Dont's

  • Do's

  1. Should be based upon the responses to the Research Questions / Statement of the Problem; they should be brief and short

  • Do's

A. Bias
B. Incorrect Generalization

C. Incorrect Deduction

D. Incorrect Comparison

E. Abuse of Correlation of data