Bell, Bryman, and Harley: Research Project Guide

Table of Contents

1. Preparing yourself to do research
2. What do I want to research exactly?
3. The research process
4. Writing up your research report
   1. Preliminary planning
   2. The structure of a dissertation
   3. Title page, acknowledgements and contents page
   4. Abstracts
   5. Introduction
   6. The literature review
   7. Research methods
   8. Results
   9. Discussion & conclusions
   10. References, appendices and obligations
   11. Writing up research checklist

Writing up your research report

The purpose of this section is to show you how to write a cogent, compelling and complete research report from the research you have undertaken. Issues covered are setting out the report in a logical sequence that reflects the steps and activities in the research process and presentation issues like correct titling, referencing and layout.

On completion of this section you will achieve the following research outcomes:

1. Critically understand the steps involved in writing up a research report
2. Demonstrate an ability to write a cogent research report
3. Complete a report writing up checklist

To see video clips of students talking about their experience of writing their project report, click here