LEC-9 Conclusion & Recommen
LEC-9 Conclusion & Recommen
LEC-9 Conclusion & Recommen
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
INTRODUCTION:
This chapter is the last chapter in the research, it provides idea and suggestions for
concluding the study. This is where the researcher summarizes the information presented in
previous chapters. It shows guidelines to follow in writing chapter 5. The generalization in the
form of conclusion is made and the recommendation for the solution of the problem of the
study are being addressed.
LECTURE NOTES:
CHAPTER 5
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Written as “SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS”
It highlights the significant findings of the study in summary form
It presents the summary, conclusions made by the researcher out of significant
findings
It provides recommendation for change in policy or practice, and suggests the need
for further study
This chapter begins with untitled, introductory section that includes the purpose of the
study and a brief description of what is to come in the chapter.
Briefly review the background and setting for the study as described in Chapter One.
What literature supports the design and methodology you chose? It may be necessary
to summarize findings from the Chapter Two Review of Literature to show support for
the use of particular independent variables.
The discussion of findings reviews and expands on what has been learned as a direct
result of the study as described in Chapter Four.
And a reality is that the findings from a study may raise as many questions as they
answer, and therefore lead to recommendations for further study.
The finding of ‘no change’ in a study does not mean failure on the part of the researcher.
Such a finding can be an important contribution to the field of study.
Are there recommendations you might include for researchers who replicate your study
or investigate further? Are there factors you did not anticipate that you suggest they
consider? Is there a need for further study to expand on what you found?
Summary
Guidelines:
A brief presentation of the content of the study
It starts with the general and then specific objective of the study.
It is followed by time an place of the study, methodology and summarized
findings or result
It must be lumped up altogether but clarity demands that each specific questions
to the statement of the problem must be written first to be followed by the
findings that would answer it.
Findings should be textual generalization, that is a summary of the important
data consisting of the text and numbers
Statement of facts should consist of words, numbers or statistical measures
woven into a meaningful statements
it is the longer version of Abstract
No inference nor interpretation should be made, otherwise it will only be
duplicated in the conclusion.
Only the important findings and the highlights of the findings should be included
in the summary
Findings are not explained nor elaborated
No new data should be introduced in the summary of findings
Conclusions
Guidelines:
These are Inferences, deductions, abstractions, implication, interpretations,
general statements of the findings.
This section presents conclusion/s drawn in the light of the findings of the study
or simply,the generalizations of the researcher after knowing the answers to the
statements of the problems or questions presented at the beginning of the study
It should be logical and valid outgrowths of the findings
The number of conclusions that can be made depends on the objectives and
the hypothesis
It answers the specific questions raised at the beginning of the investigation
No conclusion should be made that are not based upon findings
Conclusion should point out what were factually learned from the inquiry
No conclusion should be made from the implied or indirect effects of the findings
It should be formulated concisely that is brief and short, yet they convey all
necessary information resulting from the study as required by the specific
questions
a. Using ratio may give erroneous impression when they are used to
express relationship between two variables of small magnitudes.
b. To avoid making false impressions by making conclusions using ratios
concerning variables of very small magnitudes, use the original data,
because the relationship is clear even without the use of ratio
c. Ex. Passing rate of 2 colleges with very small magnitudes.
Recommendation
Guidelines:
It is an appeal to fill the gap between the present body of knowledge and ideal
situation necessary for technology generation, policy formulation and theory building
It contains suggestions for further research similar or related topics
Do not include recommendations that have no direct link to findings
Some insights from the study may indirectly imply the need for change; however,
discussion of such insights should be within the context of the need for further
study rather than for change in policy or practice.
No recommendation should be made for a problem that has not yet been
discovered or discussed in the study
It should be logical and valid
It should be address to person, entities or agency or offices who are in a position to
implement them
There should always be recommendation for further study or research on the same
topic in other places to verify, amplify or even negate the findings of the study.
Purpose of recommendation
References:
Crizaldo, R.S., Ilagan, B.J.P., Plete, A.J.T. & Sedigo, N.A. (2017). CvSU Form and
Style for Thesis Writing. Mutya Publishing House, Inc.