Making Conclusions and Recommendations
The end of the investigatory process requires you to give your conclusions to the research problem and your recommendations on how this conclusion may be used for possible further or related study. The conclusions are to be based on analyzed data.
In making your conclusions, check that they are aligned with your research problem. Ask yourself: Do my conclusions answer the research problems? A positive response indicates that you are on the right track. If you come up with conclusions that do not show the solutions to your research problems, then you have to reassess the different components of your investigation.
It is not always true that your conclusions will bring about positive findings based on your expectations on the effect of the independent variable on the experimental units or samples.
Answering the following questions can help guide you as you make your conclusions and recommendations:
- What was the purpose of your research?
- What were your major findings?
- Does your data support the hypothesis that you formulated?
- What can be an explanation for the results of your experiment?
- What do the results of your experiment indicate?
- What recommendations for further study and for improving the experiment can you give?
