Enhancing your Report Writing Skills

Communicating your Research Findings effectively

Writing a report after conducting an important research is an art in itself because you want to make sure by all means that the findings of your research are communicated effectively. That is totally true no matter where you go or where you live, reporting findings of a research requires adequate skill. Some people these days mess up alot when it comes to communicating the findings because they haven't really got to know their audiences. However, reporting of information shouldn't be difficult for any researcher because as it is you know exactly what you want to communicate. Here are a few tips that can help you and others write an effective report. Follow me, Follow me!!!

The Narrative Part

When writing the narrative part of the report make sure you put yourself in the shoes of the person reading and don't always assume they know exactly what you are talking about. Reporting research findings is like telling a story. What are so popular about stories, well a good story should have nice beginning and a good ending. Always try to connect the introduction of your research report to the conclusion of your research report. For example, if you are writing about the research topic "Do candies cause tooth decay?" your research introduction will be as follows;

Introduction; Candies have been present for decades with both adult and especially the young enjoying it. However, until recently young children between the ages of 5-12 have  been experiencing rapid tooth decay which has been attributed by some local doctors to be the candy they eat. But according to critics its believed it may not be the candy but actually may be something else.

Conclusion; Candies are responsible for the recent rapid tooth decay in children.

See how incredibly easy it is to have an introduction end with a conclusion that connects well in the research report. You will be amazed that some people wont even waste too much time reading the whole research report but will just read your introduction and then run straight to the conclusion. Thats why when writing your narrative make sure your reporting connects well with the intro and conclusion.

Other tips to improving your narrative component will be to edit your grammar, number your headings and sub headings effectively. Use the right font size and spacing and most of all when reporting your research findings be live.

Graphical representations are cool!!

When it comes to reporting it is always recommended to include at least a few graphs because it makes your work look neat and your report easy to read and interpret. Again believe it or not, some people wont even want to read your narrative but will only run to the graphs because some if not most feel that it easier to understand the findings of a research by paying attention to the graphs. Excel software produces quit a number of interesting graphs but then you can also use SPSS. More on graphs will be talked about in future posts but until then See Ya!!