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Northwestern University  Research in Hospitality and Tourism Reymar C. Taoing DPA, PhD IHTM Instructor  Writing Discussion of a Thesis (Summary of Findings, Conclusion, and Recommendation) 1. Summary of Findings Summarize k...

Northwestern University  Research in Hospitality and Tourism Reymar C. Taoing DPA, PhD IHTM Instructor  Writing Discussion of a Thesis (Summary of Findings, Conclusion, and Recommendation) 1. Summary of Findings Summarize key results and their significance, emphasizing their alignment with research questions or hypotheses. 2. Conclusion Provide a broader interpretation of the study's significance, restate the research problem, and discuss the contributions made. 3. Recommendations Offer practical suggestions for future research or potential applications based on the study's findings. Considerations: 1.Consistency: Maintain consistency in language, style, and formatting throughout the paper. 2.Ethical Considerations: Address ethical considerations in presenting and interpreting findings. 3.Feedback: Seek feedback from peers, advisors, or colleagues to refine the presentation of findings. Implication of the Study ❑Start with a thorough literature search of the broad and specific topic of your research. ❑Identify similar studies that have been conducted and what their conclusions were. ❑Determine what was missed in these studies, i.e. what are the gaps that need to be filled. ❑Your research objectives should be based on closing these gaps. ❑The implications of your research will derive from why it was important to conduct your study and how will it impact future research in your field. Implication of the Study ❑You should base your implications on how previous similar studies have advanced your field and how your study can add to that. ❑Logical connection between a condition and its outcome ❑Take your time to go back and read the significance of the study ❑Step back and remember the problems you aligned to the purpose, which led to your research questions then, methodology. Practical Implication ❑Try as much as possible to be realistic in your description of what the results of your study might imply. ❑Don't keep recommendations for future research out of the implication body. ❑The word practical means the actual results. ❑Practical implication is the reality that would occur if certain conditions are fulfilled. ❑The reliability of the data they collect would have practical implications on how clinicians accurately determine the effectiveness of specific behavioral remedies. ❑It a range of options can help decide which ones produce the desired results. Theoretical Implication ❑ Theoretical implication on the other hand, is a newly found addition(s) to existing theories or building materials for new theories. In a research perspective, the job of theory is to provide interesting and perhaps promising areas to work on. Drawing out your Implication ❑ Draw cut the implications of your findings for the field itself and/or societies ❑ Situate findings in the contexts off past and future research. ❑ Contextualizing your findings within previous research helps readers to grasp the significance of your research- how your research builds on, and contributes to knowledge. Ask yourself these questions. ❑ To what extent does my findings align with those of other scholars, in what precise ways, and if not why not? ❑ If certain findings suggest a need for further research, what might this consist of and how might such research extend on improve the current state of knowledge in my field? ❑ Are there any practical implications (e.g. policy implications that I need to specifically address?  The implications of your research project may be complex and variable, leading you into the realm of speculation. For example: Might appear to have application beyond the parameters off your research, and they may do so. But judicious judgment is called for. Ensure that such speculations are contained within the boundaries of the arguments and discussions developed in the body of your thesis. To emphasize the level of speculation and uncertainty, you can take advantage of more tentative language (e.g., it seems, perhaps, maybe or it could be, possibly / possible, it is likely / unlikely, etc.), In sum, keep your speculations grounded; do not let them float free from these boundaries so that they appear wildly improbable or even questionable. Summary This section usually consists of two paragraphs in not more than two pages. First paragraph, Briefly restate the general and specific objectives of the study or the statement of the problem (SOP) in declarative-paragraph form. The hypotheses or hypothesis, if any, of the study may be mentioned also. Second paragraph Present a summary of the methodology that should include the resign design, the data gathering instrument and its validation and reliability test result, the respondents of the study and sampling design, a brief account on how the data were gathered including the research environment (if applicable) that may have affected the data gathering or its results, and the statistical tools used. Conclusion ❑ There should also be a one-to-one correspondence between conclusions and findings. ❑ Conclusions are inferences and generalizations that should be drawn directly from the findings and recapitulate the answers to the research questions or objectives. ❑ These should be logical, valid and precise and no indirect conclusion should be made. ❑ Conclusions are also listed by number, each of which usually consists of only one sentence and without any statistical figure. Conclusion ❑ For conclusion on profile: state the characteristics of the majority (if more than 50%) or most (if the highest but less than 50%) of the respondents. ❑ For conclusion on mean assessment: state the interpretation of the composite means of each variable. ❑ For conclusion on significant difference, relationship or effect: state a summary of significant difference, relationship or effect and the non- significant difference, relationship or effect. Conclusion ❑ For conclusion on comparison of responses: state a summary of different and of similar responses. ❑ For conclusion on output: state the importance or substance of the proposed output. Conclusions (Number of SOP = Number of Conclusions) 1. 2. 3. Recommendation ❑ Should be based on findings and conclusions. ❑ Appeals to concerned individuals, institutions or organizations to solve or help solve the problems discovered in the study, to enhance or improve a procedure or system, to continue or sustain a good practice or system, and the like. ❑ No recommendation that is not directly related to the study should be made. ❑ Recommendations should also be practical and attainable; it is useless to recommend the impossible. Recommendation ❑ Recommendations are suggestions and not requirements; thus, words that are compelling or obliging should not be used. ❑ These are also listed by number and each is stated in only one sentence. ❑ A recommendation for further or future related study should also be included and placed in the last number.  Research in Hospitality and Tourism Reymar C. Taoing DPA, PhD IHTM Instructor