It is a type of inquiry that involves investigation or experimentation to discover answers to questions that are either conceptual or practical.

This contains the title of the research and the name of the author(s).

This contains additional documents that were used in the study. These could be questionnaires, transcripts of interviews, and the like.

Sometimes called the background, this section provides the foundation for the paper. It describes the purpose and focus of the research and gives an overview of the content of the other sections of the paper.

These are listed at the end of the report and formatted according to the prescribed style guide.

It discusses the setting and context of the research, design of the study, population and sampling strategy used, intervention used, equipment, and instruments and procedures used for data collection and data analysis.

The author states his or her hunches, speculations, or inferences based on the interpretation of the results.

These are the key findings about the research question and secondary findings.

This part answers the research question. It presents the interpretation of the results.

This is a summary of the entire report. It includes the objectives of the research,the method used, the results, and the conclusion.

It gives the readers enough information to replicate the study if they desire or need to.