Discussion & Conclusion Section

Relationship of results to prior lit

be careful not to misinterpret previous literature just to make your research look good. This is why you should do an exhaustive lit review.

Reference methods

comes after your summary of results. Talk about participants or how you selected them or any testing issues. Could also tie back methods to lit review.

Limitations and strengths of current study

how your findings have clinical implications. Working on changing or adding to a theory.

Components of discussion and conclusion section

1) Review research problem 2) reference methods 3) interpet results 4) tie it back to lit review 5) identify limitations and strengths 6) outline implications of study 7) directions for future research

Interperpretation/conclusion of results

not rehashing the results, but make conclusions or claims and backing all claims or conclusions up by your data/results. Most of the time, we make speculations based on our findings.

Basics about discussion & conclusion

o Lets reader move beyond the details of the current study to the next level o Does this by arguing for the study's contributions to the greater literature (aka so what?) o Also provides justification for the study and why the results are meaningful o Establish the external relevance of the study

Directions for future research

research should raise more questions than it answers. Can comment on procedures while adding ways that future researchers could improve it. Specific steps or strategies that could be added.