Empirical Research Report
Defining Empirical Research Report:
Empirical research is research that reports the results of a study and uses data derived from actual observation or experimentation. such research is used to answer a question or test a hypothesis.
You will be able to use the superstructure for
empirical research reports most successfully if you understand the purpose of the research, discussed in them. When you are writing about empirical research, you
will be writing to people who will make decisions based on the results of your
reports.
Example: Ayesha’s experiment will be
used by engineers, who design engines for employees. The results of Anam’s
survey will be used by state agency in charge of outdoor recreation as it
decides, what sort of facilities, it must provide to meet the needs of older
citizens.
A smaller amount of empirical
research has a different purpose: to extend general human knowledge. The
researchers set out to learn how fish remember, what the molten core of the earth
is like, etc. The research is carried out for the sake of humanity and is
published in Science Journals etc.
In some situations these two aims of
research overlap. Some organizations sponsor basic research, usually in the
hope that what is learned can later be turned into practical use. Likewise, some
practical research turns up results that are of interest to those, who desire
to learn more about the world in general.
The Questions
Readers Ask Most:
Whether it aims to support practical
decisions, extend human knowledge, or achieve some combination of the two
purposes, almost all empirical research are customarily reported in the same
superstructure. That’s because readers of all types have the same seven general
questions about it.
The seven
Questions:
1. Why is the research important to us?
Readers, concerned with solving
specific practical problems, want to know what problems your research will help
address. Readers, concerned with extending human knowledge, want to know how
you think; your research will contribute to what humans should know.
2.
What were you trying to find out?
A key part of an empirical research
project is the careful formulation of the research questions that the project
will try to answer. Readers want to know what those questions are, so they can
determine whether they are significant questions.
3.
Was your research method sound?
Your method has to be appropriate to
your research and it has to be intellectually sound. If the research method is
not appropriate or intellectually sound, your readers will not rely on your
results, conclusions, and recommendations.
4.
What results did your research produce?
Naturally, your readers will want to
find out, what results in you obtained.
5.
How do you interpret those results?
Your readers will want to interpret
those results in ways that are meaningful to them.
6.
What is the significance of those results?
What answers do those results imply
for your research questions, and how do your results relate to the problems.
7.
What do you think we should do?
Readers, concerned with practical
problems, want to know what you advise them to do. Readers, concerned with
extending human knowledge, want to know what you think, your results imply for
future research.
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