The research methodology includes a summary of the research
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I think abstract.
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Dr. Adel OUESLATI
An executive summary is a thorough overview of a research report or other type of document that synthesizes key points for its readers, saving them time and preparing them to understand the study's overall content. It is a separate, stand-alone document of sufficient detail and clarity to ensure that the reader can completely understand the contents of the main research study. An executive summary can be anywhere from 1-10 pages long depending on the length of the report, or it can be the summary of more than one document [e.g., papers submitted for a group project].
Although an executive summary is similar to an abstract in that they both summarize the contents of a research study, there are several key differences. With research abstracts, the author's recommendations are rarely included, or if they are, they are implicit rather than explicit. Recommendations are generally not stated in academic abstracts because scholars operate in a discursive environment, where debates, discussions, and dialogs are meant to precede the implementation of any new research findings. The conceptual nature of much academic writing also means that recommendations arising from the findings are widespread and not easily or usefully encapsulated.
Executive summaries are used mainly when a research study has been developed for an organizational partner, funding entity, or other external group that participated in the research. In such cases, the research report and executive summary are often written for policy makers outside of academe, while abstracts are written for the academic community. Professors, therefore, assign the writing of executive summaries so students can practice sythesizing and writing about the contents of comprehensive research studies for external stakeholder groups.
When preparing to write, keep in mind that:
- An executive summary is not an abstract.
- An executive summary is not an introduction.
- An executive summary is not a preface.
- An executive summary is not a random collection of highlights.
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It depends on whether Educational Research has qualitative or quantitative variables. The design, the measuring instruments, the statistics used.
For example, the operational variables are both quantitative and qualitative and the design is prospective, observation in the educational field, use or not of instruments to measure, if necessary, academic performance. The format to be used is the traditional one of the scientific method and the summary must be attached to said format.
If it is an educational research carried out with a purely qualitative methodology, given the case of an interview focused on indigenous groups that have specific cultural and religious practices. It will be necessary to use the ethnographic method. In this case, the presentation of the research summary has a different format. For example, the description of all the interviews and finally find the common terms or concepts to draw conclusions.
It is the abstract or lay summary which should consist of summaries of the IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussions)
A summary is a condensed version of a longer work. An abstract is a brief summary that is found at the beginning of a research article, thesis, etc. An abstract is a type of summary.So, the best is in educational research is ABSTRACT.
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Abstract is an overview of the whole research in a prescribed sequence. It is a brief description to the research problem, objectives, methods, results and evaluation. That is why abstract is considered as a very useful tool and alternative way for researchers to understand the purpose of the research without reading all the sections.
While summary is where you emphasize that your research objectives have been achieved. You also emphasize the most significant results, note the limitations, and make suggestions for further research and future directions.
Although the summary is largely similar to the abstract of the research, most articles I have seen use the abstract method.
Although both have their own value but popular researchers and journals e.g. AMJ, JOM etc gives value to abstract. BUT it does not mean to underestimate the value of research summary.
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