Final research paper, usually related to the previously submitted research proposal (but could be unrelated)

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Final research paper, usually related to the previously submitted research proposal (but could be unrelated).

A typical paper structure would be the following -- but feel free to deviate from this if it doesn't seem to fit your research project well.

Abstract - executive (roughly 150 word) summary of the entire paper (2 marks)

I. Introduction - what is the research project about? (2 marks)

II. Motivation - why is this topic important? (2 marks)

III. Background - what background knowledge do we need to understand the research? (2 marks)

IV. Research Method - introducing research questions and methods for data collection and analysis

IV.A Research Questions - what is your research question / are your research questions? (3 marks)

IV.B Data Collection - what data did you collect (describe in enough detail that somebody else could reproduce)? (5 marks)

IV.C Data Analysis - how did you analyse this data (describe in enough detail that somebody else could reproduce)? (5 marks)

V. Findings - what did you find, i.e., what is the answer to your research question(s)? (3 marks)

VI. Discussion - how do you interpret the findings? This is where you can speculate a bit. (2 marks)

VII. Threats to Validity - what threats affect the validity of your findings? (7 marks)

VIII. Related Work - how does your research fit in with other researchers' work? (3 marks)

IX. Conclusions - a quick summary and concluding remarks (2 marks)

X. Future Work - what should others do next based on your work? (2 marks)