Good advice: The goal of the Results section is to present the findings of your research as clearly and accurately as possible., The section is sometimes called Results and sometimes called Findings. It depends on your journal or sometimes the methodology used (e.g. quantitative research presents results and qualitative findings)., The Results section usually follows the Methodology section and goes before the Discussion section., Check with a journal’s ‘guide for authors’ to see whether the Results and Discussion sections should be written as two separate sections or combined into one., Present data factually and concisely and use visual aids where possible and helpful., Tables are useful for giving precise data while charts and graphs are helpful for showing trends., Avoid presenting data that is not important to answering the research question., The results section should be written in the past tense. Visuals can be described in the present tense., Bad advice: If any results do not support your hypothesis just ignore them or leave them out of your findings., It’s good to discuss the meaning and importance of the findings in the Results section.,

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