ABSTRACT

A common mistake that many authors make is including interpretation within their results. Sometimes, especially when converting a thesis or dissertation into a manuscript, more results to be included in the article, are obtained. Quantitative results are much easier to present than qualitative results. Often tables and figures can be used to keep the results section succinct. With any style, statistical notations need to be presented consistently; it's important. No reviewer wants to see mathematical notations randomly arranged. Again, this leads back to asking how careful the author was in designing, collecting, and analyzing the data. A clean, crisp results section indicates professionalism and confidence. Generally, results are presented as themes that emerge from the data either by coding-using researchers and experts or by using a software. Themes are generated and are then presented with supporting quotes or evidence from the content.