ABSTRACT
This chapter describes organizing and presenting the data, interpreting the evidence and connecting to existing scholarship. The results section of a research manuscript performs a similar task, outlining evidence to create a picture of the research story. This is closely followed by the discussion section, in which the researcher interprets the evidence through the lens of the research questions and the theoretical framework and links it to the wider field. Sometimes the results and discussion sections stand alone, while in other venues they are combined. Regardless, these sections are the heart of a manuscript, providing for the reader what happened and what it means that allows the article to add to knowledge in the field. The form of data to include varies depending on the research methodology and the type of data that was gathered. Two common forms this might take in a manuscript are graphic representations like tables and charts or narrative data such as interview excerpts.
