Organising a Research Report

Global structure of a report

The investigative report
and the mirror image

The IMRAD structure:
function vs topic

Other research report headings

 

We can learn a lot about research reports by looking at their component structure:

It is useful to structure your report by the functional stages of the investigation.

The IMRAD structure provides the best framework for this:

Introduction:  What you plan to do
Methodology: What you did
Results: What you found
And
Discussion:  What it all means

- More on the IMRAD structure

• Other optional procedural headings within the IMRAD structure