What are findings and recommendations?

Conclusions interpret the findings or results of an investigation. Recommendations follow conclusions and are opinions supported by the report’s findings.

How do I make recommendations and findings?

Recommendations should be one-sentence, succinct, and start with an action verb (create, establish, fund, facilitate, coordinate, etc.). They should use a “SMART” format (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely). Each recommendation should be followed by a few sentences of explanatory text.

What do you write in findings in a report?

How to Write a Findings Report

1. Summary. Begin your Findings report with a brief summary of your experiment’s results.
2. Discussion. The discussion is the meaty part of your Findings report and can be of great value to your audience if written appropriately.
3. Using Visual Aids.
4. Format.

How do you write a recommendation report?

Put recommendations in a numbered or bulleted list format. If action is imperative, list them in order of priority so that decision makers know which items need attention first. If recommendations are of equal importance, list them in the same order that they occurred in the body of the report.

How are recommendations related to findings and findings?

TIP ► Recommendations stem from the findings. Link each of your recommendations to the finding that supports it, to highlight the direct connection between assessment and action.

How are recommendations presented in an assessment report?

This example from the Tanzania assessment report illustrates near-term and longer-term recommendations. Recommendations are typically summarized in the Executive Summary, and presented in full within specific technical sections, usually as a short list of bullets following the findings summary.

How does reporting and discussing your findings work?

This page and the next, on reporting and discussing your findings, deal with the core of the thesis. In a traditional doctoral thesis, this will consist of a number of chapters where you present the data that forms the basis of your investigation, shaped by the way you have thought about it.

How are recommendations developed in a research paper?

Recommendations should directly respond to key findings arrived at through data collection and analysis. A process of prioritization is essential to narrowing down findings, and once this is done, recommendations should be developed that align with the most important findings.