A report structure template for the research methods assignment of Accounting & Finance students: an example
Final Project Structure
Title
(should be concise –short in words)
Abstract (briefly describe what you have done and the main
conclusions/contribution(s) of your work) to the current literature.
Acknowledgements
Contents
1. Introduction (state
the objectives of your research, summarize your motivations for having chosen
the topic, talk briefly about your sample and the reasons for choosing that
sample, briefly state 2-3 articles on which you based your research and the contributions
you intend to give to the current literature –be clear, coherent and concise)
2. Literature Review (review at least 10-15 articles related which support
theoretically and or methodologically the topic chosen. When possible relate those
articles findings with your research.
3. Data and Methodology
4.1 Data (describe the sample used: time
period, variables, sources where you got the data, etc)
4.2 Methodology (introduce
your model and respective variables. If you use (multi-regression models state
the regression equation(s) and describe in detail all the regression variables)
4. Results (present your results and interpret your findings)
5. Conclusions (state the main conclusions from your research –focus on the
most important results only; be short in words and concise)
6. Recommendations and Limitations (state a few recommendations for
further work (i.e. possible extensions for your research, ideas, etc) and the
limitations of your research (such as time constrains, too small sample, etc).
Appendix
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