{"id":387,"date":"2022-03-19T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T21:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/undergradresearch\/?post_type=chapter&p=387"},"modified":"2022-05-11T19:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:10:18","slug":"writing-your-conclusions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/undergradresearch\/chapter\/writing-your-conclusions\/","title":{"raw":"Writing Your Conclusions","rendered":"Writing Your Conclusions"},"content":{"raw":"After writing your discussion, it should be pretty easy to write your conclusion. Your conclusion is intended to leave a strong impression to your reasers (Caulfield, 2020), and generally comprises three things: (1) reaffirmation of you research question(s) or thesis statement; (2) a summary of the results\/how the argument developed; and (3) suggestions for key take-aways from the article (Caulfiels, 2020). For empirical papers, one needs to restate both the research problem and research questions. This means reminding readers why the problem was important, the questions asked and the answers abstained. This needs not take up more than a paragraph. Remember, the key findings are what informed your discussion, and the research problem and questions should be retrievable from the introduction. For papers without a research question (such as theoretical and argumentative theses), Caulfield (2020) suggests you revert to the problem and thesis statement presented in the introduction, restate them and demonstrate how they were developed throughout the rest of the thesis.\r\n\r\nThe way you write the suggested takeaways will also depend on whether your paper is empirical or argumentative. According to Caulfield (2020), non-empirical papers (theoretical and argumentative theses) can close with a call to action, i.e., a list of practical suggestions that the concerned groups, organizations or people can take to remedy the situation. More theoretically-driven thesis can end with a reaffirmation of the significance of the arguments raised. However, empirical arguments might subtly highlight practical actions that might be needed to summarize the kinds of future research that are needed. See Box 11.4.1 for a checklist for writing your conclusion.\r\n
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Box 11.5 - McCombe's Checklist for Writing a Conclusion<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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McCombe\u2019s (2019) checklist for writing a conclusion. I have\u2026.\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n