QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED BY PRESENTERS:
1) What are you
researching?
2) Why are you researching
this topic?
3) How are you researching
this topic?
4) What is the status of
your research?
1) State the nature of the
issue, topic or problem
that you are studying.
Include at least 1-2
questions your research
addresses and, if
possible, state your
formal hypotheses
(tentative assumptions
you are testing through
your research).
• Purpose
• Objective
• Issue
• Research question
• Problem
• Hypothesis
• Thesis
• Major points
• Premises
2) Briefly explain what is
known about the issue,
topic or problem
(background).
Also explain why you
are researching it. For
example, why is it
important? Why does it
interest you? What new
information can you add
with your research?
• Justification
• Rationale
• Motivation
• Significance
• Background
3) Describe what you are
doing and materials you
are using, e.g., lab
experiments designed or
conducted, interviews,
surveys, library
research/literature
review, subjects/
populations studied,
conditions examined, etc.
Also note theories used,
developed or
demonstrated.
(Address what applies to
research in your field.)
• Methods
• Methodology
• Design
• Study population
• Research Subjects
4) Describe the status of
your project, e.g., your
initial observations (if
any) and future
directions; or describe
your results and your
conclusions (e.g.,
supporting or not
supporting your
hypothesis). What
problems have you
encountered? What have
you learned? What do
you hope to learn?
• Current status
• Progress toward
results
• Results
• Discussion (interpretation
of results)
• Conclusions
• Limitations of
research
• Implications
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ADVANCED QUESTIONS: Presentations for research beyond the initial stage should
include most, if not all, of the following:
Statement of the problem or issue
Brief background or literature review (what is already known about the problem?)
Hypotheses (what you want to test or what you think you will find). Include one to three
research questions.
Methods (what you did or plan to do)
Results (what you found or think you will find)
Discussion (what the results might mean)
Significance (why is what you are testing important and what new information can it add?)
Limitations of research
Future research directions
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2005 CIC/SROP Conference
Research Roundtable Presentation Guidelines
For CIC/SROP Scholars
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Summer Research Opportunities Program Conference
University of Wisconsin-Madison
July 15-17, 2005
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