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How To Write Recommendations in Research

Recommendations for future research should be concrete, supported by rationale, and connected to the research. They highlight ways to reproduce results and suggest new directions. For example, a study on social skills in young children found language is important for social skills. The recommendation suggested examining how language programs improve children's skills. A study of COPD speech changes recommended further examining differences between patient groups and deepening understanding of measures. The conclusion of a COPD speech study identified differences between stable and exacerbated patients and recommended more research on detection measures due to study limitations.

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How To Write Recommendations in Research

Recommendations for future research should be concrete, supported by rationale, and connected to the research. They highlight ways to reproduce results and suggest new directions. For example, a study on social skills in young children found language is important for social skills. The recommendation suggested examining how language programs improve children's skills. A study of COPD speech changes recommended further examining differences between patient groups and deepening understanding of measures. The conclusion of a COPD speech study identified differences between stable and exacerbated patients and recommended more research on detection measures due to study limitations.

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How to Write Recommendations in Research?

Recommendations for future research should be:


 Concrete and specific
 Supported with a clear rationale
 Directly connected to your research
Overall, strive to highlight ways other researchers can reproduce or replicate your results
to draw further conclusions, and suggest different directions that future research can
take, if applicable.
Recommendation setup example
Research question
How can teachers at your local preschool ensure that social skills that contribute to
maintaining peer relationships are promoted in children aged 1 to 4?

Conclusion
An important condition for controlling many social skills is mastering language. If children
have a better command of language, they can express themselves better and are better
able to understand their peers. Opportunities to practice social skills are thus dependent
on the development of language skills.
Recommendation
The investigation revealed that mastering language is an important prerequisite for
mastering social skills. On this basis, future research should examine the ability of
language development programs to expand the language skills of children aged 1 to 4.

Recommendation in research example


The current study can be interpreted as a first step in the research on COPD speech
characteristics. However, the results of this study should be treated with caution due to
the small sample size and the lack of details regarding the participants’ characteristics.
Future research could further examine the differences in speech characteristics between
exacerbated COPD patients, stable COPD patients, and healthy controls. It could also
contribute to a deeper understanding of the acoustic measurements suitable for e-health
measurements.

How to Write a Conclusion?


The conclusion is the very last part of your research paper. It should be concise and
engaging, leaving your reader with a clear understanding of your main findings, as well as
the answer to your research question.
In it, you should:
 Clearly state the answer to your main research question
 Summarize and reflect on your research process
 Make recommendations for future work on your thesis or dissertation topic
 Show what new knowledge you have contributed to your field
 Wrap up your thesis or dissertation
Conclusion Example:

The current research aimed to identify acoustic speech characteristics which mark the
beginning of an exacerbation in COPD patients.

The central questions for this research were as follows:


1. Which acoustic measures extracted from read speech differ between COPD speakers in
stable condition and healthy speakers?
2. In what ways does the speech of COPD patients during an exacerbation differ from
speech of COPD patients during stable periods?

All recordings were aligned using a script. Subsequently, they were manually annotated
to indicate respiratory actions such as inhaling and exhaling. The recordings of 9 stable
COPD patients reading aloud were then compared with the recordings of 5 healthy
control subjects reading aloud. The results showed a significant effect of condition on the
number of in- and exhalations per syllable, the number of non-linguistic in- and
exhalations per syllable, and the ratio of voiced and silence intervals. The number of in-
and exhalations per syllable and the number of non-linguistic in- and exhalations per
syllable were higher for COPD patients than for healthy controls, which confirmed both
hypotheses.

However, the higher ratio of voiced and silence intervals for COPD patients compared to
healthy controls was not in line with the hypotheses. This unpredicted result might have
been caused by the different reading materials or recording procedures for both groups,
or by a difference in reading skills. Moreover, there was a trend regarding the effect of
condition on the number of syllables per breath group. The number of syllables per
breath group was higher for healthy controls than for COPD patients, which was in line
with the hypothesis. There was no effect of condition on pitch, intensity, center of
gravity, pitch variability, speaking rate, or articulation rate.
This research has shown that the speech of COPD patients in exacerbation differs from
the speech of COPD patients in stable condition. This might have potential for the
detection of exacerbations. However, sustained vowels rarely occur in spontaneous
speech. Therefore, the last two outcome measures might have greater potential for the
detection of beginning exacerbations, but further research on the different outcome
measures and their potential for the detection of exacerbations is needed due to the
limitations of the current study.
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How to Write Recommendations in Research?


Recommendations for future research should be:
 Concrete and specific
 Supported with a clear rationale
 Directly connected to your research
Overall, strive to highlight ways other researchers can reproduce or replicate your results
to draw further conclusions, and suggest different directions that future research can
take, if applicable.
Recommendation setup example
Research question
How can teachers at your local preschool ensure that social skills that contribute to
maintaining peer relationships are promoted in children aged 1 to 4?

Conclusion
An important condition for controlling many social skills is mastering language. If children
have a better command of language, they can express themselves better and are better
able to understand their peers. Opportunities to practice social skills are thus dependent
on the development of language skills.
Recommendation
The investigation revealed that mastering language is an important prerequisite for
mastering social skills. On this basis, future research should examine the ability of
language development programs to expand the language skills of children aged 1 to 4.

Recommendation in research example


The current study can be interpreted as a first step in the research on COPD speech
characteristics. However, the results of this study should be treated with caution due to
the small sample size and the lack of details regarding the participants’ characteristics.
Future research could further examine the differences in speech characteristics between
exacerbated COPD patients, stable COPD patients, and healthy controls. It could also
contribute to a deeper understanding of the acoustic measurements suitable for e-health
measurements.

How to Write a Conclusion?


The conclusion is the very last part of your research paper. It should be concise and
engaging, leaving your reader with a clear understanding of your main findings, as well as
the answer to your research question.
In it, you should:
 Clearly state the answer to your main research question
 Summarize and reflect on your research process
 Make recommendations for future work on your thesis or dissertation topic
 Show what new knowledge you have contributed to your field
 Wrap up your thesis or dissertation
Conclusion Example:

The current research aimed to identify acoustic speech characteristics which mark the
beginning of an exacerbation in COPD patients.

The central questions for this research were as follows:


1. Which acoustic measures extracted from read speech differ between COPD speakers in
stable condition and healthy speakers?
2. In what ways does the speech of COPD patients during an exacerbation differ from
speech of COPD patients during stable periods?

All recordings were aligned using a script. Subsequently, they were manually annotated
to indicate respiratory actions such as inhaling and exhaling. The recordings of 9 stable
COPD patients reading aloud were then compared with the recordings of 5 healthy
control subjects reading aloud. The results showed a significant effect of condition on the
number of in- and exhalations per syllable, the number of non-linguistic in- and
exhalations per syllable, and the ratio of voiced and silence intervals. The number of in-
and exhalations per syllable and the number of non-linguistic in- and exhalations per
syllable were higher for COPD patients than for healthy controls, which confirmed both
hypotheses.

However, the higher ratio of voiced and silence intervals for COPD patients compared to
healthy controls was not in line with the hypotheses. This unpredicted result might have
been caused by the different reading materials or recording procedures for both groups,
or by a difference in reading skills. Moreover, there was a trend regarding the effect of
condition on the number of syllables per breath group. The number of syllables per
breath group was higher for healthy controls than for COPD patients, which was in line
with the hypothesis. There was no effect of condition on pitch, intensity, center of
gravity, pitch variability, speaking rate, or articulation rate.
This research has shown that the speech of COPD patients in exacerbation differs from
the speech of COPD patients in stable condition. This might have potential for the
detection of exacerbations. However, sustained vowels rarely occur in spontaneous
speech. Therefore, the last two outcome measures might have greater potential for the
detection of beginning exacerbations, but further research on the different outcome
measures and their potential for the detection of exacerbations is needed due to the
limitations of the current study.
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