会计学TopicstobecoveredWritingDiscussionPartFunctionsofDiscussionchaptersThediscussionchapteriswherethestudentshouldmovebeyondtheirdataandintegratetheresultoftheirstudywithexistingtheoryandresearch.Thelogicalarrangementofthispartisofprimaryimportance.Besureyousupportandanalyzeyourpointswithadequateevidence,reasons,examples,facts,etc.AgoodDiscussionchaptertypicallycontainsthefollowing:Anoverviewofthesignificantfindingsofthestudy;Aconsiderationofthefindingsinthelightofexistingresearchstudies;Implicationsofthestudyforcurrenttheory(exceptinpurelyappliedstudies);Acarefulexaminationoffindingsthatfailtosupportoronlypartlysupportthehypothesesoutlinedinthestudy;Limitationsofthestudythatmayaffectthevalidity效度,credibility信度orthegeneralizability归纳(guīnà)性oftheresults;Recommendationsforfurtherresearch;Implicationsofthestudyforprofessionalpracticeorappliedsettings(optional).StrategiesforwritingDiscussionsectionwriteasentenceaboutallthethingsyouknownowthatyoudidn’tknowwhentheystartedtheresearch.sortthesesentencesintogroups.writeheadingforeachofthegroupsofsentences.writesub-headingsforeachsentenceineachgroup.usethisasaframeworkforplanningtheDiscussionchapter.ThetypicalshapeoftheDiscussionsectionTheDiscussionchapterisofteninakindof‘reverse’formfromtheIntroductionsection.Thatis,intheIntroductiontheprimefocusisonpreviousresearchonthetopic,withthestudent’sresearchtakingasecondaryfocus.IntheDiscussionchapter,thestudent’sstudyistheprimaryfocusandpreciousresearchthesecondaryfocus.Here,previousresearchisusedforconfirmation,comparisonorcontradistinction(Swales2004).Someexamples:ThestructureoftheDiscussionchaptersbyHopkinsetal.(10steps)backgroundinformation;statementofresults;(un)expectedoutcome–i.e.whethertheresultisexpectedornot;Referencetopreviousresearch—comparisonofresultswithpreviousresearchreportedintheliterature;Explanationofunexpectedoutcome—suggestingreasonsforanunexpectedresult(ifthisisthecase)oronedifferentfromthosefoundinpreviousresearch;Exemplification—providing