Instructions.
The results section is just that, the results. Write what is found through the survey methods, and do not forget to add tables to help the reader digest the information. Use APA format for the tables. Use headers and sub-headers when appropriate to help break up the information for the reader and not just have it lumped together. Also, include transitional statements to help weave the sections and paragraphs together.
DO NOT ANALYZE THE OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES! Those will take you all day; focus on the Yes/No, Likert-Scale, and multiple-choice questions.
Write a narrative like the literature review in answering “What is the consensus on the orientation program?” Provide an example, and are there any exceptions.
Also, use tables for the Likert-scale questions (make sure they are APA formatted). When conveying Likert-scale information, you want to label the entire section (e.g., what are student feelings about orientation programs) and then list the highest mean average for each question and the standard deviation. Standard deviations are like the variance in the response of survey participants. If the standard deviation is closer to 0, most people answered the same if it is above one, then there is a lot of variance in the response, which means not everyone answered the same. The easiest way to interpret them is to take the mean, subtract the standard deviation from the mean, and add the standard deviation to the mean. That provides the lowest score and highest score on the scale from respondents.
Provided is the Group 2 Orientation(draft) paper that this Results Section will fit into, and the Orientation Survey Data.
