Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should have a better understanding of:

• The ways in which writing is an integral part of all aspects of the research process
• The relationship of ongoing research writing to the final research report
• The importance of considering your study’s purpose, goals, and audience(s), and the processes that can help you decide upon these aspects of your study
• Considerations related to a research report’s structure and format
• The components of a final research report
• Issues related to the ways in which data are included and represented in research writing
• The balance of and lines between description, interpretation, data inclusion, and analysis in written reports
• Considerations relating to issues of voice, language, and participant portrayal in research reports
• Understanding how your interpretations of data are/should be relational, contextual, non-evaluative, person-centered, temporal, partial, subjective, and non-neutral 
• Ethical considerations related to writing and representing research