Conclusion

A conclusion ( ['faːtsɪt] , from Latin facit ,' it does, it results' ; plural: conclusions or conclusions ) or résumé or, in Switzerland, résumé (from the French résumé 'what has been done again') is an evaluative summary in which mostly a result is presented and conclusions are drawn from it. It is a type of text that is usually found at the end of a specialist article , other brief or a speech .

With the conclusion, a change is made from the topic level to the meta level . You leave the content work on the topic to talk about it. The conclusion then also contains an evaluation and classification of the previous content - in the following sense:

Short and precise summary of the central statements and the most important results of the work.
To what extent has the author achieved his goal through his approach ?
What conclusions does the study allow?
What are the prospects for the future ?
Where / to what extent does the future working method have to be changed?
Also, any appeals or a final question are possible.
It is also possible to point out questions or areas of the topic that were deliberately ignored or that are still open or could not be finally clarified.
Your own (personal) rating can also be built into the conclusion.
In a scientific paper the conclusion contains i. d. Usually also answering the hypothesis or research question .

literature

Matthias Karmasin, Rainer Ribing: The design of scientific work. A guide for term papers, bachelor, master and master theses as well as dissertations. 4th edition. UTB / Facultas, Vienna 2009, Chapter 1.5.3, p. 26, ISBN 978-3-8252-2774-6 (UTB); 7th edition, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-8252-3839-1 (= Uni-Taschenbücher , volume 2774).

Web links

Wiktionary: Conclusion - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations