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