Oral Presentation

At times  oral presentation of the  results of the study is considered effective particularly in case where  policy recommendations are indicated by project results. The merit  of this  approach lies  in the  fact  that it  provides an opportunity for  give and take  decisions which  generally lead to a better  understanding  of the findings  and their implications but the  main demerit of this sort of presentation is the lack of any permanent record concerning the research details and it may be just possible that  the findings may  fade  away fade away from   people  memory even before an action is  taken. In order  overcome this  difficulty  a written report  may be  circulated before the oral presentation and referred to  frequently during the discussion. Oral  presentation is effective when supplemented by various  devices. Use of slides wall charts and blackboards is quite helpful  in contributing to clarity and in  reducing the  boredom if any distributing a  board outline with a few important tables and charts  concerning the research results makes the listeners attentive who have a ready outline on which  to focus their thinking. This very often happens in academic institutions where the  researcher discusses  his research findings and policy implication with  others  either  in a seminar  or in a group  discussion.

Thus research  results  can be  reported  in more  than one ways but the usual  practice  adopted in  academic  institutions particularly is that  of writing  the technical report and then preparing several research papers to be discussed at various forums in one form for the other. But  in practical  field and  with  problems  having  policy implications the techniques  followed  is that  writing  a popular  report. Researcher done  on governmental  account  or on behalf  of some  major public  or private organizations are  usually presented  in the  form of technical  report.