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The document discusses how to write the rationale or justification of a study. It states that the rationale answers the need for conducting the research and justifies the significance and novelty of the study. It should describe what previous research has been done on the topic, identify gaps in the existing literature, and emphasize why addressing those gaps is important. The rationale section will follow the background and precede the hypothesis and objectives in the study.

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Rationale

The document discusses how to write the rationale or justification of a study. It states that the rationale answers the need for conducting the research and justifies the significance and novelty of the study. It should describe what previous research has been done on the topic, identify gaps in the existing literature, and emphasize why addressing those gaps is important. The rationale section will follow the background and precede the hypothesis and objectives in the study.

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The rationale of your research is the reason for conducting the study. The rationale
should answer the need for conducting the said research. It is a very important part of
your publication as it justifies the significance and novelty of the study. That is why it
is also referred to as the justification of the study. Ideally, your research should be
structured as observation, rationale, hypothesis, objectives, methods, results and
conclusions.

To write your rationale, you should first write a background on what all research has
been done on your study topic. Follow this with ‘what is missing’ or ‘what are the
open questions of the study’. Identify the gaps in the literature and emphasize why it
is important to address those gaps. This will form the rationale of your study. The
rationale should be followed by a hypothesis and objectives.

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How to write the need of the study?

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Answer:
The term used to imply why the study was needed in the first place is "rationale
for research" or "rationale of a study." It is also sometimes referred to as the
justification of the study. I have edited your question to reflect this.

The rationale of a study is a very important part of the manuscript. You can do a
thorough literature review to understand what is already known in your field of study
and thereby identify the gaps in knowledge or the problems that are yet to be solved.
Such gaps will form the framework of your study and outline the need for a new
study.
Thus, in the Introduction section, you will need to provide a background on the topic
and what is known on the topic. The next paragraph would indicate the gaps in the
current literature and then lead to the goal/objective/rationale for your new study.

Answer:
The term used to imply why the study was needed in the first place is
"rationale for research" or "rationale of a study." It is also sometimes
referred to as the justification of the study. I have edited your question to
reflect this.

The rationale of a study is a very important part of the manuscript. You


can do a thorough literature review to understand what is already known
in your field of study and thereby identify the gaps in knowledge or the
problems that are yet to be solved. Such gaps will form the framework
of your study and outline the need for a new study.

Thus, in the Introduction section, you will need to provide a background


on the topic and what is known on the topic. The next paragraph would
indicate the gaps in the current literature and then lead to the
goal/objective/rationale for your new study.

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