[arslan101]

I found the answer:

‘If you are paraphrasing from one source throughout a paragraph, don’t worry about
putting a citation after every sentence. Putting a citation at the end of the paragraph is
fine (there should be at least one citation at the end of each paragraph if the material is
paraphrased). If you are paraphrasing from 2 or more sources within one paragraph, in
such a way that the information is integrated extensively, cite both sources at the end of
the paragraph.’

Its from Monash University. I hope this is acceptable at Oxford Brookes too.

Although how much paraphrasing is good and acceptable, I can envision no other way to do this and still remain under word limit for part 2 i.e. 1000 words.

[arslan101]

@trephena and @bassaniobroke I have another question:

In part 2 of research report: an explanation of accounting and business techniques (topic 8)

I used ACCA course books as source and paraphrased using my own words. Now the problem is how to reference it:

For example, in Political factors for PESTEL I have a paragraph of four lines whose source material is BPP P3 Business Analysis book. Should I add the in text citation at the end of the paragraph only or how should I add it? Likewise all other factors were also explained using books as source.

Where should I place the in text citation in this situation?

[arslan101]

@trephena I may be a bit late in asking it but:

Is a Bibliography list absolutely important?

I just included a reference list, however I was pretty thorough in my references had a total of about 60 or more.

I would really like your opinion on the matter.

[arslan101]

@traphena thanks for clearing it up.

Regarding conclusions and recommendations.

Do we have to give references in conclusions as well, considering that references were given during analysis and evaluation- if there is no new information?

and

Is it good practice to use one newspaper article to reference multiple points at different segments in the research report?

[arslan101]

What if the graph uses figures from an Appendix instead of directly from the annual report? Then should the chart be like : (Appendix A). ??

[arslan101]

Thanks a lot for your reply. It helps a lot.

Now, I will do a year on year analysis for sales of the primary company and then bring in the comparator analysis in discussing the ratios.

I think I will keep your post as a checklist for my ratio analysis.

Thanks a lot again.

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