Steve Tippins Ph.D. breaks down Chapter 5 of a dissertation: restate your research questions, discuss what your findings mean for the field, give practical recommendations for schools or businesses, suggest future research directions, and end with a strong conclusion about your contribution.
The idea in Chapter 5 is to start with a preview of what you're going to be covering, reminding the reader about your research questions, your problem, and your purpose. Then including the implications—what it means, how it fits into the literature. Then we're going to move on to recommendations. What does this actually mean to schools or businesses, communities, whatever you were studying, to other scientists? What recommendations do you have for the results? But also, what recommendations do you have for future research? What else should be done? —because you've done this, you know the limitations. You also now know what else should be done in this area. And at the end, bring this to a strong conclusion and leave the reader with the notion that this is a strong contribution to the field. Chapter 5 is not an afterthought. It's where you get to really show why your work is important and what it really means. Drop the word "help" in the comments and I'll send you the link to my free dissertation help community.
