Findings =
~ Something that has been found.
~ A conclusion reached after examination or investigation: the finding of a grand jury; a coroner's findings.
~ A statement or document containing an authoritative decision or conclusion: a presidential finding that authorized the covert operation.
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Analysis:
~ The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study.
~ The study of such constituent parts and their interrelationships in making up a whole.
~ A spoken or written presentation of such study: published an analysis of poetic meter.
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Yes, you'd be presenting LOTS of data in the findings section of a paper (and therefore, many citations!); if the analysis is yours, no quotations or citations are needed, but if you are reporting on the analysis by someone else, you'll need citations there, too.
What is the difference between "Findings and Analysis"?
And do I need to quote a lot in the findings section?
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