theory

current theory

subject

study

work

current work on

current thinking

the literature

project

report

a preliminary report

plan

an exploratory study of

case

account of

programme GB or program US

a survey of

an outline of

a summary of

a synopsis of

a review of

question

issue

analysis of

examination of

investigation of

inquiry into

assessment of

a test of

an estimate of

evaluation of

exploration of

experiment

method

procedure

approach

strategy

definition of

demonstration of

description of

illustration

example

idea

concept

notion

hypothesis

scenario

proposal

assumption

premise or premiss

understanding

interpretation

misinterpretation of

belief

view

position

perspective

opinion

claim

argument

assertion

reasoning

conviction

defence GB or defense US of

justification for or of

response to

finding

an initial finding

initial findings

insight into

deduction

clarification of

explanation

solution to or of

answer

confirmation of

corroboration of

verification of

proof of

conclusion