If you want to understand the theoretical reasons that led researchers to conduct a study that appeared as a research article in a journal, which of the following sections of the research article do you read?

The introduction states the theoretical reasons and background that led researchers to conduct the study.

It frames the research problem, prior literature and the study's rationale.

The discussion interprets results and links them back to theory after the analysis.

The abstract only summarises the whole paper briefly.

The results section reports the findings without explaining the underlying motivation.

The introduction usually ends by stating the aims or hypotheses.