The final report can be a paper, a research report, both or just one of them, as long as it can express your research results. The final report of research study includes papers and research reports, which are divided into comprehensive research report, scientific research report, experimental design, investigation report and reading report.
The so-called thesis is an article that discusses or studies a certain problem. Its extension is an article, and its connotation is discussion and research. Therefore, it is a reasoning article. The emphasis here is on understanding "discussion" and "research", which are the essential attributes of the paper.