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Blog #14 Some articles

April 6, 2010 at 1:08 am (Uncategorized)

Articles given by Marlen

Results

• make results easy and accessible to readers (graph, table)as well as including texts that thoroughly explain the result data
• don’t overload the reader or make the reader re read material… inform on specific parts of the information given
• make sure your way of presenting the material is easy and understandable for the reader and bests suits the information given.
• use parenthese (ex: see table 1) in order to easily direct your reader

Discussions

• interperut your own and new material that is presented in the research.
• Make your points clear instead of disguising them with words
• use bridged sentences instead of restating the information over and over again
• relate your findings to previous research done … reference any outside sources
• Do not introduce new results in your discussion

Conclusions

• help make a transition for the reader back to their daily lives
• last chance to make your statement about what you think and your views on the topic being presented, make a good final impression and summarize all your thoughts.
• pushes beyond the boundaries of your paper
• conclusion makes the reader leave with an idea of your topic at hand
• synthesis the paper and put all the points made in the paper together
• suggest solutions to a problem, broader views, or  a whole new insight.

My articles I found to reflect Marlen’s

Results

• use figures and tables to present the info more effectivly
• make results completly objective report
• Summarize your findings in texts
• describe your findings thoroughly in text
• Analyze data
• Do not interpret results, include raw data, present repeated data, confuse figyres with tables
• use past tense and put into order
• refer to figs and ” Fig 1″ and “Table 1″
• each figure must be labeled appropriatly

Discussion

• interpret results and support conclusions
• decided on hypothesis and explain instead of claiming “incohesive”
• Draw conclusions based on the information found.. treat the study as finished work
• focus on mechanisms
• offer alternative explanations if they exist
• discuss what questions remain in the research
• refer to work done by specific individuals
• suggest why the results came out as they did

Conclusions

• Conclusion is what the audience remembers best.
• present final analysis, frame thoughts, and bridge readers
• to go beyond a final statement and expand the paper…include insights, warning, reccomendation, hypothesis, make a call to action, look to the future and make a prediction, propose a solution to an issue, offer further study, or consider broader issues
• end strongly!!

I feel that conclusion and introductions are my strongest writing areas in research papers. Therefore, I’m excited to end strong with a good and valid point as well as leave a very lasting impression on my readers that will make them want to know everything about raves.

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