- Results
- Data needs to be clear when presented
- Enough detail but not too much that it is over whelming
- two ways to present data. Show it all and discuss or show part then discuss and then show another part and discuss
- Discussion
- this is the part where questions are asked and answered
- It breaks up your paper to explain some of the presented data
- Use active voice in this section
- Organize this section to cover all the topics in your paper
- Conclusion
- Helps transition from the paper to real life
- Finishes up the topic, but keeps you looking for more
- Tells the reader what they should take away from the parer
- Results 2
- Summarize your findings in text and illustrate them, if appropriate, with figures and tables.
- In text, describe each of your results, pointing the reader to observations that are most relevant.
- Provide a context, such as by describing the question that was addressed by making a particular observation.
- Describe results of control experiments and include observations that are not presented in a formal figure or table, if appropriate.
- Analyze your data, then prepare the analyzed (converted) data in the form of a figure (graph), table, or in text form.
- Discussion 2
- Decide if each hypothesis is supported, rejected, or if you cannot make a decision with confidence. Do not simply dismiss a study or part of a study as “inconclusive.”
- Research papers are not accepted if the work is incomplete. Draw what conclusions you can based upon the results that you have, and treat the study as a finished work
- You may suggest future directions, such as how the experiment might be modified to accomplish another objective.
- Explain all of your observations as much as possible, focusing on mechanisms.
- Decide if the experimental design adequately addressed the hypothesis, and whether or not it was properly controlled.
- Try to offer alternative explanations if reasonable alternatives exist.
- One experiment will not answer an overall question, so keeping the big picture in mind, where do you go next? The best studies open up new avenues of research. What questions remain?
- Conclusion 2
- The conclusion is the most important part of the paper because it is the last thing the reader reads before he or she finishes the paper.
- Brings about the ideas of your paper on last time
- Make it concise to leave the reader understanding what they just learned.
Works Cited
Caprette, R. David. Rice University 25 Aug 95. Updated 20 Aug 07
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