Blog #14 March 29, 2010

Results

“Writing up Research: Results”. Language Center.  2003. Asian Institute of Technology. 29 March 2010. <http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21RES.HTM>

• Do not keep repeating yourself
• Can present information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram
• There must be text that explains the results
• Raw data usually is put into an appendix
• Lets the reader know the results of your primary research
• Make sure to organize the information so that the reader can understand it

Results

Results”. Writing Research Paper. 29 March 2010.

<http://www.research-papers-thesis.org/research-papers-results.htm>

• The writer can also illustrate the results such as using a graph besides just using written words.
• Only talk about the observations that are the most relevant.
• Don’t interpret your results in the results section.
• Don’t present the same data more than once.
• Use past tense when referring to results.

I think that it’s really important to just get the most important observations across to the reader in the simplest way. You can use illustrations in the results other than just writing. One should try to keep the information organized.  Make sure to write the results section in past tense.

Discussions

“The Structure, Format, Content, and Style of a Journal-Style Scientific Paper”. 29 March 2010.

<http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWsections.html#discussion>

• This is the part of the paper where the results are interpreted.
• Explains new understanding about the subject of the research paper.
• Predicts what the next answer in the study would be.
• Try to be concise and to the point, do not use big words.
• Do not introduce any new information

Discussion

”Discussion”. Writing Research Paper. 29 March 2010.

<http://www.research-papers-thesis.org/research-papers-discussion.htm>

• If results differ from hypothesis, one must explain why.
• Focus on mechanisms.
• Try using alternate explanations.
• Make sure to properly cite everything.

The purpose of the disscussion section is to effectively explain the results.  One must compare and contrast their information they got from their results, with the information they already have, and with what they predicted in their hypothesis.  This is not a section to bring up anything new.

Conclusion

“Conclusions.” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 29 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html>.

• This is what ends the paper and brings everything together.
• Allows the writer to complete his thoughts on his subject.
• It can also give new ideas to another person so they can do further research.
• Allows the reader to take something away fromt he paper and feel good about what they read.

Conclusion

“How to Write a Reasearch Paper?”.   Tailore Essays. 2009. 29 March 2010.

<http://www.tailoredessays.com/how-write/research-paper/introduction-conclusion.htm>

• The conclusion explains the whole point to the research paper.
• It makes the reader understand why the paper was written.
• It evaluates the main points of the paper.

The conclusion summarizes the whole paper, and allow what the writer has written to finally make sense.  There is no new information introduced in the paper.  It can also allow readers to think of new ideas for future research.

Blog Entry #13 March 24, 2010

After I completed combining my 3 papers together I realized that I need to work on my transitions a little more. I probably need to make them a little longer because as of right now they’re kind of boring and don’t really flow together. I also ended up going back into my paper and changing the Introduction a little bit and also the Literature Review. I just found that by adding some little things that it made my paper a little more interesting to read.

Blog Entry #12 March 17, 2010

My research method is to do a survey. I plan on finding at least 10 participants for my research. They will be girls and guys on campus so that they will be “college age”. I plan on asking some people that I know, and some that I do not know. No there will not be any potential danger to the participants. I will protect my participants by not using their names, and if I refer to their survey specifically I will change their name so no one will ever know who they are. The survey that I will had out will have 12 questions and depending on the answer the participant gives they will get a 1,2,3,4, or 5 for every question. If they have over a 42, then one website states that you are a shopaholic. Then I will ask a couple questions after they take the survey asking if they think their result was correct or not. I plan on asking them if they think that college age students are likely to go into debt from shopping.

I don’t really have any questions about methods as of right now. I’m sure that once I start to write my methods paper that I will have many questions about it.

Blog Entry #11 March 15, 2010

Methods and Research Design

• The purpose of a methods paper is to state how that data was collected and analyzed.
• When the reader knows how the data was collected and researched it allows them to see whether the information is reliable or not.
• The Methodology should tell why one chose the research method they did.
• Sometimes in the Methodology it is nice to explain how problems were overcome.
• Remember the audience that is being written for.
• Remember the verb tense.

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Writing Methodology

• Allows verification
• The reader must know how the writer gathered their information.
• The methodology should describe a few things, materials, how information was gathered,  and how calculations were made.
• Te information should be straight to the point, there should be no writing in circles.

What I understood from these two articles is that a Methodology is a paper explaining in great detail about how one conducted their personal research.  The information should be clearly given, and precise. The writer must tell the readers exactly what they did and why they did it. The reader should be able to evaluate whether or not the research was reliable.

Works Cited

“Writing up Research: Method and Research Design.” Language Center Website . Web. 15 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/el21meth.htm>.

“Writing Methodology – Describing the Data Collection.” Scientific Method – Understanding Science, Research and

Experiments. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.experiment-resources.com/writing-methodology.html>.