by Dr. John Lewis | Oct 21, 2020 | blogs
How do you organize references for your paper? Managing references for your article has come a long way over the last 20 years. Twenty years ago, you had to manually add references to a document, both as a citation in the text and in the bibliography. Fortunately,...
by Dr. John Lewis | Oct 3, 2020 | blogs
What is the purpose of the references? Your references simply provide the reader with the relevant known information and science that were previously published to provide context and justification for your study. In addition, some references will be utilized to enable...
by Dr. John Lewis | Oct 3, 2020 | blogs
What is the purpose of the discussion? The discussion is used to interpret your findings in the context of the existing known literature and information and to explain how your findings may impact the understanding of a problem after taking your results into...
by Dr. John Lewis | Oct 3, 2020 | blogs
How should the word significant(ly) be used in scientific writing? When presenting the findings of a study, the use of this word implies that a statistical test was utilized to make a decision about the data. Thus, you should limit the use of the word significant for...
by Dr. John Lewis | Oct 3, 2020 | blogs
What is the purpose of the results? The results section should present your study’s key findings, without interpretation, passion, or prejudice, in an orderly and logical sequence using both illustrative materials where necessary (e.g., tables and figures) and text....
by Dr. John Lewis | Oct 3, 2020 | blogs
What is the purpose of the methods? The methods section is used to clearly explain how you executed your study with as much detail as possible. Performing great science means that you provide enough detail to a reader so that he or she can then replicate your study,...
