Blog Entry #11

March 15, 2010 saunderskatejnwp

Writing The Method Section

According To “Writing Up Research”…

Methodology section asks two questions: How was data collected? How was it analyzed?
Method Affects Results-helps reader understand
Reasoning-why chose?
Methods (appropriate to objective)
Readers replicate methodology
Problems with methodology are irrelevent details and unneccessary explanations
Keep purpose of method section in mind

According to “How To Write A Method Section”…

Method sections should include 4 parts; participants, materials, design and procedure
Participants-who? how many? how selected?
Materials-measures, equipment, equipment used in experiment
Design-what are the variables?
Procedures-used in experiment

Tips On Writing The Method Section…

Summary Content Provided By…

Cherry Kendra, . “How To Write A Method Section.” About.com. New York Times, n.d. Web. 15 Mar 2010. http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologywriting/ht/method.htm.

Writing Up Research: Method And Research Design. 15 3 2010, Language Center Asian Institute Of Technology. Web. 15 Mar 2010. http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/el21meth.htm.