Blog Entry #14

April 5, 2010 saunderskatejnwp

Results/Discussion/Conclusion

How To Write The Results Section

According To The Language Center At The Asian Institute Of Technology…

• Results Are a statement-easily read
• Can use graph, table, text format
• Explanation/Focus og what is significant
• Dont just repeat information-provide explanation
• 2 ways to organize: present all results; discuss or present some; discuss; present discuss…etc.-depends on what works best

According To Writing The Results…

• Direct line to observations in research
• Dont discuss how, why…
• Simply present findings

How To Write The Discussion Section

According To Bates College Biology Dept…

• Connect results to already know information-intro and lit review, question and hypothesis considered/included
• Do your findings provide answers?
• Agree with others?
• Provide new understanding?
• What’s next? Suggestions for other researchers
• Use active voice and dont be too wordy
• Discuss experiment in order it was presented in the results
• Reference other works
• Do not intro new results in the discussion section
• Acknowledge any outside help in research
• Use an appendix if needed

According To The Language Center…

• Comment and explanation of results
• Reasoning based on results
• Put results in context
• Minimize repetition
• Different focus than results section

How To Write The Conclusion Section

According To UNC..

• Last words-final say, summary of thoughts
• Make the readers glad they read your work
• Ask yourself, ‘So what?’ to help get more out of the conclusion
• Don’t use overused, tacky phrases; in conclusion… in closing…etc…
• Don’t just restate the thesis
• Don’t state the thesis for the first time
• Dont’ use too much emotion
• Don’t throw in new information

According To The Language Center..

• Summary of what was learned
• Don’t make it too long, too much detail
• Go from general to specific
• Don’t ignore the negative
• Match objectives of the research-answer question, thesis

Looking up information on these sections of the paper and how to write them helped me a lot. I wasnt sure what to include in each part and this clarified it well for me. I will be referencing this blog entry when doing my own R/D/C section.

Summary Content Provided By:

“Conclusions.” Handouts And Links. University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, 2007. Web. 5 Apr 2010. <http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html>.

“Discussion.” How To Write A Paper In Scientific Journal Style And Format. Department Of Biology, Bates College, 25 09 2008. Web. 5 Apr 2010. <http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWsections.html#discussion>.

“Writing The Results.” EEES, n.d. Web. 5 Apr 2010. .

“Writing Up Research: Conclusions.” Language Center. Asian Institute Of Technology, 2003. Web. 5 Apr 2010. <http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21CONC.HTM>.

“Writing Up Research: Discussion.” Language Center. Asian Institute Of Technology, 2003. Web. 5 Apr 2010. <http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21DISC.HTM >.

“Writing Up Research: Results.” Language Center. Asian Institute Of Technology, 2003. Web. 5 Apr 2010. <http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21RES.HTM>.

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