How to rite a research paper 如何写毕业论文？.pptVIP

How to write a research paper Lecturer: Associate professor Feng Miaoling (冯妙玲） 1. The sections of a research paper Section 1: abstract Section 2: key words Section 3: introduction Section 4: literature review Section 5: Methodology Section 6: findings Section 7: discussion Section 8: conclusion Section 9: references / works cited/ bibliography Section 1: abstract 1. a short summary (150-125 word) helping readers decide whether the article is relevant to their interests and whether it needs to be read in its entirety Section 1: abstract 2. fairly impersonal in tone talks about what the paper does rather than about what the author did “This article considers…”, “This article proposes…”, “This article examines…” Section 1: abstract 3. need for brevity more complex in syntax than the actual article mentioning all the sections of the paper drawing the ideas for one sentence or two from each of the article’s main sections Section 1: abstract 4. the content of an abstract 1) research objective 2) methodology (research subjects/research instrument / methods of statistical analysis) 3) research results and major conclusions 4) the significance of the findings Section 1: abstract Three examples Example 1(Feng 2) Example 2(fu) Example 3 (See next page) Section 1: abstract A large sampling of abstracts was obtained from across the U.S. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the abstracts. Several statistical methods were used in the study. A table of styles vs. locality in the U.S. is presented. Several interesting conclusions of the correlation study are discussed. Finally, recommendations are made in how to improve abstract preparation. Section 1: abstract Is the above abstract good ? completely uninformative Says nothing about the study methods, such as sampling techniques, methods of statistical analysis, and conclusions of any kind. The drawbacks of such style are obvious. The students must learn to avoid such useless writing! Section 2: key wor