English Academic Writing第五章.pptVIP

Chapter Five  Part One: Paper Writing Types: Research Method Qualitative research methods Quantitative research methods Descriptive research method Methods observation, sound recordings, questionnaires, interviews, on-site records, logs pre-experimental research, quasi-experimental research experimental research case studies, group studies, surveys and development research. Application used in liberal arts and social sciences applied in science used in liberal arts and social sciences Chapter Five  Part One: Paper Writing 3. Results and Discussion (1) Results The function of this section is to summarize general trends in the data without comment, bias, or interpretation. Chapter Five  Part One: Paper Writing (2) Discussion The function of this section is to analyze the data and relate them to other studies. Principles: ①The Discussion should contain at least: ---the relationship between the results and the original hypothesis, ---an integration of your results with those of previous studies, ---possible explanations for unexpected results and observations. ② Trends that are not statistically significant can still be discussed if they are suggestive or interesting, but cannot be made the basis for conclusions as if they were significant. conclusions as if they were significant. ③ Avoid redundancy between the Results and the Discussion section. ④ End the Discussion with a summary of the principal points you want the reader to remember. Chapter Five  Part One: Paper Writing 4. Conclusions and recommendations (1) Conclusion Definition: The conclusion is a highly condensed summary of the paper. It is certainly not a simple list of the research results, but rather reasonable inferences and further upgrading drawn from the research findings and analysis. Sentence patterns: ... The Summary type of conclusion Types of conclusion: The