英文科技论文写作HOW_to_WRITE_Discussion.pptVIP

Discussion How do your results fit into a broader context? Suggest the theoretical implications of your results. Suggest practical applications of your results Extend your findings to other situations or other species Give the big picture: do your findings help us understand a broader topic? * * * Free to explain what the results mean or why they differ from what other workers have found.? Should interpret your results in light of other published results, by adding additional information from sources you cited in the Introduction section as well as by introducing new sources. Relate your discussion back to the objectives and questions you raised in the Introduction section. Limit your conclusions to those that your data can actually support.?You can then proceed to speculate on why this occurred and whether you expected this to occur, based on other workers findings.? Suggest future directions for research, new methods, explanations for deviations from previously published results, etc.? Discussion: summary * How to Cite Sources in the Discussion Section It is important to cite sources in the discussion section of your paper as evidence of the claims you are making. There are ways of citing sources in the text so that the reader can find the full reference in the literature at the end of the paper. * The ‘Bully Pulpit’ - Avoid Don’t criticize or attach other studies or researchers Contrast your findings to others professionally Remember, they may be reviewing your paper Avoid offending people, unless you must * * * Over interpretation of the results Unwarranted speculation that cannot be tested in the foreseeable future Inflating the important of the findings Conclusions that are not supported by the data Dont leave the reader thinking So what?. Watch out for symptoms of “megalomania” * * * Potential pitfalls Including too much information - wordy arguments. Not focused, meandering, etc. Failure to follow arguments set up in the introduction Failure to focu