Blog #14

Results (Marlens Article)
• Present the results in a manner in which your audience can understand
• All table and graphs should be accompanied by text so the reader knows what to look at
• One may need to simplify results
“Writing Up Research; Results”. Language Center. 2003. Asian Institute of Technology. 25 Oct. 2009. http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21RES.HTM

Results (My Article)
• This section will vary in length for everyone based on the results they found and how they are presented to the audience
• Save all interpretation for the discussion section, just state the results you got
• Always use past tense in the results section
“Writing Research Papers”. 20 Aug. 07. Rice University. 25 Oct. 2009. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/report/reportform.html

From both articles I took information that I thought was important but wasn’t really stated in the other article. In the article I found, it gave different do’s and don’ts that I found very helpful in understanding the results section of the research paper. The most important thing that I read was that one should not interpret any of the results, just give it to the audience in a manner in which they will understand.

Discussion (Marlens Article)
• This section is to interpret your results
• Always connect back to the introduction
• Tells how your results have moved the research forward in the area that you are researching
• Make points clear
• You must relate your work to the findings of other studies – including previous studies you may have done and those of other investigators
• Never introduce new results in this section
“The Structure, Format, Content, and Style of a Journal – Style Scientific Paper”. 25 Sept. 2008. Bates College. 25 Oct. 2009 http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWsections.html#discussion

Discussion (My Article)
• Generalize what you learned from your own primary research
• Give meaning to your results and how they refer back to your introduction and the information you found from other sources
• Relates directly to your thesis
“Online Guide To Writing and Research”. University of Maryland University College. 25 Oct. 2009 http://www.umuc.edu/ewc/onlineguide/chapter4/chapter4-13.shtml

I learned that this section is usually written in the present tense, something that I did not realize before. I also found that it refers right back to your intro. I realize that I now need to make a more clear point in my intro as to what my research question is. I feel like this part may be hard for me because I am not sure how to relate it back, this is something that I need to work on.

Conclusions (Marlens Article)
• Gives your readers an understanding of why this information is important to them and their daily lives
• Help your readers think of things differently
• Different types of conclusions that one can look at
“Conclusions”. UNC Libraries. 25 Oct 2009 http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html

Conclusions (My Article)
• answer the most primary research question again
• clear and direct format
• In this section you can say exactly what you feel is important for the reader to know
“Research Paper Conclusion”. EssayCapital.com. 25 Oct 2009 http://www.essaycapital.com/conclusion_research_paper.htm#

I have always had a hard time writing the conclusion section of a paper. I tend to just restate a lot of the information rather than give reasons why the information is important. I realize now that I need to answer my research question and say why my information that I have found about that research question is important for my reader to know.

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Blog #13

As we wrote the different sections of the paper, I was putting them all into one paper, so it did not take much time for me to put them together. The section that I had to work on the most was the methodology section. This was because I had looked at a writing example that was writen in APA. I am writing my research paper in MLA, so therefore my methods section is very wrong. I am not sure what needs the most correction right now.  I am hoping to have a better idea after this peer review and after Marlen reads over the papers.

Add a comment October 21, 2009

Blog #12

My participants for my research are going to be a few different people. I need to question  head of the deaf education department. I also would like to question one of my friends who goes to school at IUP and is deaf. Finally, if time permits, I would like to talk to other deaf ed majors, because one of my mains goals for the paper, is to find ways IUP can improve. I have specific people because there is specific information that I need to find out. I will only need to interview 4-5 people for the information that I want, and each interview will hopefully last 20-30 minutes. I do not see any potential danger in my particpants taking part in my survey. One problem may be that I will not be able to get all of the information that I would like from the deaf education department because of confidentiality issues, so I do not know what I am going to do if that comes up. At no point will I release names during the paper, if the participants do not want it done.

Add a comment October 15, 2009

Blog #11

Writing up Research

Method and Research Design

• Methods section two main parts

1. How was the data collected or generated?

2. How was it analyzed?

• need to know how collected for validity
• need to make sure not biased
• also write about problems faced in study
• do not write a how to paper(too detailed steps)
• many different types of research, find what works best for you
• always keep in mind the purpose
• keep verb tense the same

 How to Write the Methods Section of a Research Paper

• use to be called matierals and methods
• these are two parts that are in this section

• The structure can be set up best by following these ideas

1. Describing the materials used in the study

2. Explaining how the materials were prepared

3. Describing the research protocol

4. Explaining how measurements were made and what

calculations were performed

5. Stating which statistical tests were done to analyze

the data

• make sure no bias
• keep ethics in mind

Had I started to write this section before reading these, I would have had just a small idea of what it really entails. First of all, I probably would have writen it in too much detail. I have a tendency to do so as it is, so I found it very important that they mention that in the article. Also, I never thought it imporant to put down who exactly you studied, but it makes sense to me know. Without giving the audience a good grasp on who your study was done on, they may be skeptical of your research.

“Writing up Research; Method and Research Design”. Language Center. 7 Oct. 2009. <http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/el21meth.htm>

Kallet, Richard. “How to Write the Method Section of A Research Paper”. Respiratory Care. 7 Oct. 2009.               <http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/10.04/10.04.1229.pdf>

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Blog #10

Total Points­­­______/40

When we analyzed the article using the rubric, we assigned the points as is:’

Diagrams and Illustrations

  It was a shorter article, so having one diagram is appropriate. We thought that the diagram he used was appropriate and helped with the information. So we gave him the full 10 points.

Quality of Information

 The article was only a blog, so the information did not need to be one hundred percent researched. This made it difficult to judge his work. Here we would not have given him the full points because he kind of jumps around.

Sources

As we said, the article is just a blog, so the sources do not need to be legit, but he should have some background info to better help the reader understand what he is talking about.

Mechanics

We both admit that we are not experts on mechanics, but from what we could see, he was pretty good with all of it. Because of this we gave him the full 10 points here.

Add a comment October 6, 2009