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1、Scientific,MedicalandGeneralProofreadingandEditing3PineRidgeWay•MillValley,California94941•Tel:(415)383-5203•Fax:(415)383-3038kretchmer@sfedit.net•www.sfedit.netFourteenStepstoWritinganEffectiveDiscussionSectionSanFranciscoEditwww.sfedit.netThepurposeo
2、ftheDiscussionistostateyourinterpretationsandopinions,explaintheimplicationsofyourfindings,andmakesuggestionsforfutureresearch.ItsmainfunctionistoanswerthequestionsposedintheIntroduction,explainhowtheresultssupporttheanswersand,howtheanswersfitinwithex
3、istingknowledgeonthetopic.TheDiscussionisconsideredtheheartofthepaperandusuallyrequiresseveralwritingattempts.TheorganizationoftheDiscussionisimportant.Beforebeginningyoushouldtrytodevelopanoutlinetoorganizeyourthoughtsinalogicalform.Youcanuseaclusterm
4、ap,anissuetree,numbering,orsomeotherorganizationalstructure.Thestepslistedbelowareintendedtohelpyouorganizeyourthoughts.IfyouneedadditionalhelpseeourarticlesEightStepstoDevelopinganEffectiveManuscriptOutlineandTwelveStepstoDevelopinganEffectiveFirstDra
5、ftofyourManuscriptatwww.sfedit.net/newsletters.htm.Tomakeyourmessageclear,thediscussionshouldbekeptasshortaspossiblewhileclearlyandfullystating,supporting,explaining,anddefendingyouranswersanddiscussingotherimportantanddirectlyrelevantissues.Caremustbe
6、takentoprovideacommentaryandnotareiterationoftheresults.Sideissuesshouldnotbeincluded,asthesetendtoobscurethemessage.Nopaperisperfect;thekeyistohelpthereaderdeterminewhatcanbepositivelylearnedandwhatismorespeculative.1.OrganizetheDiscussionfromthespeci
7、fictothegeneral:yourfindingstotheliterature,totheory,topractice.2.Usethesamekeyterms,thesameverbtense(presenttense),andthesamepointofviewthatyouusedwhenposingthequestionsintheIntroduction.3.Beginbyre-statingthehypothesisyouweretestingandansweringtheque
8、stionsposedintheintroduction.4.Supporttheanswerswiththeresults.Explainhowyourresultsrelatetoexpectationsandtotheliterature,clearlystatingwhytheyareacceptableandhowtheyareconsistentorfitinwithpreviouslypublishedknowledgeonthetopic.Scient
