英语论文写作twelve steps to writing an effective results section

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1、Scientific,MedicalandGeneralProofreadingandEditing3PineRidgeWay•MillValley,California94941•Tel:(415)383-5203•Fax:(415)383-3038kretchmer@sfedit.net•www.sfedit.netTwelveStepstoWritinganEffectiveResultsSectionSanFranciscoEditwww.sfedit.netThepurposeofaResultssectionistopresentthekeyresultso

2、fyourresearchwithoutinterpretingtheirmeaning.ItcannotbecombinedwiththeDiscussionsectionunlessthejournalcombinestheResultsandDiscussionintoonesection.Theresultsshouldbepresentedinanorderlysequence,usinganoutlineasaguideforwritingandfollowingthesequenceoftheMethodssectionuponwhichtheresult

3、sarebased.ForeveryresulttheremustbeamethodintheMethodssection.Itisimportanttocarefullyplanthetablesandfigurestoensurethattheirsequencingtellsastory.IfyouneedhelpinpreparinganoutlineseeourarticleEightStepstoDevelopinganEffectiveManuscriptOutlineathttp://www.sfedit.net/newsletters.htm.1.De

4、terminewhichresultstopresentbydecidingwhicharerelevanttothequestion(s)presentedintheIntroductionirrespectiveofwhetherornottheresultssupportthehypothesis(es).TheResultssectiondoesnotneedtoincludeeveryresultyouobtainedorobserved.2.OrganizethedataintheResultssectionineitherchronologicalorde

5、raccordingtotheMethodsorinorderofmosttoleastimportant.Withineachparagraph,theorderofmosttoleastimportantresultsshouldbefollowed.3.Determinewhetherthedataarebestpresentedintheformoftext,figures,graphs,ortables.4.Summarizeyourfindingsandpointthereadertotherelevantdatainthetext,figuresand/o

6、rtables.Thetextshouldcomplementthefiguresortables,notrepeatthesameinformation.5.Describetheresultsanddataofthecontrolsandincludeobservationsnotpresentedinaformalfigureortable,ifappropriate.6.Provideacleardescriptionofthemagnitudeofaresponseordifference.Ifappropriate,usepercentageofchange

7、ratherthanexactdata.7.Makesurethatthedataareaccurateandconsistentthroughoutthemanuscript.8.SummarizethestatisticalanalysisandreportactualPvaluesforallprimaryanalyses.Scientific,MedicalandGeneralProofreadingandEditing3PineRidgeWay•MillValley,California94941•Tel:(415)383-52