Scientific Report
Michelle_Michy
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Scientific writing
Scientific writing is a technical form of writing that is designed to communicate scientific information to other scientists. Depending on the specific scientific genre—a journal article, a scientific poster, or a research proposal, for example—some aspects of the writing may change, such as its purpose, audience, or organization. Many aspects of scientific writing, however, vary little across these writing genre
Important hallmarks
1. Its primary audience is other scientists – Explain general-knowledge concepts isn’t necessary since it can obstruct clarity
2. It is concise and precise - A goal of scientific writing is to communicate scientific information clearly and concisely. Flowery, ambiguous, wordy, and redundant language run counter to the purpose of the writing.
3. It must be set within the context of other published work - Because science builds on and corrects itself over time, scientific writing must be situated in and reference the findings of previous work.
General characteristic in a scientific report
”To achieve clarity, good writing must be precise in its words, free of ambiguity, orderly in its presentation of ideas, economical in its expressions, smooth in flow, and considerate of its readers. A succesful writer invites readers to read, encourages them to continue, and makes their task agreeable by leading them from thought to thought in a manner that evolves from clear thinking and logical development” (Americal Psychological Association 1974, p. 25)
The traditional scientific process – Wheel of research
Question
Literature reviews
Issue/ research question
Hypothesis
Observation
Analysis
Interpretation
Report
Problem
Results
The scientific report – ”Skeleton”
Problem – ”This is my problem”
Method – ”This is what I did”
Results – ”This is my answer”
Traditional desposition (Backman, 2013)
Titel/Titel page
Abstract
Introduction – ”This is what I shuld do”-> This is what people have done before -> ”This is what I plan to do in relation to what’s done before”
Method – Research subjects, Material & Procedur
Results – This should contain a straight and objective
Discussion – This is the first time you are allowed to draw conclusions, intepret and evaluate the result
References
Appendix
Different types of reports/research
Literatur study/meta-analysis/Research overview
Quantitative/qualitative study – ”You make your own research”
