SCIENTIFIC WRITING

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SCIENTIFIC WRITING

• TERMS, TYPES FORMAT

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SCIENTIFIC WRITING TYPES

• RESEARCH PAPER INVESTIGATES OR
• DISCUSSES A TOPIC
• USING DATA OR A
• THEORY

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ABSTRACT -

• A BRIEF SUMMARY OF AN ARTICLE
• SUMMARIZES A LARGER WORK
• INCLUDES PROCEDURES, RESULTS, FACTS A SUMMARY

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JOURNAL ARTICLE -

• WRITING ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC INCLUDES DATA,
  RESULTS, METHODS OR TESTS PERFORMED, AND A
  SUMMARY OR CONCLUSION OF THE DATA
• PURPOSE IS TO OBTAIN
• INFO/FACTS

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REPORT -

• FORMAL ACCOUNT OR RESULTS OF TESTING OR
  EXPERIMENTATION

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TYPES OF RESEARCH PAPERS

• SUMMARY RESEARCH - CHOOSE A TOPIC THEN SUMMARIZE
  WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID IN AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR OWN
• SCHOLARLY RESEARCH WITH THIS TYPE OF WRITING
  YOU PROVIDE THE ORIGINAL THINKING FROM SOURCE
  MATERIAL

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SUMMARY RESEARCH GUIDELINES

• FIND A QUESTION OR PROBLEM THAT INTERESTS YOU
  GATHER INFORMATION
• RESEARCH MANY SITES (RESEARCH CENTERS, LABS,
  PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, BIOTECH LIBRARIES)
• ORGANIZE AND ANALYZE THE INFORMATION
• FORMULATE YOUR OWN IDEAS OR INTERPRETATION
• DEVELOP YOUR OWN RESONING AND DISCUSSION
• DISCUSS THE DATA/RESULTS OF THE TESTS
• SUMMARIZE THE DATA SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS
• CITE YOUR SOURCES

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QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

• WHAT IS PURPOSE OF THE STUDY?
• WHAT WAS THE HYPOTHESIS?
• WAS THE HYPOTHESIS TESTED?
• WAS THE STUDY JUSTIFIED?
• WHAT TESTS WERE PERFORMED?
• WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
• WERE THE RESULTS SIGNIFICANT?
• DID THE CONCLUSION MATCH THE RESULTS?
• DID NEW QUESTIONS EVOLVE?

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STEPS TO WRITING PROCESS

• ORGANIZE INFO RECORD FACTS
• INTERPRET RESULTS
• RECORD GENERAL IDEAS, REASONING
• REWRITE INFORMATION USING COMPUTER FOR SPELL
  CHECK, GRAMMAR USEAGE
• FINALIZE SUMMARIZE
• INFORMATION WRITING
• PROOFREAD AND WRITE FINAL DRAFT