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Acknowledgements | |
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Tools and Techniques | |
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The Standards of a Scientific Paper | |
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A Stereotyped Format | |
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Precise Language | |
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A Single, Clear Direction | |
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Reviewed and Made Available to Others | |
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Scientific Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs | |
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Scientific Text Needs Exactness and Clarity | |
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Write with Precision | |
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Scientific Use of Tenses | |
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The Paragraph Is the Unit of Exposition | |
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Each Paragraph Makes One Point | |
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Inside a Scientific Paragraph | |
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Connect Succeeding Paragraphs | |
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Writing Scientific Text | |
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Begin to Write While You Experiment | |
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Start Broadly, Work on the Details Later | |
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A Magnified View of the Writing Process | |
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Use the Skeletal Outlines | |
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Pile in Ideas | |
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Collect Information from Outside Resources | |
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Form Rough Sentences | |
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Arrange the Sentences into Themes | |
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Make Your Themed Lists into Rough Paragraphs | |
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Take a Break and Clear Your Mind | |
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Put Together One Paragraph for Each Topic | |
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Shape a Working Draft | |
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Smooth Transitions | |
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Polishing | |
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When to Stop Writing | |
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Advice to Speakers of Other Languages | |
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Presenting Numerical Data | |
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Tables | |
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Organize Your Data | |
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Inside Tables Use Numerical Order | |
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Examples | |
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Statistics | |
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Descriptive Statistics | |
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Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing | |
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Use Statistics Thoughtfully | |
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Constructing Scientific Figures | |
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Basic Guidelines | |
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Figure Legends | |
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Numerical Figures | |
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Graphs | |
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Relationships Between Variables | |
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Aesthetics of Numerical Figures | |
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Preparation for Submission to a Journal | |
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Scientific Patterns Should Be Reproducible | |
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Writing a Research Paper | |
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Writing During Research | |
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Keep a Computerized Notebook | |
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The Diary-Record Your Work Notes | |
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References-Archive Your Sources | |
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Begin a Draft Early | |
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Composing the Sections of a Research Paper | |
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Materials and Methods | |
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Recipes | |
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Writing Your Materials and Methods Section | |
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An Example of a Complete Materials and Methods Section | |
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Commit to a Few Key Variables | |
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Appendix | |
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Results | |
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Carving Out Your Results from Your Observations | |
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Exploratory Data Analysis | |
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Writing the Results | |
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An Example of a Complete Results Section | |
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Discussion | |
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Recap Your Results | |
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Archive Your Results | |
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Try to Make a Proposal | |
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An Example of a Complete Discussion Section | |
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Conclusion | |
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Limitations of This Study | |
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Introduction | |
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Define the Gap | |
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Begin with the Known | |
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Take a Direct Path to the Unknown | |
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Summarize Your Plan-of-Attack | |
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A Sampler of Introductions | |
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An Example of a Complete Introduction Section | |
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Abstract | |
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The Simple Abstract | |
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The Abstract with Subsections | |
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Key Words and the List of Nonstandard Abbreviations | |
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Key Words | |
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Alphabetical List of Nonstandard Abbreviations | |
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Title | |
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Footnotes | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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References | |
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Cite Original Sources | |
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Don't Cite Incomplete Sources | |
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Find the Appropriate Citation Formats | |
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Use Bibliographic Software | |
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Check Your Text Citations and Your Reference List | |
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Preparing a Manuscript for Submission | |
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Choosing a Journal | |
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Make a List of Candidate Journals | |
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Consider Open Access Publishing | |
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Rank the Journals by Quality | |
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Aim for the Best and Toughest Journal | |
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Style Rules | |
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A Final Rewrite | |
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Get a Friendly Critique | |
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Read the Paper Back wards | |
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Recheck the Spelling | |
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Preparing and Submitting the Manuscript | |
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Print and Page Format | |
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The Manuscript Packet | |
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Page One | |
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Page Two | |
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Page Three | |
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Page Four | |
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The Last Pages | |
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The Introductory Letter | |
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Responding to Editors and Referees | |
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Homework | |
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The Comment-by-Comment Letter | |
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Stay Calm | |
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Words That Are Often Misused | |
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Simplifying Wordy, Redundant, and Awkward Phrases | |
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Standard Scientific Abbreviations | |
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Basic Rules | |
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Typical Bibliographic Formats | |
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Formats for Text Citations | |
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Bibliographic Formats for the References Section | |
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Articles | |
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Books | |
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Other | |
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Additional Reading | |
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Software Suggestions | |
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Index | |