Monday, October 17, 2011

Lecture 17: Science Journal Articles

In today's lecture we will review the elements of a scientific paper:


Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Works Cited/References



The second example of an abstract comes from this article: 



Green Tea Consumption Is Inversely Associated with the Incidence of Influenza Infection among Schoolchildren in a Tea Plantation Area of Japan


you can read the abstract here or the entire paper here.



Also very useful is this article: Writing the Empirical Journal Article by
Daryl J. Bem
He gives some very useful examples of opening statements and how to present your findings.





Image from OWL at Purdue.


For further reading, check this out: HOW TO WRITE A SCIENTIFIC PAPER FOR A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL by PHIL LANG

57 comments:

  1. I found this class a nice review of writing a scientific article. It's my third year of science courses and writing papers so it's interesting finding out how different teachers have different criteria dependent on the class.

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  2. During the summer I took a class that required me to write an abstract and introduction etc... I had no clue with it and ofcourse went online to get more information about it... if Only I had this information before I would probably do better than how i did... for the results also keep in mind that using Excel to show your results (the tables and figure etc) is very helpful in translating those result data, tabls and figures into words.. and try to put all your research that you do that is relevant to your experiments in you discussion,it gives the result a good back up:)... very knowledgeable class prolly one of my fav classes so far:)

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  3. This is an excellent class. I am currently working on a scientific poster and next week I will be starting a scientific paper for Bio 208. I will be referencing your powerpoint frequently over the next couple weeks.

    Thank you very much!

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  4. This is a great class!! I just wish it was a few weeks ago before my paper came due. At least I will have it for my next one

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  5. Cool class. Wish I had these resources when I had to write a paper for summer research. Would have saved a lot of time.

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  6. Cassandra McKenzie & Mallory CookOctober 17, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    Psychology"s major strengths are Biopsychology, Experimental Personality and Social Psychology. Others include Mathematical/Differential and Experimental. The above is an informal list of what Cornell offers in it's Faculty of Psychology.

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  8. "Psychology is a broad field of study. The three main domains of psychology are Bio-psychology, Experimental psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology. Two smaller domains are Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. Below is an informal listing of the areas and relevant faculties of these domains. This is supposed to just give you a rough idea of what the field of psychology is like at Cornell. "

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  9. Very informative class. I know I will make good use of the information in the future.

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  10. ASSIGNMENT - condensed article:

    Psychology is a wide field of study with major strengths in Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personal/Social Psychology. It includes smaller areas in Mathematial/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. An informal listing of the Field of Psychology at Cornell is listed below.

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  11. Psychology is a wide field of study. The major faculties at Cornell are based on the primary areas of psychology: Biopsychology, Experimental, Personality and Social Psychology.

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  12. Psychology is a broad field of study. Research has expressed three broadly defined domains of psychology including Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology. There are other, less studied domains such as Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. The relevant faculty are informally listed below as a means of expressing what Cornell's Field of Psychology encompasses.

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  13. Psychology is a wide field of study. Presently, we regard our major strengths lying in three defined domains, each of with have their own faculty. There are also smaller areas which also have appreciable resources. The three primary areas are Biosychology, Experimental Psychology, and Peronality and Social Psychology; the others are Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. The areas and the relevant faculty are listed below. The listings are just a brief description of what the Field of Psychology at Cornell is like.

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  14. Erin Loogman & Kate CarlsonOctober 17, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Psychology is a broad field of study. The major strengths are in Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology. The smaller areas are Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychology. Below is a general description of these different areas of psychology to inform you about what psychology at Cornell is like.

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  15. Leigh Melligan, Julie Reimer, Alyssa VankootenOctober 17, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Psychology is a wide field of study. At the Faculty of Psychology at Cornell, currently strengths and resources lie in three domains: biopsychology, experimental psychology and personality and social psychology. Smaller resources include Mathematical/differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. An informal list of faculty members are listed below.

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  16. Psychology is a wide field of study, however, it has three main areas: biopsychology, experimental psychology, and personality and social psychology. Below are a list of various faculties at Cornell.

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  17. Psychology has many fields, not being equally strong in all parts of it. Presently, there are three primary areas; being Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology. The smaller areas being Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. The areas and the relevant faculty are listed below. Please note that this listing is informal; there are many subdivisions and interests within all of these faculties. The list is given to show you a rough idea of the Psychology program at Cornell.

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  18. Psychology is a diverse field with many areas requiring more exploration. There are three major strengths; Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology and personality and social psychology. Other categories include Mathematical/differential psychology and experimental psychopathology. Here is a list of faculty members at Cornell and their respective areas which in no way limits their experimental limits and associations

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  19. Psychology is a very broad field with some strengths we have being Biopsychology Experimental Psychology and Personality/Social Psychology. Other minor fields being Mathematical/Differential Psychology. These are just a few areas in the field of Psychology at Cornell. A partial faculty list will be provided below.

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  20. Psychology is a complicated field of study. There is three major strengths in psychology. These include Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, & Personality/Social Psychology.

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  21. "Psychology is a wide field of study but we currently focus on three primary areas; biopsychology, experimental phychology and personality and social phychology. Other areas include methematical/differential phychology and experimental psychopathology. Below is an informal list of faculties pertaining to psychology..."

    I don't know how many words that is, but the second half of the paragraph he wrote seems really pointless so I summed it up in one sentence.

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  22. I learned to be a lot more concise in writing a paper. I have wrote papers like the article in class that contained way too many words.
    Saying stuff like "we are not equally strong in all parts of it." is completely unnecessary to write. It gives no important information pertaining to the topic and is awkward to read.
    You could summarize the article to:
    Psychology is defined by three domains: Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology and Personality. There are also resources in Math.. etc.

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  23. Psychology is a wide field of study, with primary strengths in Biopysychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology.

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  24. Psychology is a wide feild of study.It has three main domains Biopsychology, Experimental, Personality and Scoail Psychology. It also contains a few sub-domains such as mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopatholgy.

    Alice Sech, Taylor Myck, and Sarah Knodel

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  25. Tania Boyko, Kristin MorandiOctober 17, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Psychology at Cornell focuses on three core sections: Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Social Psychology. However, the faculty also includes resources in Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology.

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  26. Psychology is a wide field of study. There are three primary areas of study including; biopsychology, experimental psychology and personality/social psychology, which divid further into mathematical/differential psychology and experimental psychopathology. The areas and the relevant faculty are listed below. The listing is just a rough and ready way to tell you what the psychology faculty at Cornell is like.

    By: Andrea Roman + Amy Kachurowski

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  27. What a great lecture today. I wrote my first scientific paper this weekend and this will definitely help!

    Psychology is a wide field of study classified under three broad domains. These major areas of study are biopsychology, experimental psychology and personality abd social psychology. The major areas of study are represented by a relevant faculty which have interests in multiple fields.

    David Ellery

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  28. Very helpful lecture. Emphasis on structure and precision when writing journal articles was shown. This is guidlines I will refer to in the future when writing my own articles.

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  29. Thanks so much for this topic. The majority of my classes contain labs that require formal labs to be written, as well as, my job. All these tips and guidelines are extremely beneficial to me.

    Assignment
    Psychology is a wide field of study. There are three primary domains: Biosychology, Experimental Psychology and Personality and Social psychology. Other smaller areas include: Mathematical or Differential Psychology and experimental Psychopathology. The relevant faculty are briefly listed below, expressing what Cornell's Field of Psychology is all about.

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  30. Brody King and Larkin JoevenazzoOctober 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Psychology is a wide field. Our three major strengths are; Bio, Experimental and Personality & Social Psychology. We have resources in Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. The following Faculty within areas list provide a rough guide to the Psychology Field at Cornell. Faculty interests are broader than what is listed, however they do not always fit neatly into predefined areas.

    59 words. Savings of 60%.

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  31. Assignment

    Psychology is a wide field of study. Mainly, Bio experimental and Personality, and Social psychopathology. Lesser branches are, Mathematical Psychology and experimental Psychopathology. Below is a rough guide to Psychology at Cornell, which in actuality is far broader than what is listed.

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  32. Today's lecture is informative and I think it helps me in writing my lab reports!Less words but more precisely.

    Psychology is a wide field of study and there are three domains which are biopsychology, experimental psychology, personality and social psychology.The faculty list is below but actually is broader than it implies.

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  33. If I would have had this class in my first year I would have rocked all my lab reports...too bad. At least now I know I am doing them right!

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  34. Cornell University has a lot of resources in the wider areas of, Biopsychology, experimental psychology and personal and social psychology, with some resources in biopsychology, mathematical/differential psychology and experimental psychopathology. An informal listing of faculty members and some of their interests is below. However each faculty member has other interests and is not constricted to the area of study beside their name.

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  35. Emily Shand and Susan GegolickOctober 17, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Psychology is a wide field of study, with the major areas being bio-psychology, experimental psychology, and personality/social psychology. Mathematical and differential psychology are other minor fields. The faculty list is much broader than it appears.

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  36. Psychology is a wide field of study. There are many different elements in it such as biopsychology, experimental psychology and personally and social personality There are other minor areas Mathematical/differential and experimental psychopathology. These areas listed just give u a rough detail of what to expect at Cornell.

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  37. I am in my second year of science and math courses, and much of this material I have seen before. However, it's always nice to be sure one is doing it correctly when writing a science journal article/research paper.
    Psychology is a broad field of study. The major domains include Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology. The following Faculty within areas list provide a rough guide to the Psychology Field at Cornell. So the faculty are not constrained to what is beside their name and can have interests in other domains.

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  38. Today's class was a nice review for all my labs.

    The field of psychology at Cornell offers a wide range of studies. The major domains include Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology. Smaller domains include Mathematical/Differential and Experimental psychology. Due to the broad faculty interests and responsibilities, the list provided below is merely a rough and informal guide.

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  39. The study of psychology includes many aspects. Some of the domains are Biopsychology, Experimental Psycology, and Personality and Social Phsychology and some smaller domains include Mathematical/Differential and Experiemental psychology. The listed areas provide a rough list of available experiences at Cornell.

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  40. Amanda Leong

    The Psychology field at Cornell encompasses: Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. Individual researcher interests may be more diverse than the fields listed.

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  41. Psychology is such a diverse field of study! At Cornell, many studies and opportunities in psychology include Bio-psychology, Experimental Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Mathematical and Differential Psychology as well as Experimental Psychopathology. A broader variety may be offered depending on the researchers interests :)

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  42. There are many different branches of psychology that people have studied. Cornell University focuses on biospsychology, experimental psychology, and personality and social psychology. Different researchers may have different interests, and so different fields may be studied corresponding to what they would like to learn about.

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  43. Psychology is a wide field of study as can be seen by the diverse interests of the faculty at Cornell University. Three domains encompass the majority of psychology’s followers, Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology in addition to resources in Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology.

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  44. Psychology is a wide field of study, which mainly include 3 domain, including Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology. The other minors are Mathematical?Differential and Experimental psychology. Members of the faculty are not restricted to any of those domain.

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  45. It was a great lecture today, I am currently working on a paper due next week and i've already looked at the lecture a couple of times already.

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  46. Today's lecture came at a perfect time, I have a lab report due next week. Thank you for all the helpful tips!

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  47. This lecture is probably the most useful and practical one we've had to date. I tend to make my lab reports and essays very "wordy" and so it was great to know how to make sentences more concise and simple. I think as students we often choose wordy sentences so it sounds like we know what we are talking about, but half of the time, we're just finding words to make the sentences and paragraphs longer. And because we're so used to doing that, the ability to use simple, concise words, is often hampered. But I'll definitely keep it in mind. Makes me feel a lot less stressed to write up the research article for my huge research project!

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  48. The lecture today was extremely helpful especially when it followed a practice along with it. I did not knew what to include in an abstract before, and always got confused between introduction and abstract. I also learned may tips to avoid common mistakes while writing an academic paper. The ideas from today's class will help me become a good writer hopefully! and I will be using today's notes as a reference when i write my essays for this class as well as others.

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  49. In class assignment: practice writing abstract:

    Psychology is a diverse field of study with three main domains such as Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology. There is also smaller domain such as Mathematical/ Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychology. The following is list of faculty, which provides a rough idea of what the field of psychology at is like at Cornell. 56 words!

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  50. Psychology is a wide field study. The primary areas include Biopsychology, Experimental, and Personality and Social Psychology. Psychology also includes some minor area, like Mathematical/Differential Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology. Please note that this listing is informal and just provide a rough way to explain what field of psychology included.

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  51. In my first year of University I had to revise a scientific article and found it very difficult. Taking lengthy and repetitive information and trying to understand it can be hard. I found this lecture very helpful and informative in how to write a good scientific article. I didn't know that people would prefer using smaller words such as when and where rather than trying to make it sound "smarter".

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  52. I've only written a few academic papers but majority of them don't require an abstract. I find monday's lecture to be really helpful and I'm so glad I learned APA citations beforehand. Instead of focusing on the word count, you should focus on the quality of your writing. More words does not mean a quality paper. You have to make sure the reader clearly understands what you're trying to say.

    Naomi Porciuncula

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  53. Psychology is a field of study and there are three major
    domains. The three areas are biopsychology, experimental
    psychology and personality and social psychology. Below
    is the list of members of the faculty of psychology at Cornell.

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  54. ShiYuan and Lanqing WangOctober 18, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Psychology is a wide field of study and now we regard our major strengths in Biopsychology, Experimental Psychology and personality and Social Psychology. but the actual network of faculty interests and responsibilities is too subtle to be described. The listing is just a rough and ready way to tell you what the field of Psychology at cornell is like.

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  55. It is so important to keep scientific articles concise. The example of the Psychology paper contained too many 'filler' words. Summarizing your work will make your argument much stronger and easier for the reader to understand. It is about the quality of your work, not the length.

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  56. This lecture was a nice review on how to compose an academic paper. The focus on precision and structure was helpful and great for my academic development.

    Assignment: Psychology is a wide field of study, with the major strengths consisting of: biopsychology, experimental psychology, and social psychology. The faculty at Cornell University has diverse interests in psychology, including the major areas listed as well as secondary strengths.

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  57. This is useful, really. I have never learned how to write an article with right format before I came to Canada. Canadian's opinion on writing education is completely different. In China we write "composition", not "article" and teachers don't tell us what kind of format. We focus on the technique of using language, we don't emphasize "format". But not everybody's language is good enough to earn a high enough mark in exam as language is a kind of talent. So I like Canadians' way better---focusing on organization, structure logistic and clearance.

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