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156 / Academic Writing for Graduate Students We can also see from the list that there is some more work to be done. The really difficult areas, especially Introductions and Discus- sions, need considerable attention. We also need to consider writing up Methods and Results for research papers (RPs), as opposed to, say, lab reports. There are some smaller bits of business, such as acknowledgments and titles to be discussed. Even so, enough has been done to make it possible. When you read an RP, you may think that it is a simple, forward account of an RPs are often designed to create this impression. However, we believe that such impressions are largely misleading. Writers of RPs, in our opinion, operate in a strategic manner. This is principally because such writers know that RPs have to justify themselves. They need to establish that the re- search questions are sufficiently interesting. They need to demon- strate that the research questions are, in theory, answerable. And they need to compete against other RPs for acceptance and recogni- tion. As a result, RP authors are very much concerned with showing that their studies are relevant and sig- nificant and have some new contribution to make. Overview of the Research Paper The overall rhetorical shape of a typical RP is shown in figure 10. This diagram gives a useful indication of the out-in-out or general-specific-general movement of the typical RP. As the RP in English has developed over the last hundred years or so, the four different sections have thus become identified with four different purposes. Introduction (I) Methods (M) The main purpose of the Introduction is to provide the rationale for the paper, moving from general discussion of the topic to the particular question or hypothesis being inves- tigated. A secondary purpose is to attract in- terest in the hence readers. The Methods section describes, in various de- grees of detail, methodology, materials, and procedures. This is the narrowest part of the RP. Constructing a Research Paper I / 157 Introduction (I) Methods (and materials) (M) Results (R) Discussion (D) General Specific Specific \ General Fig. 10. Overall shape of a research paper Results (R) Discussion (D) In the Results section, the findings are de- scribed, accompanied by variable amounts of commentary. The Discussion section offers an increasingly generalized account of what has been learned in the study. This is usually done through a series of "points," at least some of which refer back to statements made in the Introduction. As a result of these different purposes, the four sections have taken on different linguistic characteristics. We summarize some of these table 17. The first line of the table shows, for instance, that the Present tense is common in Introductions and Discussions, but un- common in Methods and Results. One 1993 Dorothea Thompson published a useful RP on Results sec- tions in biochemistry articles. She was particularly interested in

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rad

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tud

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can

also

see

fro

m t

he l

ist

that

the

re i

s so

me

mor

e w

ork

to b

edo

ne.

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rea

lly

diff

icul

t ar

eas,

esp

ecia

lly I

ntro

duct

ions

and

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cus-

sion

s, n

eed

cons

ider

able

att

enti

on.

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also

nee

d to

con

side

r w

riti

ngup

Met

hods

and

Res

ults

for

res

earc

h pa

pers

(R

Ps)

, as

opp

osed

to,

say,

lab

rep

orts

. T

here

are

som

e sm

alle

r bi

ts o

f bu

sine

ss,

such

as

ackn

owle

dgm

ents

and

tit

les

to b

e di

scus

sed.

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n so

, en

ough

has

been

don

e to

mak

e it

pos

sibl

e.W

hen

you

read

an

RP

, you

may

thin

k th

at it

is a

sim

ple,

forw

ard

acco

unt

of a

n R

Ps

are

ofte

n de

sign

edto

cre

ate

this

impr

essi

on.

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ever

, we

belie

ve th

at s

uch

impr

essi

ons

are

larg

ely

mis

lead

ing.

Wri

ters

of R

Ps,

in

our

opin

ion,

ope

rate

in

ast

rate

gic

man

ner.

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s is

pri

ncip

ally

bec

ause

suc

h w

rite

rs k

now

that

RP

s ha

ve t

o ju

stif

y th

emse

lves

. T

hey

need

to

esta

blis

h th

at t

he r

e-se

arch

que

stio

ns a

re s

uffi

cien

tly i

nter

esti

ng.

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y ne

ed t

o de

mon

-st

rate

th

at t

he

rese

arch

que

stio

ns a

re,

in t

heor

y, a

nsw

erab

le.

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they

nee

d to

com

pete

aga

inst

oth

er R

Ps

for

acce

ptan

ce a

nd r

ecog

ni-

tion

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s a

resu

lt,

RP

au

thor

s ar

e ve

ry

muc

h co

ncer

ned

wit

h s

how

ing

that

the

ir s

tudi

es a

re r

elev

ant

and

sig-

nifi

cant

and

hav

e so

me

new

con

trib

utio

n to

mak

e.

Overv

iew

of

the R

ese

arc

h P

ap

er

The

ove

rall

rhe

tori

cal

shap

e of

a t

ypic

al R

P i

s sh

own

in f

igur

e 10

.T

his

diag

ram

gi

ves

a us

eful

in

dica

tion

of

th

e ou

t-in

-out

or

gene

ral-

spec

ific

-gen

eral

mov

emen

t of

the

typ

ical

RP

. A

s th

e R

P i

nE

ngli

sh h

as d

evel

oped

ove

r th

e la

st h

undr

ed y

ears

or

so,

the

four

diff

eren

t se

ctio

ns h

ave

thu

s be

com

e id

entif

ied

wit

h fo

ur d

iffe

rent

purp

oses

.

Intr

oduc

tion

(I)

Met

hods

(M)

The

mai

n pu

rpos

e of

the

Intr

oduc

tion

is

topr

ovid

e th

e ra

tion

ale

for

the

pape

r, m

ovin

gfr

om g

ener

al d

iscu

ssio

n of

the

topi

c to

the

part

icul

ar q

uest

ion

or h

ypot

hesi

s be

ing

inve

s-ti

gate

d. A

sec

onda

ry p

urpo

se i

s to

att

ract

in-

tere

st i

n th

e h

ence

rea

ders

.T

he M

etho

ds s

ectio

n de

scri

bes,

in

vari

ous

de-

gree

s of

det

ail,

met

hodo

logy

, m

ater

ials

, an

dpr

oced

ures

. T

his

is t

he n

arro

wes

t p

art

ofth

e R

P.

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

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aper

I

/ 15

7

Intr

od

uct

ion

(I)

Met

hod

s (a

nd

mat

eria

ls)

(M)

Res

ult

s (R

)

Dis

cuss

ion

(D

)

Gen

eral

Spe

cifi

c

Spe

cifi

c

\G

ener

al

Fig

. 10

. O

ver

all

shap

e o

f a

rese

arch

pap

er

Res

ults

(R

)

Dis

cuss

ion

(D)

In t

he

Res

ults

sec

tion,

th

e fi

ndin

gs a

re d

e-sc

ribe

d, a

ccom

pani

ed b

y va

riab

le a

mou

nts

ofco

mm

enta

ry.

The

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

offe

rs a

n in

crea

sing

lyge

nera

lize

d ac

coun

t of

wha

t ha

s be

en l

earn

edin

th

e st

udy.

Thi

s is

usu

ally

don

e th

roug

h a

seri

es o

f "p

oint

s,"

at l

east

som

e of

whi

ch r

efer

back

to

stat

emen

ts m

ade

in t

he I

ntro

duct

ion.

As

a re

sult

of t

hese

dif

fere

nt p

urpo

ses,

th

e fo

ur s

ecti

ons

have

tak

enon

dif

fere

nt l

ingu

isti

c ch

arac

teri

stic

s. W

e su

mm

ariz

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me

of th

ese

tab

le 1

7. T

he f

irst

lin

e of

the

tabl

e sh

ows,

for

ins

tanc

e, t

hat

the

Pre

sent

ten

se i

s co

mm

on i

n In

trod

ucti

ons

and

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cuss

ions

, bu

t un

-co

mm

on i

n M

etho

ds a

nd R

esul

ts.

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199

3 D

orot

hea

Tho

mps

on p

ubli

shed

a u

sefu

l R

P o

n R

esul

ts s

ec-

tion

s in

bio

chem

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ticl

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was

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tere

sted

in

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hods

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low

low

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ults

low

high

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able

vari

able

mid

vari

able

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cuss

ion

high

mid

vari

able

high

high

high

wh

at k

ind

s o

f co

mm

ents

res

earc

her

s m

ade

in t

hei

r R

esu

lts

sect

ion

san

d w

het

her

res

earc

her

s fo

llow

ed t

he

gu

idel

ines

in

man

ual

s. H

ere

are

eig

ht

sen

ten

ces

from

her

pap

er.

Bas

ed o

n ta

ble

17

and

on

yo

ur

own

kn

ow

led

ge,

can

you

gu

ess

from

whi

ch o

f th

e se

ctio

ns

they

com

e?M

ark

each

one

/,

M,

R,

or

D.

Th

ere

are

two

sen

ten

ces

from

eac

hse

ctio

n.

Wor

k w

ith

a p

artn

er,

if p

ossi

ble.

1.

Onl

y fu

rth

er r

esea

rch

can

det

erm

ine

the

app

lica

bil

ity

of

this

stu

dy

's f

ind

ing

s to

sci

enti

fic

dis

cip

lin

es o

uts

ide

bio-

chem

istr

y.

2.

Th

e d

ata

wer

e an

aly

zed

bo

th q

ual

itat

ivel

y an

d q

uan

-ti

tati

vel

y.

3.

Sh

ort

co

mm

un

icat

ion

s an

d m

ini-

rev

iew

s w

ere

excl

uded

from

th

e sa

mp

le b

ecau

se t

hes

e p

ub

lica

tio

ns

hav

e di

ffer

ent

obje

ctiv

es a

nd

use

a d

iffe

rent

fo

rmat

fro

m t

hat

of

the

ex-

per

imen

tal

rese

arch

art

icle

.4

. T

he

assu

mp

tio

ns

un

der

lyin

g th

is s

tud

y ar

e g

rou

nd

edla

rgel

y in

soc

iolo

gica

l ac

cou

nts

of

the

scie

ntif

ic e

nte

rpri

se(K

no

rr-C

etin

a, 1

981;

Lat

ou

r, 1

987;

Lat

ou

r an

d W

oolg

ar,

1979

).5

. T

hes

e st

yle

gu

ides

are

, at

bes

t, s

uper

fici

al d

escr

ipti

on

s o

fth

e co

nte

nt

of

thes

e se

ctio

ns.

6.

In 1

5 o

f th

e sa

mp

le a

rtic

les,

th

ese

met

hodo

logi

cal

nar

ra-

tiv

es i

ncl

ud

ed e

xpli

cit

just

ific

atio

ns

for

the

sele

ctio

n of

cert

ain

tech

nic

al p

roce

du

res,

lab

ora

tory

eq

uip

men

t, o

r al

-te

rnat

ives

to

stan

dar

d pr

otoc

ols.

7.

Sci

enti

fic

sty

le m

anu

als

rein

forc

e th

e co

ncep

tion

th

at R

e-su

lts

sect

ion

s si

mpl

y p

rese

nt

exp

erim

enta

l d

ata

in a

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

I

/ 15

9

"col

d,"

pu

rely

obj

ecti

ve,

exp

osi

tory

man

ner

(C

ounc

il o

f B

i-ol

ogy

Ed

ito

rs,

1972

; D

ay,

1988

; M

itch

ell,

196

8; W

oodf

ord,

1968

).8

. In

38%

of

the

JBC

Res

ult

s se

ctio

ns

sam

ple

d,

and

his

co

-au

tho

rs d

irec

tly

rela

te t

hei

r fi

nd

ing

s to

th

ose

of

earl

ier

stu

die

s, a

s th

e fo

llow

ing

illu

stra

te:

. .

.

Met

ho

ds

You

mig

ht

hav

e ex

pec

ted

us t

o b

egin

ou

r d

iscu

ssio

n of

RP

sec

tio

ns

wit

h th

e In

tro

du

ctio

n.

Inst

ead

, w

e ar

e b

egin

nin

g w

ith

Met

ho

ds.

Th

isis

usu

ally

th

e ea

sies

t se

ctio

n to

wri

te a

nd

, in

fac

t, i

t is

oft

en t

he

sect

ion

that

res

earc

her

s w

rite

fir

st.

In U

nit

s S

even

an

d E

igh

t, w

e w

ill

invo

lve

you

in t

he

wri

tin

g u

p o

fa

ver

y sm

all

rese

arch

in

ves

tig

atio

n o

f o

ur

own.

Am

ong

oth

er t

hin

gs,

we

ho

pe

in t

his

way

to

illu

stra

te c

erta

in s

trat

egic

asp

ects

of

RP

wri

tin

g.

We

sum

mar

ize

ou

r m

inip

roje

ct i

n T

ask

Tw

o.Y

ou w

ill

rem

emb

er f

rom

Un

it O

ne

that

sen

ten

ce c

on

nec

tors

are

wor

ds l

ike

how

ever

an

d th

eref

ore.

We

bec

ame

inte

rest

ed i

n th

e po

si-

tion

of

sen

ten

ce c

on

nec

tors

in

wri

tten

aca

dem

ic E

ng

lish

sen

ten

ces.

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bec

ame

curi

ou

s ab

ou

t th

is s

ince

we

foun

d th

at t

he

stan

dar

dg

ram

mar

s o

f En

gli

sh h

ad l

ittl

e to

say

on

this

to

pic

. W

e ar

e cu

rren

tly

wri

tin

g u

p o

ur

smal

l-sc

ale

inv

esti

gat

ion

. L

ike

man

y o

ther

ac

a-de

mic

s, w

e st

arte

d w

ith

Met

ho

ds.

Tas

k T

wo

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e is

o

ur

dra

ft.

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ase

read

it

and

an

swer

th

e q

ues

tion

s th

at

follo

w.

Met

hods

ord

er t

o in

ves

tig

ate

the

po

siti

on

of c

on

nec

tors

, w

e ex

amin

edth

eir

occ

urr

ence

in

acad

emic

pap

ers

pu

bli

shed

in

thre

e jo

urn

als.

sam

ple

co

nsi

sted

of

all

the

mai

n ar

ticl

es a

pp

eari

ng

in t

he

thir

d is

sues

of t

he

1992

vo

lum

es o

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lege

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posi

tion

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Com

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ngli

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edia

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fol

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ple

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lust

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ific

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ey o

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as

firs

t el

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ents

in

se

nte

nce

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se t

hey

see

med

to

be

func

tion

ing

asco

nn

ecto

rs i

n th

ese

con

tex

ts.

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is c

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om

ary

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e m

ain

ten

se i

n o

ur

Met

ho

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sect

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is t

he

pas

t. I

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nte

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wev

er,

the

mai

n v

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one

is i

t an

d w

hy?

2.

Co

nsi

der

th

e fo

llow

ing

sub

ject

-ver

b co

mb

inat

ion

s fr

om s

en-

ten

ces

in o

ur

Met

ho

ds

sect

ion

:

1. w

e ex

amin

ed .

. .

5.

each

occ

urr

ence

was

id

enti

fied

..

.6

. it

was

des

ign

ated

. .

.7

. it

was

cla

ssif

ied

...

9.

the

cate

go

ry w

as i

nte

rpre

ted

. .

.10

. w

e in

clu

ded

. .

. w

e in

clu

ded

. .

.12

. w

e co

un

ted

. .

.

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stru

ctin

g a

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earc

h P

aper

I

/ 16

1

Th

ese

eig

ht

sen

ten

ces

des

crib

e w

hat

we

did

. A

s yo

u ca

n se

e, i

nfo

ur c

ases

we

use

d th

e p

ast

pas

siv

e, a

nd

in f

our

case

s w

e u

sed

we

and

the

pas

t ac

tiv

e. I

s th

is s

wit

chin

g ac

cep

tab

le t

o yo

u?C

ould

you

do

this

in

yo

ur

fiel

d?

Wh

at w

ould

yo

ur

adv

iso

r o

r in

-st

ruct

or

reco

mm

end

? D

o yo

u th

ink

we

sho

uld

hav

e b

een

con

sis-

ten

t? I

n o

ther

wo

rds,

do

you

thin

k w

e sh

ou

ld h

ave

use

d ei

ther

the

pas

siv

e o

r w

e al

l th

e w

ay t

hro

ug

h?

In a

cla

ssic

198

1 p

aper

, T

aro

ne

et a

rgu

e th

at t

he

choi

ce o

fp

assi

ve

ver

sus

we

+ a

ctiv

e is

no

t al

way

s a

"fre

e" s

tyli

stic

choi

ce.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o T

aro

ne

et a

l.,

the

pas

siv

e in

th

e as

tro

-p

hy

sics

pap

ers

they

ex

amin

ed i

s u

sed

for

stan

dar

d p

roce

du

res,

whi

le t

he

use

of

we

sig

nal

s so

met

hin

g ne

w o

r u

nex

pec

ted

. D

oyo

u th

ink

this

mig

ht

be

tru

e o

f y

ou

r fi

eld?

3.

Do

you

thin

k th

e th

ird

par

agra

ph

sho

uld

com

e be

fore

th

ese

cond

? W

hat

are

th

e ad

van

tag

es a

nd

dis

adv

anta

ges

of

such

ach

ange

?

4.

As

it h

app

ens,

ou

r ac

cou

nt

of

Met

ho

ds

is n

ot

qu

ite

accu

rate

. In

actu

al f

act,

we

con

du

cted

a p

ilo

t st

ud

y o

n on

e jo

urn

al.

Wh

enth

at e

xp

erie

nce

ap

pea

red

to w

ork

ou

t, w

e ex

ten

ded

th

e sa

mp

le.

Is t

her

e an

y go

od r

easo

n fo

r m

enti

on

ing

this

par

t o

f th

e (t

rue)

sto

ry?

Wh

en y

ou w

rite

up

a M

eth

od

s se

ctio

n, i

s it

ap

pro

pri

ate

to s

impl

ify

or

stra

igh

ten

ou

t th

e ac

tual

pro

cess

? Is

it

OK

to

"tid

y u

p"

in t

his

way

?

F

inal

ly,

wou

ld y

ou l

ike

to g

ues

s w

hat

ou

r re

sult

s w

ere?

Wh

atp

erce

nta

ge

of

con

nec

tors

wer

e in

itia

l, m

edia

l, a

nd

fin

al?

Lan

gu

age

Focu

s: I

mp

erati

ves

in

Res

earc

h P

ap

ers

th

e M

eth

od

s se

ctio

n in

Tas

k T

wo,

sen

ten

ce 3

cu

rren

tly

read

s:

(See

Ap

pen

dix

A f

or a

lis

t of

th

e ar

ticl

es s

tud

ied

.)

cou

ld,

of c

ou

rse,

hav

e w

ritt

en:

(A l

ist

of t

he

arti

cles

stu

die

d is

giv

en i

n A

pp

end

ix A

.)

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tud

ents

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mm

and

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per

ativ

es a

re c

omm

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n te

xtb

oo

ks,

man

ual

s, l

ec-

ture

s, a

nd

lab

s.

Ana

lyze

th

e re

sult

s in

fig

ure

1.

Com

plet

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e fo

llow

ing

sen

ten

ces.

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ice

the

rela

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etw

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idel

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in m

any

RP

fie

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dee

d,

itm

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cco

un

t fo

r up

to

50%

of

all

the

(occ

asio

nal)

use

s of

the

imp

era-

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e in

res

earc

h w

riti

ng

. A

s yo

u m

ay h

ave

gu

esse

d b

y no

w,

that

ver

bis

let

.

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d fo

r th

e pr

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um

ber

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sum

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im

per

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und

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ath

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arg

u-

men

ts,

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as

supp

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sub

stit

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an

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sum

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her

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re d

iffi

cult

cas

e oc

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wh

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ant

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irec

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rre

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e p

arti

cula

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we

wro

te"(

See

Ap

pen

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A f

or a

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t )

." W

e w

ante

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e re

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wat

th

is

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int

in

ou

r p

aper

th

at

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e el

sew

her

e pr

ovid

ed

full

det

ails

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Ps

wou

ld y

ou a

ccep

t im

per

ativ

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ses

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he

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amp

le?

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. C

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ote

5.

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er

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mp

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7.

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all

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stru

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aper

I

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3

8.

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serv

e9.

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ake

the

case

of,

etc.

10.

Dis

reg

ard

If y

ou t

hin

k th

at a

n im

per

ativ

e m

igh

t ca

use

off

ense

by

bei

ng

impo

-li

te,

ther

e ar

e ea

sy w

ays

of

esca

pe.

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erat

ive

Pas

siv

e

Now

co

mp

are

the

resu

lts

in t

able

s 4

and

5.

Th

e re

sult

s in

tab

les

4 an

d 5

can

now

be

com

-p

ared

.C

on

dit

ion

al.

If w

e no

w c

om

par

e th

e re

sult

s in

tab

les

4 an

d5

, w

e ca

n se

e th

at .

. .

Wri

tin

g U

p a

Met

ho

ds

Sec

tio

n

One

of

us

(Jo

hn

) in

terv

iew

ed a

stu

den

t p

lan

nin

g h

er f

irst

res

earc

hp

aper

for

her

mas

ters

in

soci

al w

ork.

Mei

-Lan

sai

d th

at t

he

prov

i-si

onal

tit

le f

or h

er r

esea

rch

pap

er w

as "

Ch

ines

e E

lder

ly L

ivin

g in

the

Un

ited

Sta

tes:

A P

robl

em-f

ree

Po

pu

lati

on

?" S

he s

aid

that

sh

eh

ad c

ho

sen

this

top

ic b

ecau

se o

f so

me

"pre

vai

lin

g m

yth

s" t

hat

th

eC

hin

ese

com

mu

nit

ies

wou

ld a

lway

s lo

ok a

fter

th

eir

eld

erly

an

d th

atsu

ch e

lder

ly w

ould

no

t ac

cep

t h

elp

from

ou

tsid

ers.

Sh

e be

liev

ed t

hat

cert

ain

trad

itio

nal

C

hin

ese

atti

tud

es,

such

as

"f

ilia

l pi

ety,

" w

ere

beg

inn

ing

to c

han

ge

in U

.S.

com

mu

nit

ies.

S

he

add

ed t

hat

all

th

ere

sear

ch t

o d

ate

had

bee

n co

ndu

cted

in

the

larg

e co

mm

un

itie

s in

big

citi

es o

n th

e E

ast

and

Wes

t C

oas

ts.

Sh

e w

ante

d to

stu

dy

smal

ler

com

mu

nit

ies

in a

mid

wes

t to

wn

. Jo

hn

then

ask

ed h

er a

bo

ut

met

h-

odol

ogy.

Jo

hn

Sw

ale

s: H

ow a

re y

ou g

oing

to

coll

ect

yo

ur

dat

a?M

ei-L

an

: B

y fa

ce-t

o-fa

ce i

nte

rvie

ws.

I w

ant

to d

o on

e-on

-one

in

-te

rvie

ws

bec

ause

I t

hin

k if

oth

er f

amil

y m

emb

ers

are

ther

e th

ein

terv

iew

ees

wil

l n

ot

rev

eal

thei

r d

eep

feel

ings

an

d re

al p

rob

-le

ms.

How

wil

l yo

u fi

nd y

ou

r su

bjec

ts?

I'll

use

fri

end

s an

d ac

qu

ain

tan

ces

in t

he

loca

l C

hin

ese

com

- t

o in

tro

du

ce m

e.J

S:

Wil

l yo

u re

cord

th

e in

terv

iew

s?

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rad

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ML

: Y

es,

bu

t of

co

urs

e I

wil

l as

k p

erm

issi

on

firs

t.J

S:

Wil

l yo

u u

se E

ng

lish

?M

L:

Th

e in

terv

iew

ees

can

use

an

y la

ng

uag

e th

eyM

and

arin

, T

aiw

anes

e, o

r E

ng

lish

. W

hat

ever

is

mo

st c

omfo

rt-

able

for

th

em.

JS

: H

ow l

on

g d

o yo

u p

lan

the

inte

rvie

ws

to l

ast,

an

d d

o yo

u h

ave

a fi

xed

list

of

qu

esti

on

s?M

L:

Ab

ou

t an

ho

ur.

I h

ave

a li

st o

f q

ues

tio

ns

bu

t I

do

no

t w

ant

tofo

llow

th

em v

ery

exac

tly.

I w

ill

use

wh

at s

ocio

logi

sts

call

"se

mi-

stru

ctu

red

" in

terv

iew

s. P

art

pla

nn

ed,

par

t "g

o w

ith

the

flo

w,"

as

the

Am

eric

ans

say.

JS

: F

inal

ly,

how

man

y pe

ople

wil

l yo

u in

terv

iew

?M

L:

Bec

ause

of

lim

ited

tim

e an

d co

nta

cts,

onl

y ab

ou

t te

n.

So

Iw

ill

be

do

ing

a q

ual

itat

ive

anal

ysi

s. T

her

e w

ill

no

t b

e en

ou

gh

sub

ject

s fo

r st

atis

tics

.

Tas

k T

hree

Now

wit

h a

par

tner

dra

ft t

he

firs

t se

nte

nce

of

Mei

-Lan

's M

eth

od

sse

ctio

n.

Rem

emb

er t

o u

se f

orm

al s

tyle

. Y

ou m

ay w

ish

to c

on

sid

erw

hic

h of

th

e fo

llow

ing

elem

ents

sh

ou

ld b

e in

clu

ded

.

1.

met

hodo

logy

2.

the

pu

rpo

se o

f th

e m

etho

dolo

gy3

. th

e sa

mp

le

Tas

k F

our

Now

wri

te a

Met

ho

ds

sect

ion

of y

ou

r ow

n. I

f yo

u do

no

t h

ave

any

suit

able

m

ater

ial,

yo

u

an

Mei

-L

an's

Met

ho

ds

sect

ion

for

her

. In

th

is c

ase,

ass

um

e th

at s

he

has

now

com

ple

ted

the

wor

k.

Meth

ods

Secti

ons

acro

ss D

iscip

lines

Th

e tw

o M

eth

od

s se

ctio

ns

we

hav

e b

een

wo

rkin

g on

so

far

wou

ld f

all

un

der

th

e b

road

cat

ego

ry o

f "s

ocia

l sc

ienc

e."

Stu

die

s sh

ow t

hat

mo

stM

eth

od

s se

ctio

ns

in s

ocia

l sc

ienc

e d

isci

pli

nes

sh

are

a n

um

ber

char

acte

rist

ics:

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

I

/ 16

5

The

y ar

e ex

pli

cit

abo

ut

det

ails

an

d p

roce

du

res.

The

y ar

e sl

ow p

aced

sin

ce t

hey

do

no

t p

resu

me

mu

ch b

ack

gro

un

dkn

owle

dge.

The

y co

nta

in j

ust

ific

atio

ns,

ex

pla

nat

ion

s, a

nd

(so

met

imes

) ex

-am

ple

s.T

he t

erm

ino

log

y is

oft

en r

epea

ted

.

In s

ocia

l sc

ienc

e, e

du

cati

on

, p

ub

lic

hea

lth

, an

d so

on,

met

hodo

logy

is

ofte

n a

ver

y im

po

rtan

t an

d h

otl

y d

ebat

ed i

ssu

e.

Ind

eed

, in

som

eca

ses

in t

hes

e ar

eas,

th

e m

ain

po

int

of

an R

P w

ill

be

to a

nn

ou

nce

som

e d

evel

op

men

t in

met

ho

d.

How

ever

, in

sci

ence

, en

gin

eeri

ng

, an

dm

edic

al r

esea

rch

, st

and

ard

pra

ctic

es a

nd

esta

bli

shed

met

ho

ds

are

muc

h m

ore

wid

ely

avai

lab

le.

As

a re

sult

, M

eth

od

s se

ctio

ns

in t

hes

efi

eld

s m

ay b

e v

ery

diff

eren

t.

Tas

k F

ive

Rea

d th

is o

pen

ing

to a

Met

hod

s se

ctio

n a

nd

an

swer

th

e q

ues

tion

sth

at f

ollo

w. M

etho

ds f

or A

naly

sis

and

Fun

ctio

nal

Pro

pert

ies

The

sta

nd

ard

met

ho

ds

(AO

AC

, 19

75)

wer

e u

sed

for

the

det

erm

inat

ion

of

tota

l so

lids

, n

itro

gen

, cr

ud

e fa

t, a

sh,

and

Vit

a-m

in C

. T

otal

su

gar

s w

ere

det

erm

ined

by

the

met

ho

d o

f P

ott

er e

t (

1968

), a

nd

the

tota

l ca

rbo

hy

dra

tes

(in

term

s o

f gl

ucos

e) w

ere

assa

yed

acc

ord

ing

to t

he

pro

ced

ure

of

Dub

ois

et a

l. (

1956

). T

he

met

ho

d of

Ko

hle

r an

d P

atte

n (1

967)

was

fol

low

ed f

or d

eter

min

ing

aci

d co

mpo

siti

on.

(Quo

ted

by K

no

rr-C

etin

a 1

98

1,

157)

W

hat

fie

ld d

o yo

u th

ink

this

ex

trac

t co

mes

fro

m?

W

hat

dif

fere

nces

can

you

no

te b

etw

een

this

Met

ho

ds

sect

ion

and

the

one

give

n in

Tas

k T

wo?

Wh

at e

vide

nce

can

you

fin

dh

ere

of

shar

ed b

ack

gro

un

d kn

owle

dge?

Wh

at i

s st

rik

ing

abo

ut

the

way

s in

wh

ich

the

met

ho

ds

in t

his

pas

sag

e ar

e d

escr

ibed

(or,

mo

re e

xact

ly,

no

t d

escr

ibed

)?

= A

ssoc

iati

on o

f O

per

atio

nal

Ana

lyti

c C

hem

ists

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emic

Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

3.

Wou

ld a

Met

ho

ds

sect

ion

wri

tten

lik

e th

is b

e p

oss

ible

in

yo

ur

fiel

d?

Tas

k Si

x

We

can

conc

lude

th

at M

eth

od

s se

ctio

ns

vary

gre

atly

in

wh

at w

em

igh

t ca

ll "

spee

d."

Typ

e 1

Slo

w (

as i

n o

ur

own

dra

ft)

Typ

e 2

Fai

rly

slow

Typ

e 3

Fai

rly

fast

Ty

pe

4 F

ast

(as

in t

he

pap

er q

uo

ted

by

Kn

orr

-Cet

ina)

Her

e is

pa

rt o

f a M

eth

od

s se

ctio

n w

ritt

en b

y on

e o

f ou

r st

ud

ents

. S

he

is w

ork

ing

on a

Ph

.D.

in p

hysi

olog

y. W

hat

"sp

eed"

wou

ld y

ou g

ive

it?

Su

pp

ose

Ju

n's

ad

vis

or

sug

ges

ted

that

it

coul

d b

e "s

peed

ed u

p"

ali

ttle

. W

hat

ad

vic

e d

o yo

u ha

ve?

Th

ere

are

also

a c

oupl

e o

f sm

all

mis

tak

es t

ow

ard

the

end

. C

an y

ou c

orr

ect

tho

se a

s w

ell?

Bin

ding

Ass

ay

and

Dow

n R

egul

atio

n St

udy

Cel

ls w

ere

cult

ure

d in

pla

tes.

Rec

epto

r b

ind

ing

was

det

er-

min

ed b

y in

cub

atin

g th

e in

tact

cel

ls w

ith

(3H

)NM

S i

n 1

ml

buff

erA

at

4°C

or

Non

-spe

cifi

c b

ind

ing

was

def

ined

in

the

pre

sen

ceo

f at

rop

ine.

In

cub

atio

n w

as t

erm

inat

ed b

y w

ash

ing

the

cell

s w

ith

ice-

cold

sal

ine

thre

e ti

mes

. C

ells

wer

e sc

rap

ed i

n 0.

5ml

wat

er a

nd

susp

ensi

on

s w

ere

pu

t in

to 5

mm

bio

-saf

e sc

inti

llat

ion

flu

id a

nd

then

co

un

ted

in a

Bec

km

an l

iqu

id s

cin

till

atio

n co

un

ter.

F

or t

he

stu

dy

of d

own

reg

ula

tio

n,

cell

s w

as p

re-i

ncu

bat

ed w

ith

10m

m M

CC

h fo

r di

ffer

ent

per

iod

s ti

me

and

then

was

hed

wit

h a

buff

er A

thre

e ti

mes

. T

he

bin

din

g as

say

was

per

form

ed a

s d

escr

ibed

abo

ve.

Yan

g, u

ned

ited

)

Wh

ere

on t

he

"spe

ed"

scal

e (T

ypes

1-4

) w

ould

you

pla

ce y

ou

r ow

nm

eth

od

s d

escr

ipti

on

s an

d th

ose

ty

pic

al o

f y

ou

r fi

eld

?

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

I

/ 16

7

Lan

guag

e F

ocu

s: H

yp

hen

s in

No

un

Ph

rase

s

Not

ice

that

Ju

n's

fir

st s

ente

nce

en

ds

wit

h th

e n

ou

n p

hra

se "

24-w

ell

pla

tes.

" H

yp

hen

s ar

e of

ten

use

d to

cl

arif

y ho

w

com

plex

n

ou

np

hra

ses

are

to b

e in

terp

rete

d.

In J

un

's c

ase,

her

hy

ph

en i

nd

icat

edth

at s

he

was

usi

ng

pla

tes

con

tain

ing

24

wel

ls.

Wit

ho

ut

the

hy

ph

en,

the

ph

rase

co

uld

be

inte

rpre

ted

as

24

pla

tes

con

tain

ing

an

un

-sp

ecif

ied

nu

mb

er o

f w

ells

. W

hat

dif

fere

nces

can

you

see

bet

wee

n th

efo

llow

ing

pai

rs o

f n

ou

n p

hra

ses?

smal

l-ca

r fa

cto

ry /

sm

all

car

fact

ory

blu

e-li

ned

pap

er /

blu

e li

ned

pap

eru

niv

ersi

ty-p

aid

per

son

nel

/ u

niv

ersi

ty p

aid

per

son

nel

Rea

d th

e ab

ove

pai

rs a

lou

d.

Can

you

mak

e a

dis

tin

ctio

n b

etw

een

them

in

term

s o

f st

ress

an

d in

ton

atio

n?

Can

you

th

ink

of o

ne o

r tw

o si

mil

ar p

airs

fro

m y

our

own

fiel

d?

How

w

ould

yo

u in

dic

ate

wh

at y

ou

mea

nt

by

the

foll

owin

g n

oun

ph

rase

s? A

ll t

hre

e ar

e am

big

uo

us,

at

leas

t o

ut

of

con

tex

t.

arti

fici

al h

eart

val

vera

pid

rel

ease

mec

han

ism

stro

ng

acti

ng

dir

ecto

r

Result

s

Th

e o

ther

sec

tio

n w

e w

ill

dea

l w

ith

in t

his

un

it i

s th

e R

esu

lts

sec-

tio

n.

Ag

ain

we

wil

l b

egin

by

ask

ing

you

to r

ead

the

Res

ult

s se

ctio

n of

ou

r ow

n p

aper

. A

s it

sta

nd

s at

pre

sen

t, i

t is

an

inco

mp

lete

dra

ft.

Res

ults

A t

ota

l of

467

sen

ten

ce c

on

nec

tors

was

fou

nd,

aver

agin

g ju

st o

ver

two

per

pag

e. E

lev

en o

f th

e 1

2 ar

ticl

es u

sed

con

nec

tors

wit

h so

me

freq

uenc

y, w

ith

tota

ls r

ang

ing

from

24

to 5

8.

Th

e on

e ex

cept

ion

was

th

e on

ly a

rtic

le i

n th

e sa

mp

le t

hat

dea

lt w

ith

lite

rary

tex

ts,

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Wri

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rad

ua

te S

tud

ents

wh

ich

use

d on

ly n

ine

con

nec

tors

. T

he

scar

city

of

con

nec

tors

in

this

pap

er m

ay b

e d

ue

to i

ts h

eav

y u

se o

f co

mm

enta

ry o

n li

tera

ryp

assa

ges

.

Sev

enty

dif

fere

nt s

ente

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs o

ccu

rred

in

the

sam

ple

.T

his

lar

ge

nu

mb

er i

s so

mew

hat

su

rpri

sin

g,

even

tak

ing

into

ac-

cou

nt

ou

r b

road

in

terp

reta

tio

n o

f "co

nnec

tor.

" T

ho

se t

hat

occ

urr

edfo

ur t

imes

or

mo

re a

re l

iste

d in

dec

reas

ing

freq

uenc

y o

f u

se i

nta

ble

18. T

AB

LE

18.

F

req

uen

cy o

f C

on

nec

tors

Ran

k

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

14 17 19 22 25

Item

how

ever

firs

t, s

econ

d, e

tc.

thu

sal

sofo

r ex

amp

lein

ad

dit

ion

fina

lly

ther

efo

reo

n th

e o

ther

han

dth

enn

ever

thel

ess

for

inst

ance

furt

her

mo

rem

oreo

ver

in p

arti

cula

rb

ut

in f

act

yet

that

is

in c

on

tras

tin

oth

er w

ords

furt

her

sim

ilar

lyof

cou

rse

as a

res

ult

Tot

al o

ccu

rren

ce

62 52 33 30 29 20 19 16 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4

Co

nst

ruct

ing

a R

esea

rch

Pa

per

I

/ 1

69

Th

ere

are

a n

um

ber

of

surp

rise

s in

th

e fr

eque

ncy

dat

a. T

her

ew

as

un

exp

ecte

dly

h

eav

y u

se

of

the

"inf

orm

al"

con

nec

tors

bu

t(n

ine

inst

ance

s)

and

yet

(eig

ht

inst

ance

s).

Alt

ho

ug

h th

ese

are

kn

ow

n to

be

freq

uen

t in

new

spap

ers

and

corr

esp

on

den

ce,

we

wer

eso

mew

hat

su

rpri

sed

to f

ind

so m

any

in r

efer

eed

sch

ola

rly

jou

r-n

als.

In

con

tras

t, t

her

e w

as m

inim

al u

se o

f "c

oncl

usiv

es,"

su

ch a

sin

con

clus

ion.

Un

der

2%

of

all

the

con

nec

tors

fel

l in

to t

his

cat

e-go

ry.

Fin

ally

, v

ery

un

even

fre

qu

enci

es i

n ce

rtai

n o

ther

cat

ego

ries

wer

e n

ote

d.

Co

ntr

asts

: ho

wev

er,

62

nev

erth

eles

s, 1

1 al

l th

e sa

me,

0R

esu

lts:

th

us,

33

ther

efo

re,

16

hen

ce,

1

We

now

tu

rn t

o th

e p

osi

tio

nal

d

ata.

O

f th

e 46

7 co

nn

ecto

rsfo

und,

352

occ

urr

ed i

n in

itia

l p

osi

tio

n (7

5.4%

), 1

09 i

n m

edia

l po

si-

tio

n,

and

only

six

in

fin

al p

osi

tio

n.

Cle

arly

, fi

nal

po

siti

on

is v

ery

rare

in

this

kin

d o

f w

riti

ng

, an

d w

e w

ill

no

t d

iscu

ss i

t fu

rth

er.

Ifw

e no

w e

xam

ine

the

po

siti

on

al d

ata

in t

erm

s o

f in

div

idu

al c

on-

nec

tors

, w

e fi

nd

that

dif

fere

nt c

on

nec

tors

beh

ave

som

ewh

at d

iffe

r-en

tly

. In

tab

le 1

9 al

l co

nn

ecto

rs o

ccu

rrin

g fo

ur t

imes

or

mo

re a

reca

teg

ori

zed

for

per

cen

tag

e of

occ

urr

ence

in

init

ial

po

siti

on

. (I

nfor

-m

al u

ses

of

but

and

yet

hav

e b

een

excl

uded

.)

TA

BL

E 1

9.

Po

siti

on

al C

ateg

ori

es o

f C

on

nec

tors

Cat

egor

yC

on

nec

tors

Occ

urre

nce

B C D

Fir

st,

seco

nd,

etc.

, in

add

itio

n,

nev

erth

eles

s,fi

nal

ly,

that

is,

as

a re

sult

mor

eove

r, t

hu

s, i

np

arti

cula

r/in

fac

t, i

n o

ther

wo

rds,

of

cour

seho

wev

er,

for

inst

ance

, on

th

eo

ther

han

d,

furt

her

mo

real

so,

for

exam

ple

, th

eref

ore

,

then

100%

in

init

ial

posi

tion

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wee

n 75

% a

nd

99%

in

init

ial

posi

tion

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nd

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in

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ial

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tion

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wee

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% a

nd

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in

init

ial

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tion

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Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

ua

te S

tud

ents

Tas

k Se

ven

Go

bac

k an

d re

ad t

hro

ug

h th

e R

esu

lts

sect

ion

of o

ur

pap

er,

un

der

lin

-in

g al

l th

e oc

casi

ons

wh

ere

we

hav

e u

sed

nu

mb

ers

(ign

ore

per

cen

t-ag

es).

Can

you

det

erm

ine

the

rule

s w

e fo

llow

ed f

or w

hen

to

wri

ten

um

ber

s as

dig

its

(12,

etc

.) a

nd

wh

en a

s w

ords

(tw

elve

, W

hat

are

the

rule

s yo

u u

se i

n y

ou

r fi

eld

?

Tas

k E

ight

Not

ice

tha

t o

ur

Res

ult

s se

ctio

n is

no

t co

mp

lete

. S

up

po

se w

e as

ked

you

wh

at w

e co

uld

incl

ud

e in

th

e co

nclu

ding

par

agra

ph

to o

ur

Re-

sult

s S

ecti

on

, b

ased

on

the

info

rmat

ion

in t

able

18?

Wh

at h

igh

lig

ht-

ing

stat

emen

ts w

ould

you

su

gg

est?

Ref

er b

ack

to U

nit

Fo

ur

if n

eces

-sa

ry.

Giv

e y

ou

r su

gg

esti

on

s in

ord

er,

from

th

e fi

rst

stat

emen

t to

be

incl

ud

ed t

o th

e la

st.

Com

menta

ry i

n R

esu

lts

Secti

ons

It i

s of

ten

said

th

at t

he

Res

ult

s se

ctio

n o

f an

RP

sh

ou

ld

sim

ply

rep

ort

th

e d

ata

that

has

bee

n co

llec

ted;

th

at i

s, i

t sh

ou

ld f

ocus

exc

lu-

sive

ly o

n th

e p

rese

nt

resu

lts.

In

dee

d,

man

y o

f th

e bo

oks

and

man

-u

als

aim

ing

at

hel

pin

g st

ud

ents

an

d sc

ho

lars

to

w

rite

re

sear

chp

aper

s of

fer

this

kin

d o

f ad

vic

e. T

hes

e bo

oks

arg

ue,

par

ticu

larl

y,

that

all

ev

alu

atio

n an

d co

mm

enta

ry s

ho

uld

be

left

un

til

the

Dis

cus-

sio

n.

How

ever

, re

sear

ch s

how

s th

at t

his

dis

tin

ctio

n b

etw

een

Res

ult

san

d D

iscu

ssio

n is

no

t as

sh

arp

as c

omm

only

bel

ieve

d. F

or e

xam

ple

,T

ho

mp

son

(199

3)

stu

die

d th

e R

esu

lts

sect

ion

s fr

om 2

0 p

ub

lish

edb

ioch

emis

try

pap

ers.

Tab

le 2

0 p

rese

nts

wh

at s

he

foun

d.T

his

is

pa

rt o

f T

ho

mp

son

's c

on

clu

sio

ns:

My

rese

arch

d

emo

nst

rate

s th

at

this

ca

se

bio-

n

ot

pre

sen

t re

sult

s on

ly

in

a fa

ctu

al

exp

osi

tory

man

ner

; th

ey a

lso

empl

oy a

var

iety

of

rhet

ori

cal

mov

es t

o ar

gu

efo

r th

e v

alid

ity

of s

cien

tifi

c fa

cts

and

know

ledg

e cl

aim

s. (P.

126)

Co

nst

ruct

ing

a R

esea

rch

Pa

per

I

/ 17

1

TA

BL

E 2

0.

Co

mm

enta

ry F

ound

in

Res

ult

s S

ecti

ons

Typ

e of

co

mm

enta

ry

Nu

mb

er o

f p

aper

s(m

ax. =

20)

Just

ify

ing

the

met

hodo

logy

Inte

rpre

tin

g th

e re

sult

sC

itin

g ag

reem

ent

wit

h p

rev

iou

s st

ud

ies

Co

mm

enti

ng

on

the

dat

aA

dm

itti

ng

diff

icul

ties

in

inte

rpre

tati

on

Po

inti

ng

out

dis

crep

anci

esC

alli

ng

for

furt

her

res

earc

h

19 19 11 10 8 4 0

Au

tho

rs o

ften

in

clu

de

com

men

tary

bec

ause

th

ey a

re a

war

e o

f th

eir

aud

ien

ce.

Th

ey c

an a

ntic

ipat

e th

at t

hei

r re

ader

s m

ay b

e th

ink

ing

,"W

hy d

id t

hey

use

th

is m

eth

od

rath

er t

han

th

at o

ne?"

or

"Isn

't th

isre

sult

rat

her

str

ang

e?"

For

obv

ious

rea

son

s, a

uth

ors

may

no

t w

ant

to

po

stp

on

e re

spo

nd

ing

to

such

im

agin

ary

qu

esti

on

s an

d cr

itic

alco

mm

ents

un

til

the

fin

al s

ecti

on

.

Tas

k N

ine

Car

eful

ly r

ead

a R

esu

lts

sect

ion

that

you

hav

e w

ritt

en o

r re

ad f

rom

your

fie

ld a

nd

ou

r d

raft

on

sen

ten

ce c

on

nec

tors

, m

ark

ing

any

com

-m

enta

ry e

lem

ents

. In

yo

ur

esti

mat

ion

, w

hic

h o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

typ

esar

e th

e p

assa

ges

mo

st l

ike?

Typ

e 1 2 3

Giv

es s

trai

gh

tfo

rwar

d d

escr

ipti

on

of

the

auth

or'

s re

-su

lts;

in

clu

des

no

com

men

tary

at

all

(no

com

par

iso

ns

wit

h th

e w

ork

of

oth

ers,

no

just

ific

atio

ns,

ver

y h

igh

lig

hti

ng

stat

emen

ts).

Is m

ost

ly r

estr

icte

d to

pre

sen

t fi

nd

ing

s, b

ut

incl

ud

es a

few

min

or

use

s of

co

mm

enta

ry.

Co

nsi

sts

of b

oth

des

crip

tio

n of

fin

ding

s an

d a

nu

mb

erof

co

mm

enta

ry e

lem

ents

; u

ses

sev

eral

of

the

cate

go

ries

men

tio

ned

by

Th

om

pso

n.

Mak

es h

eav

y u

se o

f co

mm

enta

ry;

use

s m

ost

of

the

cat-

ego

ries

fou

nd b

y T

ho

mp

son

; co

uld

alm

ost

be

tak

en f

ora

dis

cuss

ion

.

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e S

tud

ents

Be

pre

par

ed t

o d

iscu

ss y

ou

r fi

ndin

gs i

n cl

ass.

B

rin

g th

e p

assa

ge

from

yo

ur

fiel

d w

ith

you.

Tas

k T

en

Pro

du

ce a

Res

ult

s se

ctio

n fr

om y

ou

r ow

n w

ork

(or

par

t of

one

if y

ou

rw

ork

is e

xte

nsi

ve)

. If

yo

ur

resu

lts

are

no

t y

et c

omp

lete

, cr

eate

som

efi

nd

ing

s o

n y

ou

r ow

n.

Alt

ern

ativ

ely

, yo

u m

ay

com

plet

e th

e fi

nal

par

agra

ph

of t

he

Res

ult

s se

ctio

n fo

r th

e se

nte

nce

con

nect

or m

ini-

RP

.

Uni

t E

ight

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

In t

his

fin

al u

nit

, w

e d

eal

wit

h th

e re

mai

nin

g p

arts

of

a re

sear

chp

aper

in

the

foll

owin

g o

rder

:

Intr

od

uct

ion

sect

ion

sD

iscu

ssio

n se

ctio

ns

Ack

now

led

gm

ents

Tit

les

Ab

stra

cts

Intr

od

ucti

on S

ecti

ons

It i

s w

idel

y re

cogn

ized

th

at w

riti

ng

intr

od

uct

ion

s is

slo

w,

diff

icul

t,an

d tr

ou

ble

som

e fo

r b

oth

n

ativ

e sp

eak

ers

as

wel

l as

n

on

nat

ive

spea

ker

s.

A v

ery

lon

g ti

me

ago,

th

e G

reek

ph

ilo

sop

her

Pla

to r

e-m

ark

ed,

"The

beg

inn

ing

is h

alf

of

the

who

le."

In

dee

d,

even

tual

lypr

oduc

ing

a go

od I

ntr

od

uct

ion

sect

ion

alw

ays

seem

s li

ke

a b

attl

eh

ard

won

.W

riti

ng

the

Intr

od

uct

ion

of

an R

P i

s p

arti

cula

rly

tro

ub

leso

me.

In

som

e k

ind

s o

f te

xts

, su

ch a

s te

rm p

aper

s o

r ca

se r

epo

rts,

it

is p

oss

i-bl

e to

sta

rt i

mm

edia

tely

wit

h a

topi

c o

r th

esis

sta

tem

ent

The

pu

rpo

se o

f th

is p

aper

is

to .

..T

his

pap

er d

escr

ibes

an

d an

aly

zes

. .

.M

y ai

m i

n th

is p

aper

is

to .

..In

th

is p

aper

, w

e re

po

rt o

n ..

.

How

ever

, th

is k

ind

of

op

enin

g is

rar

e an

d u

nu

sual

in

an R

P (

prob

a-bl

y u

nd

er 1

0% o

f p

ub

lish

ed R

Ps

star

t in

th

is w

ay).

In

fact

, st

ate-

lik

e th

ose

abo

ve t

yp

ical

ly c

ome

at o

r n

ear

the

end

of

an R

PIn

tro

du

ctio

n.

Why

is

this

? A

nd w

hat

com

es b

efor

e?W

e be

liev

e th

at th

e an

swer

to th

ese

qu

esti

on

s li

es in

two

inte

rco

n-

Par

ts.

Th

e fi

rst

hal

f of t

he

answ

er l

ies

in t

he

nee

d to

ap

pea

l to

read

ersh

ip.

In a

ter

m p

aper

ass

ign

men

t, t

he

read

er i

s se

t.

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read

an

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alu

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pap

er!)

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the

oth

er h

and

, a

pap

er t

hat

is

des

ign

ed f

or t

he

exte

rnal

onl

yin

to

attr

act

an a

ud

ien

ce.

We

can

illu

stra

te t

his

by

tak

ing

the

case

of

one

of

tho

se f

ew p

ub

lish

ed p

aper

s th

at a

ctu

ally

does

sta

rt b

y d

escr

ibin

g th

e p

rese

nt

rese

arch

. H

ere

is t

he

op

enin

gse

nte

nce

of

the

Intr

od

uct

ion

:

Th

is s

tud

y o

f th

e w

riti

ng

of

22

firs

t g

rad

ers

and

13

thir

d g

rad

ers

is c

on

cern

ed w

ith

how

ch

ild

ren

lear

n th

e ru

les

of

pu

nct

uat

ion

.(C

orde

iro

1988

, 62

)

Th

e C

ord

eiro

pap

er,

"Ch

ild

ren

's P

un

ctu

atio

n:

An

An

aly

sis

of

Err

ors

in P

erio

d P

lace

men

t,"

was

pu

bli

shed

in

a jo

urn

al c

alle

d R

esea

rch

inth

e T

each

ing

of

Eng

lish

. A

s th

e ti

tle

of

this

jo

urn

al i

nd

icat

es,

the

jou

rnal

cov

ers

sev

eral

dif

fere

nt r

esea

rch

area

s. D

ou

btl

ess,

th

e v

ery

spec

ific

op

enin

g to

th

e C

ord

eiro

pap

er w

ill

app

eal

imm

edia

tely

to

tho

se r

esea

rch

ers

acti

vel

y in

volv

ed i

n th

e to

pic.

On

the

oth

er h

and

,it

is

lik

ely

at t

he

sam

e ti

me

to "

turn

off"

man

y o

ther

rea

der

s o

f th

e w

ho h

ave

no

inte

rest

in

this

pre

cise

res

earc

h ar

ea.

We

beli

eve

that

we

can

bes

t ex

pla

in t

he

seco

nd h

alf

of th

e an

swer

by u

sin

g a

of

com

peti

tion

as

it i

s u

sed

in e

colo

gy.

Just

as

pla

nts

co

mp

ete

for

lig

ht

and

spac

e, s

o w

rite

rs o

f RP

s co

mpe

tefo

r ac

cep

tan

ce a

nd

reco

gn

itio

n.

In o

rder

to

ob

tain

th

is a

ccep

tan

cean

d re

cog

nit

ion

, m

ost

wri

ters

u

se

an o

rgan

izat

ion

al

pat

tern

th

atco

nta

ins

the

foll

owin

g th

ree

"mov

es"

in t

able

21

, in

th

e o

rder

giv

en.

Cre

ati

ng

a R

ese

arc

h S

pace

In s

um

mar

y,

then

, th

e In

tro

du

ctio

n se

ctio

ns

of

RP

s ty

pic

ally

fol

low

the

pat

tern

in

tab

le

21

in r

esp

on

se

to t

wo

kin

ds

of

com

pet

itio

n:

com

pet

itio

n fo

r re

sear

ch s

pac

e an

d co

mp

etit

ion

for

read

ers.

We

can

call

th

is r

het

ori

cal

pat

tern

th

e C

reat

e-a-

Res

earc

h-S

pac

e (o

r C

AR

S)

mo

del

.

Tas

k O

ne

Rea

d ou

r d

raft

In

tro

du

ctio

n to

ou

r a

nd

carr

y o

ut

the

task

sth

at

follo

w.

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stru

ctin

g a

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earc

h P

aper

II

/ 17

5

TA

BL

E 2

1.

Mov

es i

n R

esea

rch

Pap

er I

ntr

od

uct

ion

s

Mov

e 1 2 3

Est

abli

shin

g a

rese

arch

ter

rito

rya.

b

y sh

owin

g th

at t

he

gen

eral

res

earc

h ar

ea i

s im

po

rtan

t,ce

ntr

al,

inte

rest

ing

, p

rob

lem

atic

, o

r re

lev

ant

in s

ome

way

. (o

ptio

nal)

b.

by

intr

od

uci

ng

and

rev

iew

ing

item

s o

f p

rev

iou

s re

sear

chin

th

e (

obli

gato

ry)

Est

abli

shin

g a

a.

by

ind

icat

ing

a g

ap i

n th

e p

rev

iou

s re

sear

ch,

rais

ing

aq

ues

tio

n ab

ou

t it

, o

r ex

ten

din

g p

rev

iou

s kn

owle

dge

inso

me

way

. (o

blig

ator

y)O

ccup

ying

th

e n

ich

ea.

b

y o

utl

inin

g p

urp

ose

s o

r st

atin

g th

e n

atu

re o

f th

ep

rese

nt

(ob

liga

tory

)b

. b

y an

no

un

cin

g p

rin

cip

al f

ind

ing

s, (

opti

onal

)b

y in

dic

atin

g th

e st

ruct

ure

of

the

RP

. (o

ptio

nal)

c

eco

logy

, a

nich

e is

a p

arti

cula

r w

here

a p

arti

cula

r or

gani

sm c

an t

hri

ve.

In o

ur c

ase,

a n

iche

is

a co

ntex

t w

here

a p

arti

cula

r pi

ece

of r

esea

rch

mak

es p

arti

cula

rly

good

sens

e.

The

Pos

itio

n o

f Se

nten

ce C

onne

ctor

s in

Aca

dem

ic E

ngli

shC

. B

. F

eak

and

J. M

. S

wal

es

Intr

oduc

tion

1 Man

y co

mm

enta

tors

hav

e n

ote

d th

at s

ente

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs (

e.g.

,ho

wev

er)

are

an i

mp

ort

ant

and

usef

ul e

lem

ent

in e

xp

osi

tory

an

dar

gu

men

tati

ve

wri

tin

g.

stu

die

s o

f th

eir

occ

urr

ence

in

acad

emic

E

ng

lish

ex

ten

d at

le

ast

as

far

bac

k as

H

ud

dle

sto

n(1

971)

. w

riti

ng

tex

tbo

ok

s ha

ve

for

man

y y

ears

reg

ula

rly

incl

uded

ch

apte

rs o

n se

nte

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs (

e.g.

, H

erb

ert,

196

5).

Mos

t re

fere

nce

gra

mm

ars

dea

l w

ith

thei

r g

ram

mat

ical

st

atu

s,cl

assi

fica

tion

, m

ean

ing

, an

d u

se.

att

enti

on

has

als

o b

een

give

n to

th

e p

osi

tio

n o

f se

nte

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs i

n cl

ause

s an

d se

n-te

nce

s. a

nd

(19

73)

obse

rve

(a)

that

th

e n

orm

alpo

siti

on i

s in

itia

l; (

b) t

hat

cer

tain

co

nn

ecto

rs,

such

as

henc

e an

dov

eral

l, "

are

rest

rict

ed,

or

vir

tual

ly r

estr

icte

d,

to i

nit

ial

po

siti

on

"

(p.

an

d (c

) th

at m

edia

l p

osi

tio

ns

are

rare

for

mo

st c

on-

nec

tors

, an

d fi

nal

po

siti

on

s ev

en r

arer

. o

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osi

tio

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n se

man

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gro

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is a

nu

np

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lish

ed p

aper

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era

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dis

cuss

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1983

). S

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aper

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ls o

nly

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ver

sati

ves

lik

e ho

wev

er a

nd

sug

ges

ts t

hat

in

itia

l p

osi

tio

n re

-fl

ects

so

met

hin

g co

ntr

ary

to e

xp

ecta

tio

n,

wh

ile

med

ial

po

siti

on

refl

ects

a c

on

tras

t th

at i

s n

ot

nec

essa

rily

un

exp

ecte

d.

nei

ther

of

thes

e st

ud

ies

pro

vid

es a

ny

des

crip

tiv

e ev

iden

ce o

f th

eac

tual

po

siti

on

s o

f se

nte

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs i

n ac

adem

ic t

exts

. t

he

pre

sen

t p

aper

, w

e re

po

rt

on

a p

reli

min

ary

stu

dy

of

sen

ten

ce-

con

nec

tor

po

siti

on

in a

sam

ple

of

twel

ve p

ub

lish

ed a

rtic

les.

1.

Div

ide

the

tex

t in

to t

he

thre

e b

asic

mov

es.

2.

Loo

k at

tab

le 2

1 ag

ain

. W

her

e in

ou

r In

trod

uct

ion

wou

ld y

oud

ivid

e M

ove

1 in

to l

a an

d

3.

Wh

at k

ind

of M

ove

2 do

we

use

?

4.

Wh

at k

ind

of M

ove

3a d

o w

e u

se?

5.

Un

der

lin

e o

r h

igh

lig

ht

any

wo

rds

or

exp

ress

ion

s in

sen

ten

ces

1th

rou

gh

3 u

sed

to e

stab

lish

a r

esea

rch

terr

ito

ry.

6.

Lis

t th

e si

x ci

tati

on

s u

sed

in o

ur

dra

ft i

ntr

od

uct

ion

. (S

aler

a is

cite

d tw

ice.

) D

o yo

u h

ave

a cr

itic

ism

of

ou

r re

vie

w o

f th

e p

re-

vio

us

lite

ratu

re?

7.

Wh

ere

do

thes

e si

x ci

tati

on

s oc

cur

in t

he

sen

ten

ce?

Wh

at d

oes

this

tel

l u

s?

In U

nit

Sev

en,

we

arg

ued

th

at R

Ps

wer

e n

ot

sim

ple

acc

ou

nts

of

inv

esti

gat

ion

s. T

his

is

also

ver

y tr

ue

of o

ur

own

min

i-R

P.

If y

ou l

ook

bac

k at

ou

r in

tro

du

ctio

n,

you

wil

l n

ote

th

at w

e n

ever

act

ual

ly s

ayw

hat

ou

r m

oti

ve

or

rati

on

ale

for

carr

yin

g o

ut

this

sm

all

stu

dy

was

.R

ath

er,

the

stu

dy

seem

s to

em

erg

e as

a n

atu

ral

and

rati

on

al r

e-sp

on

se t

o a

disc

over

ed g

ap i

n th

e li

tera

ture

.

In f

act,

th

is i

s n

ot

how

th

e st

ud

y st

arte

d at

all

. In

Fal

l 19

92,

ast

ud

ent

in J

oh

n's

Res

earc

h P

aper

Wri

tin

g cl

ass

ask

ed h

im i

f th

ere

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/

wer

e an

y ru

les

for

wh

ere

to p

ut t

he

sen

ten

ce c

on

nec

tors

. N

ot h

avin

gan

y im

med

iate

an

swer

, Jo

hn

play

ed f

or t

ime

and

ask

ed w

hat

th

ecl

ass

did.

Mos

t sa

id t

hey

alw

ays

pu

t th

em f

irst

, ev

en t

ho

ug

h th

eyh

ad n

otic

ed t

hat

th

ey d

id n

ot

alw

ays

com

e fi

rst

in t

he

book

s an

dp

aper

s th

at t

hey

rea

d.

Th

en o

ne s

tud

ent,

Art

hu

r H

sien

g,

said

th

ath

e re

mem

ber

ed a

soc

iolo

gy p

rofe

ssor

tel

lin

g th

e cl

ass

nev

er t

o p

ut

how

ever

in

init

ial

po

siti

on

. A

s E

ng

lish

tea

cher

s, w

e w

ere

so s

tru

ckby

th

is p

iece

of

gra

mm

atic

al f

olkl

ore

that

we

deci

ded

to i

nv

esti

gat

e!

Tas

k T

wo

Dis

cuss

th

e fo

llow

ing

issu

es w

ith

a g

rou

p.

1.

Do

you

thin

k th

e "t

rue"

sto

ry b

ehin

d o

ur

inv

esti

gat

ion

sho

uld

be

bu

ilt

into

th

e In

tro

du

ctio

n?

If s

o, w

her

e an

d ho

w?

2.

Alt

ern

ativ

ely

, d

o yo

u th

ink

it s

ho

uld

be

mad

e p

art

of

the

Dis

-cu

ssio

n? O

r w

ould

th

e A

ckn

ow

led

gm

ents

be

the

bes

t p

lace

to

men

tio

n ho

w t

he

stu

dy

cam

e ab

ou

t? O

r a

foot

note

? O

r sh

ou

ld i

tb

e o

mit

ted

alto

get

her

?

3.

Do

mem

ber

s of

yo

ur

gro

up

hav

e co

mp

arab

le e

xp

erie

nce

s to

sto

ries

ab

ou

t ho

w p

iece

s o

f re

sear

ch s

tart

edal

mo

st b

y ac

cid

ent

bu

t ar

e d

escr

ibed

as

if t

hey

wer

e p

lan

ned

?

4.

How

wou

ld y

ou a

nsw

er t

he

foll

owin

g q

ues

tio

n?

In a

ny

inv

esti

-g

atio

n,

cert

ain

even

ts t

ake

plac

e in

a c

erta

in o

rder

. D

o yo

uth

ink

it i

s n

eces

sary

to

kee

p to

th

at o

rder

wh

en w

riti

ng

an R

P,

or

is a

n au

tho

r fr

ee t

o ch

ang

e th

at o

rder

to

con

stru

ct a

mo

rerh

eto

rica

lly

effe

ctiv

e p

aper

?

Of

cou

rse,

by

this

tim

e yo

u m

ay b

e th

ink

ing

that

all

th

is r

het

ori

-ca

l w

ork

in I

ntr

od

uct

ion

s is

onl

y n

eed

ed i

n th

e so

cial

sci

ence

s an

dth

e h

um

anit

ies.

Th

ere,

aca

dem

ics

may

in

dee

d n

eed

to c

reat

e re

-se

arch

sp

aces

fo

r th

emse

lves

. S

urel

y,

you

may

b

e th

ink

ing

, th

eC

AR

S m

odel

is n

ot n

eces

sary

in "

tru

e" s

cien

ce. B

efor

e co

min

g to

an

ysu

ch c

oncl

usio

n, c

on

sid

er t

he

firs

t h

alf

of

the

Intr

od

uct

ion

to t

his

Pap

er f

rom

aer

osp

ace

and

atm

osp

her

ic s

cien

ce.

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tin

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r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

Dis

cuss

wit

h a

grou

p th

e va

lidi

ty o

f ea

ch.

Whi

ch d

o yo

u th

ink

con-

trib

ute

mos

t to

our

und

erst

andi

ng o

f w

hy c

itat

ions

are

use

d in

aca

-de

mic

wri

ting

? D

oes

your

gro

up h

ave

any

othe

r th

eori

es?

1. T

his

theo

ry i

s w

idel

y pr

opos

ed i

n m

anua

ls a

nd s

tand

ard

prac

-ti

ce g

uide

s.

Cit

atio

ns a

re u

sed

to r

ecog

nize

and

ack

now

ledg

e th

e in

tell

ec-

tual

pro

pert

y ri

ghts

of

auth

ors.

The

y ar

e a

mat

ter

of e

thic

s an

da

defe

nse

agai

nst

plag

iari

sm (

see

Not

es o

n P

lagi

aris

m i

n U

nit

Fiv

e).

2. T

his

theo

ry h

as m

any

supp

orte

rs,

espe

cial

ly i

n w

ell-

esta

blis

hed

fiel

ds l

ike

the

scie

nces

.

Cit

atio

ns a

re u

sed

to s

how

res

pect

to

prev

ious

sch

olar

s. T

hey

reco

gniz

e th

e hi

stor

y of

the

fiel

d by

ack

now

ledg

ing

prev

ious

achi

evem

ents

.

The

rem

aini

ng t

heor

ies

have

bee

n pr

opos

ed b

y in

divi

dual

aut

hors

.

3. R

avet

z 19

71:

Cit

atio

ns o

pera

te a

s a

kind

of

mut

ual

rew

ard

syst

em.

Rat

her

than

pay

oth

er a

utho

rs m

oney

for

the

ir c

ontr

ibut

ions

, w

rite

rs"p

ay"

them

in

cita

tion

s.

4. G

ilbe

rt 1

977:

Cit

atio

ns a

re t

ools

of

pers

uasi

on;

wri

ters

use

cit

atio

ns t

o gi

veth

eir

stat

emen

ts g

reat

er a

utho

rity

.

5. B

avel

as 1

978:

Cit

atio

ns a

re u

sed

to s

uppl

y ev

iden

ce t

hat

th

e au

thor

qua

lifie

sas

a m

embe

r of

the

chos

en s

chol

arly

com

mun

ity;

cita

tion

s ar

eus

ed t

o de

mon

stra

te f

amil

iari

ty w

ith

the

fiel

d.

Con

stru

ctin

g a

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earc

h P

aper

II

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1

6. S

wal

es 1

990:

Cit

atio

ns a

re u

sed

to c

reat

e a

rese

arch

spa

ce f

or t

he

citi

ng a

u-th

or.

By

desc

ribi

ng w

hat

has

been

don

e, c

itat

ions

poi

nt t

he

way

to

wha

t h

as n

ot b

een

done

and

so

prep

are

a sp

ace

for

new

rese

arch

.

Now

sup

pose

th

at w

e ha

ve a

ctua

lly

carr

ied

out

a st

udy

of t

he

reas

ons

for

usin

g ci

tati

ons

in a

cade

mic

tex

ts a

nd h

ave

begu

n to

wri

te a

n T

his

is t

he d

raft

of t

he i

ntro

duct

ion

so f

ar.

Rea

d it

and

cons

ider

the

que

stio

ns t

hat

fol

low

.

are

wid

ely

reco

gniz

ed a

s be

ing

an i

mpo

rtan

t

and

dist

inct

ive

prop

erty

of

acad

emic

tex

ts.

th

eV

pr

esen

ce o

r ab

senc

e of

cit

atio

ns a

llow

s th

e r

eade

rE

to

get

an

imm

edia

te s

ense

of

whe

ther

a t

ext

is a

n "a

ca-

dem

ic"

or "

popu

lar"

one

. c

itat

ion

is s

uch

an o

b-

viou

s su

rfac

e ph

enom

enon

, it

has

bee

n m

uch

disc

usse

d in

the

acad

emic

wor

ld.

the

re a

re s

ever

al t

heor

ies

abou

t th

e ro

le a

nd p

urpo

se o

f ci

tati

ons

in a

cade

mic

tex

ts.

We

now

hav

e to

wri

te M

ove

1. H

ow c

an w

e se

quen

ce o

ur s

ix t

heor

ies

(plu

s an

y ot

hers

th

atha

ve c

ome

up i

n yo

ur g

roup

s)?

The

key

ele

men

t in

lit

erat

ure

revi

ews

is t

hat

ord

er i

s im

pose

d on

the

mat

eria

l, n

ot s

o m

uch

orde

r in

you

r ow

n m

ind,

but

ord

er i

n th

e re

ader

's m

ind.

2.

Cle

arly

we

need

to

star

t w

ith

the

two

maj

or t

radi

tion

al v

iew

s(t

heor

ies

1 an

d 2)

. H

ow c

an w

e or

der

the

rem

aini

ng f

our

(3-6

)?

Sho

uld

we

orga

nize

in

the

chro

nolo

gica

l or

der

as p

rese

nted

? Is

lea

st i

n th

is w

eak

kind

of

orde

ring

? Is

th

ere

anot

her

way

?

4. O

ne p

ossi

bili

ty m

ight

be

to c

ateg

oriz

e th

eori

es 3

-6. D

o yo

u co

n-si

der

the

theo

ries

by

Rav

etz,

Gil

bert

, B

avel

as,

and

Sw

ales

to

be

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econ

omic

th

eori

es?

soci

olog

ical

th

eori

es?

rhet

ori

cal

theo

ries

?

We

coul

d th

en d

ecid

e to

tak

e n

ext

the

case

wh

ere

we

hav

e tw

om

emb

ers

in t

he

cate

gor

y. O

ne

pla

n co

uld

look

lik

e th

is.

Th

eory

1

Th

eory

2E

stab

lish

ed m

ajor

th

eori

es

Rh

eto

rica

l

Eco

nom

ic

Soc

iolo

gica

l

Th

eori

es 4

an

d 6

Th

eory

3

Th

eory

5

Th

eori

es a

sso

ciat

edw

ith

ind

ivid

ual

auth

ors

.

Tas

k F

ive

Wri

te e

ithe

r a

shor

t re

view

of

the

cita

tion

lit

erat

ure

or

a sh

ort

re-

view

of

at l

east

fiv

e pa

pers

fro

m y

our

own

fiel

d. U

se t

he r

efer

ence

syst

em t

hat

you

are

mos

t co

mfo

rtab

le w

ith.

If

you

revi

ew p

aper

sfr

om y

our

fiel

d, a

lso

hand

in a

rou

gh d

iagr

am s

how

ing

how

you

hav

eim

pose

d or

der

on t

he

mat

eria

l.

La

ng

ua

ge

Foc

us:

Cit

ati

on

an

d T

ense

Ten

se c

hoic

e in

rev

iew

ing

prev

ious

res

earc

h is

sub

tle

and

som

ewha

tfl

exib

le.

(It

is a

lso

not v

ery

muc

h li

ke t

he "

rule

s" y

ou m

ay h

ave

been

tau

gh

t in

Eng

lish

cla

sses

.) T

he f

ollo

win

g, t

here

fore

, ar

e on

ly g

ener

algu

idel

ines

for

ten

se u

sage

.S

ever

al s

tudi

es h

ave

show

n th

at a

t le

ast

two-

thir

ds o

f al

l ci

ting

stat

emen

ts f

all

into

one

of

thes

e th

ree

maj

or p

atte

rns.

I P

ast-

rese

arch

er

acti

vity

as

agen

t

Jone

s (1

987)

inv

esti

gate

d th

e ca

uses

of

illi

tera

cy.

The

cau

ses

of il

lite

racy

wer

e in

vest

igat

ed b

y Jo

nes

(198

7).

P

rese

nt a

ctiv

ity

not

as a

gent

The

cau

ses

of il

lite

racy

hav

e be

en w

idel

y in

vest

igat

ed (

Jone

s19

87, F

erra

ra 1

990,

Hyo

n 19

94).

The

re h

ave

been

sev

eral

inv

esti

gati

ons

into

the

cau

ses

of il

lit-

erac

y (J

ones

198

7, F

erra

ra 1

990,

Hyo

n 19

94).

Sev

eral

res

earc

hers

hav

e st

udie

d th

e ca

uses

of

illi

tera

cy.

III.

ref

eren

ce t

o re

sear

cher

act

ivit

y

The

cau

ses

of il

lite

racy

are

com

plex

(Jo

nes

1987

, F

erra

ra19

90, H

yon

1994

).Il

lite

racy

app

ears

to

have

a c

ompl

ex s

et o

f cau

ses.

1 -3

Not

e th

ese

com

mon

use

s of

thes

e p

atte

rns:

Pat

tern

to

sing

leP

atte

rn t

o ar

eas

of p

erfe

ctP

atte

rn t

o st

ate

of c

urre

nt

Als

o no

te t

hat

in

pat

tern

s I

and

II,

atte

ntio

n is

giv

en t

o w

hat

pre-

viou

s re

sear

cher

s di

d, w

hile

in

pat

tern

III

, th

e fo

cus

is o

n w

hat

has

been

fou

nd.

Fin

ally

not

e th

at d

iffe

rent

are

as o

f sc

hola

rshi

p ha

ve s

omew

hat

diff

eren

t pr

efer

ence

s. P

atte

rns

I an

d II

are

mos

t co

mm

on i

n th

ehu

man

itie

s an

d le

ast

com

mon

in

scie

nce,

eng

inee

ring

, an

d m

edic

alre

sear

ch.

How

ever

, al

l th

ree

pat

tern

s te

nd t

o oc

cur

in m

any

exte

n-si

ve l

iter

atur

e re

view

s, s

ince

the

y ad

d va

riet

y to

the

tex

t.W

e ha

ve s

aid

that

the

se t

hre

e p

atte

rns

cove

r ab

out

two-

thir

ds o

fth

e ca

ses.

The

rea

son

this

pro

port

ion

is n

ot h

ighe

r is

beca

use

wri

ters

lit

erat

ure

revi

ews

can

have

cer

tain

opt

ions

in

thei

r ch

oice

of

tens

es.

Thi

s is

par

ticu

larl

y tr

ue

of p

atte

rn I

. T

he m

ain

verb

s in

Pat

tern

I c

an r

efer

to w

hat

a pr

evio

us r

esea

rche

r di

d (i

nves

tiga

ted,

stud

ied,

ana

lyze

d, e

tc.)

. B

y an

d la

rge,

in

thes

e ca

ses

the

past

is

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rad

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e S

tud

ents

ob

lig

ato

ry.

How

ever

, th

e m

ain

ver

bs

can

also

ref

er t

o w

hat

th

e p

re-

vio

us

rese

arch

er w

rote

or

thou

ght

{sta

ted,

con

clud

ed,

clai

med

, et

c.).

Wit

h th

ese

rep

ort

ing

ver

bs,

ten

se o

pti

on

s ar

e p

oss

ible

.

Jon

es (

1987

) co

nclu

ded

that

ill

iter

acy

can

be

rela

ted

to .

..Jo

nes

(19

87)

has

con

clud

ed t

hat

. .

.Jo

nes

(19

87)

conc

lude

s th

at .

. .

Th

e di

ffer

ence

s am

on

g th

ese

ten

ses

are

sub

tle.

In

gen

eral

, a

mov

efr

om p

ast

to p

rese

nt

perf

ect

and

then

to

pre

sen

t in

dic

ates

th

at t

he

rese

arch

rep

ort

ed i

s in

crea

sin

gly

clo

se t

o th

e w

rite

r in

som

e w

ay:

clos

e to

th

e w

rite

r's

own

opin

ion,

clo

se t

o th

e w

rite

r's

own

rese

arch

,o

r cl

ose

to t

he

curr

ent

stat

e o

f kn

owle

dge.

Th

e p

rese

nt

ten

se

choi

ce

is

som

etim

es

call

ed

the

cita

tion

alpr

esen

t an

d is

als

o u

sed

wit

h fa

mou

s o

r im

po

rtan

t so

urc

es.

Pla

to a

rgu

es t

hat

. .

.C

onfu

cius

say

s .

. .

Th

e B

ible

say

s .

. .

Th

e C

on

stit

uti

on

stat

es .

..

Co

mp

arab

le o

pti

on

s ex

ist

in t

he

sub

ord

inat

e cl

ause

.

Jon

es (

1987

) fo

und

that

ill

iter

acy

was

co

rrel

ated

mo

st c

lose

ly w

ith

pov

erty

.Jo

nes

(19

87)

foun

d th

at i

llit

erac

y is

co

rrel

ated

mo

st c

lose

ly w

ith

po

ver

ty.

Th

e fi

rst

sen

ten

ce s

how

s th

at t

he

wri

ter

beli

eves

th

at t

he

fin

din

gsh

ou

ld b

e u

nd

erst

oo

d w

ith

in t

he

con

tex

t o

f th

e si

ng

le s

tud

y.

In t

he

seco

nd,

the

wri

ter

imp

lies

th

at a

wid

er g

ener

aliz

atio

n is

po

ssib

le.

Va

ria

tio

n i

n R

evie

win

g th

e L

iter

atu

re

In t

he

lan

gu

age

focu

s, w

e co

nce

ntr

ated

on

the

thre

e m

ain

cita

tio

np

atte

rns.

Th

ere

are,

of

cou

rse,

som

e o

ther

s.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o Jo

nes

(19

87),

th

e ca

use

s of

illi

tera

cy a

re c

lose

ly r

e-la

ted

to p

over

ty.

Con

stru

ctin

g a

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h P

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5

res

earc

h sh

ows

that

ill

iter

acy

and

po

ver

ty a

re i

nte

r-re

late

d

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es 1

987)

.

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you

com

e up

wit

h so

me

mor

e?

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d w

rite

rs o

f li

tera

ture

rev

iew

s em

ploy

a r

ang

e of

pat

tern

s in

ord

er t

o v

ary

thei

r se

nte

nce

s. A

s th

is i

s so

met

hin

g th

at w

e h

ave

alre

ady

dis

cuss

ed

in T

ask

Tw

elve

of

Un

it

Six

, yo

u m

ay w

ant

tore

view

th

at s

ecti

on b

efor

e d

oin

g th

is n

ext

task

.

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k Si

x

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e is

a r

evie

w t

hat

use

s on

ly c

itat

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pat

tern

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you

can

see,

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sam

e st

ruct

ure

all

th

e ti

me

can

cau

se t

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read

er t

o lo

sein

tere

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rite

th

e p

assa

ge

so t

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it

has

mo

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arie

ty.

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r ve

r-si

on w

ill

pro

bab

ly b

e sh

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er t

han

th

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dv

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gins

of

the

Fir

st S

cien

tifi

c A

rtic

les

fir

st s

cien

tifi

c jo

urn

al w

as s

tart

ed i

n L

ondo

n in

166

5.ou

sly,

th

e fi

rst

scie

ntif

ic a

rtic

les

had

no

dir

ect

mod

els

to b

uil

d on

,an

d se

ver

al

sch

ola

rs

hav

e d

iscu

ssed

p

oss

ible

in

flu

ence

s.(1

983)

su

gg

ests

th

at t

he

firs

t ar

ticl

es d

evel

oped

fro

m t

he

sch

ola

rly

lett

ers

that

sci

enti

sts

wer

e ac

cust

om

ed t

o se

nd

ing

to e

ach

oth

er.

(1

986)

sh

owed

th

at e

arly

ar

ticl

es

wer

e al

so

infl

u-en

ced

by

the

new

spap

er r

epo

rts

of

that

tim

e. (

1987

) de

-sc

ribe

d th

e in

flue

nce

of t

he

ph

ilo

sop

hic

al e

ssay

. (

1984

)cl

aim

ed t

hat

th

e sc

ient

ific

boo

ks o

f R

ob

ert

Boy

le w

ere

ano

ther

mod

el.

Baz

erm

an (

1988

) ar

gu

ed t

hat

dis

cuss

ion

amo

ng

the

scie

nti

sts

them

selv

es m

ade

its

own

con

trib

uti

on

to t

he

emer

-ge

nce

of t

he

scie

ntif

ic a

rtic

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Mov

e a

Nic

he

man

y w

ays,

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e 2

is t

he

key

mov

e in

In

tro

du

ctio

ns.

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is t

he

th

at c

on

nec

ts M

ove

1 (w

hat

has

bee

n do

ne)

to M

ove

3 (w

hat

pre

sen

t re

sear

ch i

s ab

ou

t).

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e 2

thu

s es

tab

lish

es t

he

mo

tiv

a-ti

on f

or

the

stu

dy

. B

y th

e en

d o

f M

ove

2,

the

read

er s

ho

uld

hav

e a

id

ea o

f w

hat

is

goin

g to

com

e in

Mov

e 3.

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sual

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etim

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how

ever

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nsi

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th

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lmos

ino

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n th

eca

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of

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ws.

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arli

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idd

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atio

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rmat

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ract

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h th

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can

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t tr

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1.

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man

y "c

riti

qu

e" e

xp

ress

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s ca

n yo

u fi

nd

in t

he

pas

sag

e?U

nd

erli

ne

or

hig

hli

gh

t th

em.

2.

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at w

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sig

nal

s th

at M

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1 h

as e

nd

ed a

nd

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star

ted

? W

hat

oth

er w

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or

exp

ress

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s co

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also

in

dic

ate

this

sh

ift?

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is M

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2 oc

cupi

es f

ive

sen

ten

ces.

Wh

y do

you

th

ink

has

pu

t th

ese

sen

ten

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in t

his

par

ticu

lar

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er?

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stru

ctin

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earc

h P

aper

II

/ 18

7

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at d

o yo

u th

ink

the

nex

t se

nte

nce

is

goin

g to

be?

we

hav

e se

en,

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osin

o re

lies

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stly

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bs

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ctiv

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arac

teri

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eak

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in t

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pre

vio

us

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arch

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efer

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ativ

e is

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stru

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res

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on

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rath

er t

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on

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se s

tud

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e em

ph

asiz

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s op

pose

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houg

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nsi

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able

res

earc

h h

as b

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devo

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. .

, r

ath

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tten

tio

n h

as b

een

pai

d to

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o o

ther

str

ateg

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are

qu

ite

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mon

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arti

cula

rly

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he

"har

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area

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he

firs

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rai

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g a

qu

esti

on

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hy

po

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a n

eed

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ere

are

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ple

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ever

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s u

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wh

eth

er .

. .

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ould

th

us

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inte

rest

to

lear

n ho

w .

. .

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hes

e re

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ould

pro

vide

str

on

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i-de

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se f

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gg

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that

th

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reat

men

t m

igh

t n

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be

so e

ffec

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ap

pli

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wou

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, th

eref

ore

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at f

urt

her

in

ves

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atio

ns

are

nee

ded

in

ord

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o ..

.

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at i

n th

ese

case

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ente

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs a

re n

ot

lim

ited

to

the

how

ever

ty

pe.

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sec

ond

stra

teg

y is

co

nti

nu

ing

a li

ne

of

rese

arch

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his

las

tst

rate

gy

is l

arg

ely

rest

rict

ed t

o R

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wri

tten

by

rese

arch

gro

up

s w

hoar

e fo

llow

ing

up

thei

r ow

n re

sear

ch o

r th

at d

one

by

sim

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gro

up

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uth

ors

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w a

con

clus

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from

th

eir

surv

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f th

e p

rev

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sre

sear

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icat

ing

how

so

me

fin

din

g in

th

e im

med

iate

res

earc

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tera

ture

can

be

exte

nd

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pli

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n so

me

way

. H

ere

are

thre

eex

amp

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se r

ecen

t d

evel

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men

ts i

n co

mp

ute

r-ai

ded

des

ign

clea

rly

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able

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ten

tial

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aper

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nst

rate

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re s

how

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at R

asch

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aly

sis

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use

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ap

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r th

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esig

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pap

er (

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ess

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yo

ur

own

wo

rds.

T

he

aim

of

the

pre

sen

t p

aper

is

to g

ive

. .

.

2.

Th

is p

aper

rep

ort

s o

n th

e re

sult

s o

bta

ined

. .

.

3.

In t

his

pap

er w

e gi

ve p

reli

min

ary

resu

lts

for

. .

.

4.

Th

e m

ain

pu

rpo

se o

f th

e ex

per

imen

t re

po

rted

her

e w

as

...

5.

Th

is s

tud

y w

as d

esig

ned

to

eval

uat

e .

. .

6.

Th

e p

rese

nt

wor

k ex

ten

ds

the

use

of

the

last

mod

el b

y ..

.

7.

We

now

rep

ort

th

e in

tera

ctio

n b

etw

een

. .

.

8.

Th

e p

rim

ary

focu

s o

f th

is p

aper

is

on

...

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 19

1

9 T

he

aim

of

this

in

ves

tig

atio

n w

as t

o te

st .

. .

10.

It i

s th

e p

urp

ose

of

the

pre

sen

t p

aper

to

prov

ide

. .

.

Not

e th

at M

ove

3 is

ty

pic

ally

sig

nal

ed b

y so

me

refe

ren

ce t

o th

ere

sen

t te

xt,

su

ch a

s th

e u

ses

this

, th

e pr

esen

t, r

epor

ted,

an

d he

re.

If t

he

con

ven

tio

ns

of

the

fiel

d o

r jo

urn

al a

llow

it,

it

is a

lso

com

mon

for

the

auth

ors

to

swit

ch f

rom

th

e im

per

son

al t

o th

e p

erso

nal

by

usi

ng

we,

or

mo

re r

are

ly/.

Als

o n

ote

th

at t

hes

e si

gn

als

com

e ea

rly

inth

e se

nte

nce

. It

is

ver

y u

nu

sual

to

fin

d:

We

pre

sen

t th

e re

sult

s of

th

ree

exp

erim

ents

in

this

pap

er.

rath

er t

han

:

In t

his

pape

r w

e p

rese

nt

the

resu

lts

of

thre

e ex

per

imen

ts.

Lan

guag

e F

ocu

s: T

ense

an

d P

urp

ose

Sta

tem

ents

Stu

den

ts s

om

etim

es a

sk w

het

her

th

ey s

ho

uld

use

was

or

is i

n p

ur-

pose

st

atem

ents

. In

dee

d,

bo

th w

ere

use

d in

th

e p

hra

ses

in T

ask

Nin

e. T

he a

nsw

er t

o th

is q

ues

tio

n d

epen

ds

on

how

you

ref

er t

o y

ou

rw

ork.

You

hav

e tw

o ch

oice

s:

1.

Ref

erri

ng t

o th

e ty

pe

of

art

icle

, th

esis

, re

po

rt,

re-

sear

ch n

ote

, et

c.2.

R

efer

ring

to

the

typ

e of

in

ves

tig

a-ti

on,

stu

dy

, su

rvey

, et

c.

If y

ou c

hoos

e to

ref

er t

o th

e ty

pe

of te

xt,

you

mu

st u

se t

he

pre

sen

tte

nse

. If

wri

te,

"The

aim

of

this

pap

er w

as t

o ..

. i

t su

gg

ests

hat

you

are

ref

erri

ng

to a

n o

rig

inal

aim

th

at h

as n

ow c

han

ged

. y

ou c

hoos

e to

ref

er t

o th

e ty

pe

of i

nv

esti

gat

ion

, yo

u ca

n u

seer

was

or

is.

How

ever

, th

ere

is a

n in

crea

sin

g te

nd

ency

to

choo

se p

erh

aps

bec

ause

it

mak

es t

he

rese

arch

see

m r

elev

ant

fre

sh a

nd

new

. T

he

"saf

e ru

le"

then

is

to o

pt f

or t

he

pre

sen

t.

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Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

ua

te S

tud

ents

M 0 V E

Co

mp

leti

ng

an

In

tro

du

ctio

n

Th

ere

are

a n

um

ber

o

f el

emen

ts

that

ca

n fo

llow

th

e p

urp

os-

ive/

des

crip

tiv

e st

atem

ent.

W

hil

e th

ese

elem

ents

ar

e ty

pic

ally

nee

ded

in

lon

ger

tex

ts,

such

as

thes

es,

dis

sert

atio

ns,

or

long

an

dco

mpl

ex R

Ps,

th

ey m

ay n

ot

be n

eces

sary

in

sho

rt R

Ps.

We

brie

fly

rev

iew

eac

h in

tu

rn.

Sec

on

dar

y A

ims

or

Fea

ture

s

So

met

imes

a

seco

nd s

ente

nce

is

nec

essa

ry t

o co

mpl

ete

Mov

e 3

a.H

ere,

for

ex

amp

le,

is t

he

Alm

osin

o M

ove

3.

11T

he

pre

sen

t w

ork

exte

nd

s th

e u

se o

f th

e la

st m

odel

to

asy

mm

etri

c, b

ody-

vort

ex c

ases

, th

us

incr

easi

ng

the

ran

ge

of f

low

pat

tern

s th

at c

an b

e in

ves

tig

ated

. a

dd

itio

n,

anef

fort

is

mad

e to

im

prov

e th

e n

um

eric

al p

roce

du

re t

o ac

cel-

erat

e th

e co

nver

genc

e o

f th

e it

erat

ive

solu

tio

n an

d to

get

a3

bet

ter

roll

up

of

the

vo

rtex

lin

es r

epre

sen

tin

g th

e w

ake.

(Cop

yrig

ht ©

198

4 w

ith

per

mis

sio

n)

Th

ese

seco

nd

ary

stat

emen

ts a

re o

ften

in

tro

du

ced

by

such

lan

gu

age

as In a

dd

itio

n,

. .

.A

dd

itio

nal

ly,

. .

.A

sec

on

dar

y ai

m .

. .

A f

urt

her

rea

son

for

. .

.

Sta

tin

g V

alue

You

may

als

o w

ant

to c

on

sid

er w

het

her

you

wan

t to

men

tio

n at

th

isst

age

any

thin

g ab

ou

t th

e co

ntr

ibu

tio

n y

ou

r re

sear

ch w

ill

mak

e. O

fco

urs

e, y

ou w

ill

do

this

in

the

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

in a

ny

case

. N

ote

that

Alm

osin

o sq

uee

zes

a v

alu

e st

atem

ent

into

his

in

tro

du

ctio

n.

. .

. ,

thu

s in

crea

sin

g th

e ra

ng

e o

f flo

w p

rob

lem

s th

at c

an b

e in

ves

-ti

gat

ed.

Co

nst

ruct

ing

a R

esea

rch

Pa

per

II

/ 19

3

u op

t fo

r a

val

ue

stat

emen

t, i

t w

ould

be

wis

e to

be

cau

tio

us

and

to u

se q

ual

ific

atio

ns

(see

Un

it F

our)

.

Tas

k T

en

pre

sen

t th

e F

eak

and

Sw

ales

dra

ft I

ntr

od

uct

ion

(see

Tas

k O

ne)

sim

ply

end

s w

ith

a M

ove

3a.

In

the

pre

sen

t p

aper

, w

e re

po

rt

on

a p

reli

min

ary

stu

dy

of

sen

ten

ce-c

on

nec

tor

po

siti

on

in a

sam

ple

of

twel

ve p

ub

lish

ed a

rti-

cles

.

Wou

ld y

ou a

dv

ise

us t

o ad

d an

y of

th

e fo

llow

ing

val

ue

stat

emen

ts?

Wh

at a

re t

he

adv

anta

ges

or

dis

adv

anta

ges

of e

ach

? If

you

do

no

t li

ke

any

of t

hem

, ca

n yo

u of

fer

one

of y

ou

r ow

n, o

r ed

it o

ne o

f th

em t

oyo

ur s

atis

fact

ion

? W

ork

wit

h a

par

tner

if

po

ssib

le.

1.

In t

his

way

, w

e of

fer

a so

luti

on

to a

lo

ng

-sta

nd

ing

pro

ble

m i

nE

ng

lish

gra

mm

ar.

2.

It i

s ho

ped

that

th

is s

mal

l st

ud

y w

ill

rev

ive

inte

rest

in

a lo

ng-

negl

ecte

d fe

atu

re o

f ac

adem

ic E

ng

lish

.

3.

The

in

form

atio

n p

rese

nte

d sh

ou

ld b

e us

eful

to

all

tho

se t

each

-in

g ac

adem

ic w

riti

ng

to n

on

nat

ive

spea

ker

s o

f E

ng

lish

.

Ann

ounc

ing

Pri

nci

pal

Fin

din

gs

The

re i

s so

me

conf

usio

n as

to

wh

eth

er R

P I

ntr

od

uct

ion

s sh

oul

d cl

ose

wit

h a

stat

emen

t o

f th

e p

rin

cip

al r

esu

lts.

On

e in

ves

tig

atio

n (S

wal

esan

d N

ajja

r 19

87)

foun

d th

at p

hy

sici

sts

do

this

ab

ou

t h

alf

the

tim

e,b

ut

edu

cati

on

al r

esea

rch

ers

har

dly

eve

r in

clu

de

such

sta

tem

ents

.O

ne u

sefu

l g

uid

elin

e is

to

ask

yo

urs

elf

wh

eth

er t

he

RP

wil

l op

enw

ith

an A

bst

ract

. If

th

ere

is a

n A

bst

ract

, d

o yo

u n

eed

to g

ive

the

mai

n fi

nd

ing

s th

ree

tim

es:

in t

he

Ab

stra

ct,

in t

he

Intr

od

uct

ion

and

in t

he R

esu

lts?

We

thin

k n

ot.

If t

her

e is

no

Ab

stra

ct, y

ou m

ay w

ish

tore

cons

ider

. A

no

ther

su

gg

esti

on

wou

ld b

e to

fol

low

sta

nd

ard

pra

ctic

ein

yo

ur

fiel

d—

or

ask

yo

ur

inst

ruct

or.

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Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 19

5

Ou

tlin

ing

the

Str

uct

ure

of

the

Tex

t

A f

inal

opt

ion

is t

o co

nsi

der

wh

eth

er y

ou n

eed

to e

xp

lain

how

you

rte

xt

is o

rgan

ized

. T

his

ele

men

t is

ob

lig

ato

ry i

n d

isse

rtat

ion

s, b

ut

ison

ly i

ncl

ud

ed i

n R

Ps

un

der

cer

tain

cir

cum

stan

ces.

One

su

ch c

ircu

m-

stan

ce a

rise

s w

hen

yo

ur

tex

t is

un

usu

al i

n so

me

way

, su

ch a

s n

ot

usi

ng

the

fo

rmat

. A

no

ther

ari

ses

if y

ou a

re w

ork

ing

in s

ome

new

fie

ld.

Coo

per

(198

5) f

ound

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

that

ou

tlin

ing

the

RP

stru

ctu

re w

as q

uit

e co

mm

on i

n co

mp

ute

r te

chno

logy

. A

sk y

ours

elf

wh

eth

er y

ou

r an

tici

pat

ed r

ead

ers

nee

d to

hav

e th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

of

the

RP

ex

pla

ined

.

Her

e is

a u

sefu

l ex

amp

le o

f a

tex

tual

ou

tlin

e, w

ell-

mo

tiv

ated

by

the

un

usu

al s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e p

aper

. N

otic

e ho

w i

t u

ses

a go

od v

arie

tyo

f se

nte

nce

st

ruct

ure

s.

Th

e p

aper

is

abo

ut

curr

ency

rat

es i

n th

eE

uro

pea

n C

omm

on M

ark

et a

nd

was

wri

tten

by

one

of

ou

r st

ud

ents

.

Th

e p

lan

of

this

pap

er i

s as

fol

low

s. S

ecti

on

II d

escr

ibes

th

e cu

r-re

nt

arra

ng

emen

ts f

or r

egu

lati

ng

exch

ang

e ra

tes

wit

hin

th

e E

C.

In S

ecti

on

III

a th

eore

tica

l m

odel

is

con

stru

cted

whi

ch i

s d

esig

ned

to

cap

ture

th

ese

arra

ng

emen

ts.

Ex

per

imen

tal

par

amet

ers

are

then

tes

ted

in S

ecti

on

IV.

Fin

ally

, S

ecti

on

V o

ffer

s so

me

sug

ges

-ti

on

s fo

r th

e m

odif

icat

ion

of

the

curr

ent

mec

han

ism

s.

(Pie

rre

Mar

tin

, u

ned

ited

)

Tas

k E

leve

n

Bel

ow i

s a

tex

tual

ou

tlin

e by

an

oth

er o

ne o

f ou

r st

ud

ents

. N

otic

e ho

wth

is t

ime

it l

ack

s v

arie

ty.

Can

you

rew

rite

it?

Th

e re

st o

f th

e p

aper

is

org

aniz

ed a

s fo

llow

s. S

ecti

on 2

pre

sen

tsth

e th

eore

tica

l co

ncep

t. S

ecti

on 3

pre

sen

ts t

he

emp

iric

al s

peci

fica

-ti

on

, th

e im

ple

men

tati

on

of

the

mod

el.

Sec

tion

4 p

rese

nts

th

ere

sult

s o

f st

atis

tica

l an

d o

ther

co

mp

uta

tio

nal

an

aly

ses.

Sec

tion

5su

mm

ariz

es t

he

fin

din

gs

and

pro

vid

es a

bri

ef d

iscu

ssio

n co

ncer

n-in

g th

e sh

ort

com

ing

s o

f th

e m

eth

od

s em

ploy

ed.

Fin

ally

, an

ap

pen

-d

ix p

rese

nti

ng

the

det

aile

d al

geb

raic

wo

rks

is p

rese

nte

d at

th

een

d o

f th

e p

aper

.(A

bdul

Mal

ik,

un

edit

ed)

Tas

k T

wel

ve

wri

te,

or r

ewri

te,

an R

P i

ntr

od

uct

ion

of y

ou

r ow

n.

Dis

cuss

ion S

ecti

ons

It i

s n

ot

so e

asy

to p

rov

ide

usef

ul g

uid

elin

es f

or w

riti

ng

Dis

cuss

ion

or C

oncl

usio

ns s

ecti

on

s. (

We

wil

l n

ot

dis

tin

gu

ish

bet

wee

n th

ese

two

term

s,

sinc

e th

e di

ffer

ence

is

lar

gel

y co

nv

enti

on

al,

dep

end

ing

on

trad

itio

ns

in p

arti

cula

r fi

eld

s an

d jo

urn

als.

) S

ee w

hat

is

done

in

yo

ur

own

fiel

d.T

he p

robl

em i

s th

at D

iscu

ssio

ns

var

y co

nsi

der

ably

dep

end

ing

on

a n

um

ber

of

fact

ors

. N

ot a

ll t

hes

e fa

cto

rs a

re u

nd

erst

oo

d,

bu

t on

eim

po

rtan

t on

e is

th

e k

ind

of

rese

arch

the

stu

dy

atte

mp

ted

to a

nsw

er.

An

oth

er f

acto

r th

at l

ead

s to

var

ia-

tion

is

the

po

siti

on

of

the

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

in t

he

RP

. B

y th

e ti

me

read

ers

reac

h th

e D

iscu

ssio

n,

auth

ors

can

ass

um

e a

fair

am

ou

nt

of

shar

ed k

now

ledg

e. T

hey

can

assu

me

(if

no

t al

way

s co

rrec

tly

) th

atth

e re

ader

has

un

der

sto

od

the

pu

rpo

se o

f th

e st

ud

y,

ob

tain

ed a

sen

seo

f th

e m

etho

dolo

gy,

and

follo

wed

alo

ng

wit

h th

e re

sult

s. A

uth

ors

can

use

this

un

der

stan

din

g to

pic

k an

d ch

oose

wh

at t

o co

nce

ntr

ate

on

inth

e D

iscu

ssio

n. A

s a

resu

lt,

they

ty

pic

ally

hav

e g

reat

er f

reed

om t

han

in t

he

Intr

od

uct

ion

.O

vera

ll,

if R

esu

lts

dea

l w

ith

fact

s,

then

Dis

cuss

ion

s d

eal

wit

hpo

ints

; fa

cts

are

desc

ript

ive,

wh

ile

po

ints

are

int

erpr

etiv

e. E

ffec

tive

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

s ar

e si

mil

ar t

o ef

fect

ive

lect

ure

s, w

hic

h,

asan

d H

uck

in (

1990

) n

ote

, ar

e b

ased

on

po

ints

, ra

ther

th

an o

n fa

cts.

Fu

rth

er,

auth

ors

o

f D

iscu

ssio

ns

hav

e so

me

flex

ibil

ity

in d

ecid

ing

whi

ch o

f th

eir

po

ssib

le p

oin

ts t

o in

clu

de

and

then

wh

ich

to h

igh

lig

ht.

Dis

cuss

ions

, th

en,

sho

uld

be

mo

re t

han

su

mm

arie

s. T

hey

sho

uld

go b

eyon

d th

e re

sult

s. T

hey

sh

ou

ld b

e

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riti

ng

for

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du

ate

Stu

den

tsC

on

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 19

7

AN

D,

if p

ossi

ble,

som

eco

mb

inat

ion

of t

hes

e.

mo

re t

heo

reti

cal

or

mo

re a

bst

ract

orm

ore

gen

eral

or

mo

re i

nte

gra

ted

wit

h th

e fi

eld

or

mo

re c

on

nec

ted

to t

he

real

wor

ld

or

mo

re c

on

cern

ed w

ith

imp

lica

tio

ns

or

app

lica

tio

ns

As

Wei

ssbe

rg a

nd

Bu

ker

no

te,

"in

the

dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

you

sho

uld

step

bac

k an

d ta

ke

a b

road

loo

k at

yo

ur

fin

din

gs

and

yo

ur

stu

dy

as a

wh

ole

" (1

990,

160

).

We

hav

e sa

id t

hat

Dis

cuss

ion

s ca

n b

e vi

ewed

as

pre

sen

tin

g a

seri

es o

f p

oin

ts.

Typ

ical

ly,

they

are

arr

ang

ed a

s in

tab

le 2

2.

Mov

e 1

is u

sual

ly q

uit

e ex

ten

siv

e, a

nd

Mov

es 2

an

d 3

are

ofte

n q

uit

esh

ort

. A

t th

is p

oin

t, y

ou m

igh

t w

ant

to o

bser

ve t

hat

Mov

e 1

and

the

late

r m

oves

se

em

self

-con

trad

icto

ry.

Why

, yo

u m

ay a

sk,

bu

ild

up

som

eth

ing

in

ord

er t

o ap

par

entl

y at

tack

it

late

r? H

owev

er,

if w

ere

mem

ber

pos

itio

ning

, w

e ca

n se

e th

at a

uth

ors

can

pre

sen

t th

em-

selv

es v

ery

effe

ctiv

ely

by b

oth

1.

hig

hli

gh

tin

g in

tell

igen

tly

the

stre

ng

ths

of

the

stu

dy

and

2.

hig

hli

gh

tin

g in

tell

igen

tly

its

wea

kn

esse

s.

Ind

eed

, M

oves

2

and

3 ca

n al

so b

e u

sed

to i

dent

ify

and

open

up

futu

re

rese

arch

sp

ace

for

auth

ors

an

d th

eir

coll

eag

ues

. H

owev

er,

TA

BL

E 2

2.

Dis

cuss

ion

Mov

es

Mov

e 1

Mov

e 2

Mov

e 3

Poi

nts

to c

onso

lidat

e yo

ur r

esea

rch

spac

e (o

blig

ator

y)P

oint

s to

ind

icat

e th

e li

mit

atio

ns o

f you

r st

udy

(opt

iona

l bu

tco

mm

on)

Poi

nts

to i

dent

ify

usef

ul a

reas

of

furt

her

rese

arch

(op

tiona

lan

d on

ly c

omm

on i

n so

me

area

s)

this

is

lik

ely

to h

app

en,

acco

rdin

g to

Hu

ckin

(19

87),

in

area

s t

her

e is

fie

rce

com

pet

itio

n fo

r re

sear

ch g

ran

ts.

Tas

k T

hirt

een

We

have

no

ted

in t

his

tas

k n

ine

po

ints

we

wou

ld l

ike

to m

ake

in t

he

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

of t

he

pap

er o

n se

nte

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs.

The

y ar

e n

ot

yet

in o

rder

. W

e be

liev

e th

at t

hey

fal

l in

th

e fo

llow

ing

cate

go

ries

:

Mov

e 1

(Con

soli

dati

on)

2(L

imit

atio

n)

Mov

e 3

(Fu

rth

er r

esea

rch

)

Six

Po

ints

(3

resu

lts,

1 m

etho

dolo

gy,

1 ce

n-tr

alit

y,

1 li

tera

ture

co

mp

aris

on

)

Tw

o p

oin

ts

One

po

int

Into

whi

ch c

ateg

ory

doe

s ea

ch p

oin

t fa

ll?

Fil

l in

th

e b

lan

ks

wit

h th

ela

bels

. T

he

firs

t on

e h

as b

een

done

for

you

. R

evie

w t

he

Met

ho

ds,

Res

ult

s, a

nd

Intr

od

uct

ion

sect

ion

s of

ou

r m

ini-

RP

, if

nec

essa

ry (

see

Un

it S

even

an

d U

nit

Eig

ht

Tas

k O

ne).

Th

e fi

rst

one

has

bee

n do

nefo

r yo

u.

1. M

ove

2 (L

imit

atio

n)

Th

is i

s a

ver

y li

mit

ed s

tud

y re

stri

cted

to

a si

ng

le f

ield

.

2.

Pos

itio

n v

arie

s fr

om o

ne c

on

nec

tor

to a

no

ther

(+

exa

mpl

e[s]

).

3.

_ Sen

ten

ce-c

on

nec

tors

are

qu

ite

com

mon

in

acad

emic

wri

tin

g (a

v-er

age

of 2

per

pag

e).

4.

Ou

r su

rvey

sho

ws

un

exp

ecte

d di

ffer

ence

s in

th

e fr

eque

ncy

wit

hw

hich

in

div

idu

al c

on

nec

tors

are

use

d (+

exa

mpl

e[s]

).

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8 /A

cad

emic

Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

5.

Fu

rth

er

rese

arch

in

this

are

a m

igh

t p

rod

uce

mat

eria

ls o

fg

reat

er h

elp

to w

rite

rs,

esp

ecia

lly

no

nn

ativ

e sp

eak

ers.

6.

Ou

r su

rvey

sho

ws

that

25

% o

f co

nn

ecto

rs d

o n

ot

occu

r at

th

eb

egin

nin

g of

sen

ten

ces.

It i

s im

po

rtan

t to

con

duct

su

rvey

s to

est

abli

sh w

her

e co

n-n

ecto

rs a

ctu

ally

occ

ur i

n se

nte

nce

s.

8.

We

are

no

t y

et i

n a

po

siti

on

to o

ffer

exp

lan

atio

ns

for

choi

ces

ofco

nn

ecto

r p

osi

tio

ns.

Tw

enty

-fiv

e p

erce

nt

no

nin

itia

l se

ems

hig

her

th

an t

he

gra

mm

arbo

oks

wou

ld p

red

ict,

bu

t lo

wer

th

an M

orro

w (

1989

), w

ho f

ound

53

% n

on

init

ial

in a

n ec

onom

ics

jou

rnal

(al

tho

ug

h M

orro

w u

sed

a b

road

er d

efin

itio

n of

con

nect

or).

As

we

can

see,

th

e h

eart

of

a M

ove

1 ty

pic

ally

con

sist

s of

sta

te-

men

ts o

f re

sult

s fo

llow

ed b

y a

foll

ow-u

p of

som

e k

ind

. T

he f

ollo

w-u

pm

igh

t ta

ke

the

form

o

f ex

amp

les,

co

mp

aris

on

s w

ith

oth

er w

ork,

con

clu

sio

ns

that

mig

ht

be

dra

wn

, o

r co

mm

enta

ry o

n w

het

her

th

ere

sult

s ar

e ex

pect

ed o

r u

nex

pec

ted

.

Tas

k F

ourt

een

Ple

ase

wri

te o

ur

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

for

us.

Ref

er t

o th

e R

esul

ts s

ec-

tio

n be

fore

Tas

k F

ive

for

det

ails

of

ou

r st

ud

y.

Op

enin

g a

Dis

cuss

ion

Sec

tio

n

As

we

hav

e al

read

y su

gg

este

d,

ther

e ar

e m

any

op

tio

ns

in o

peni

ng a

Dis

cuss

ion

. C

on

sid

er t

he

case

of

the

foll

owin

g d

ata.

We

stud

ied

Dis

-cu

ssio

n o

pen

ing

s in

15

arti

cles

fro

m a

sm

all

U.S

. re

gio

nal

jou

rnal

of

Co

nst

ruct

ing

a R

esea

rch

Pap

er I

I /

199

atu

ral

his

tory

res

earc

h.

We

foun

d g

reat

var

iati

on

. F

ou

r se

ctio

ns

op

en w

ith

the

mai

n re

sult

s. T

his

was

th

e la

rges

t ca

tego

ry,

bu

t st

ill

less

th

an

30%

o

f th

e to

tal.

T

hre

e b

egin

wit

h a

disc

ussi

on o

f th

eli

tera

ture

. H

ere

are

two

exam

ple

s.

a G

raik

owsk

i et

(19

86)

reco

vere

d .

. .

tox

in f

rom

. .

. a

nd

foun

dth

at .

..

suff

ered

100

% m

ort

alit

y w

hen

. .

.

Foo

d sh

ort

ages

, so

cial

str

ess

. .

. w

ith

in .

. .

are

cau

ses

of d

is-

per

sal

amo

ng

. .

. (F

ritz

an

d M

ech

19

81

, M

essi

er 1

985,

Mec

h19

87,

Pac

kar

d an

d M

ech

1980

).

Tw

o se

ctio

ns

star

t in

a m

ore

dra

mat

ic w

ay b

y of

feri

ng a

gen

eral

conc

lusi

on.

c.

Ap

par

entl

y,

we

are

wit

nes

s to

th

e ea

rly

ph

ases

of

a cl

assi

c po

p-u

lati

on

expl

osio

n.d

. F

rom

th

is d

ata,

it

is c

lear

th

at .

. .

are

no

t m

ajor

co

nsu

mer

s o

fco

mm

erci

ally

im

po

rtan

t fis

h-s

pec

ies

in .

..

The

rem

ain

ing

typ

es o

f op

enin

g oc

cur

only

onc

e in

th

e sa

mp

le.

We

wer

e su

rpri

sed

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

to f

ind

only

one

op

enin

g th

at r

emin

ds

the

read

er o

f th

e or

igin

al p

urpo

se.

e.

The

obj

ecti

ve o

f th

e su

rvey

was

to

qu

anti

fy t

he

nu

mb

erw

ith

in .

. .

In a

no

ther

cas

e, t

he

auth

or

op

ens

wit

h a

sum

mar

y.

f. T

his

rep

ort

bri

ng

s to

get

her

all

kno

wn

reco

rds

sin

ce 1

959.

In a

no

ther

, th

e au

tho

rs r

aise

th

e le

vel

of

dis

cuss

ion

by

refe

rrin

g to

theo

ry.

g T

he

inte

rrel

atio

nsh

ip o

f b

ird

po

pu

lati

on

s an

d th

e en

vir

on

men

tis

ex

trem

ely

com

plex

.

On

e au

tho

r st

art

s w

ith

a co

mm

ent

abo

ut

met

hodo

logy

.

• T

her

e is

a b

ias

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

usi

ng

eith

er g

rou

nd

or

aeri

alco

un

ts,

excl

usiv

ely.

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/ A

cad

emic

Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

An

oth

er a

uth

or

beg

ins

his

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

by

hig

hli

gh

tin

g th

esp

ecia

l im

po

rtan

ce o

f h

is r

esea

rch

site

.

i.

...

is o

ne o

f th

e fe

w s

ites

in

No

rth

Am

eric

a w

her

e th

e p

rese

nce

of a

sig

nif

ican

t n

um

ber

of

mig

rati

ng

. .

. h

as b

een

do

cum

ente

d.

An

d in

th

e fi

nal

cas

e, t

he

auth

or

actu

ally

beg

ins

by

dis

cuss

ing

the

lim

itat

ions

of

th

e d

ata.

j.

Th

e ce

nsu

s fi

gu

re i

s ex

pect

ed t

o b

e an

un

der

esti

mat

e o

fth

e to

tal

po

pu

lati

on

Th

is s

mal

l su

rvey

sho

ws

som

e o

f th

e m

any

stra

teg

ies

that

can

be

ado

pte

d fo

r o

pen

ing

a D

iscu

ssio

n se

ctio

n.

Th

e ch

oice

of

str

ateg

ycl

earl

y d

epen

ds

in p

art

on

how

th

e au

tho

rs v

iew

th

eir

wor

k. W

e w

ill

brie

fly

com

men

t o

n th

e la

st t

hre

e ca

ses.

In

h th

e au

tho

r b

egin

s w

ith

a m

etho

dolo

gy c

riti

qu

e of

pre

vio

us

wor

k, b

ecau

se o

ne o

f h

is m

ain

po

ints

is

that

he

has

tak

en t

he

tro

ub

le t

o "c

ombi

ne b

oth

aer

ial

and

gro

un

d su

rvey

s."

In i

th

e re

sear

cher

beg

ins

by

stre

ssin

g th

e p

oin

tth

at t

he

loca

tion

of

his

res

earc

h si

te o

ffer

s ex

cep

tio

nal

ad

van

tag

es.

Fin

ally

, ta

ke

the

case

of

j. I

t m

igh

t ap

pea

r th

at t

he

auth

or

has

ado

pte

d a

ver

y ri

sky

stra

teg

y,

bu

t in

th

is p

arti

cula

r co

nte

xt

it i

s n

ot.

It s

oon

emer

ges

th

at c

arry

ing

ou

t a

com

plet

e ce

nsu

s o

f th

is p

arti

cu-

lar

spec

ies

wou

ld b

e v

ery

diff

icul

t. T

here

fore

, th

e au

tho

r p

resu

mab

lyfe

lt o

n sa

fe g

rou

nd

wh

en h

e op

ened

in

this

way

. In

dee

d,

he c

an g

o on

to c

laim

th

at h

is n

um

ber

s ar

e m

uch

lar

ger

th

an a

nybo

dy e

lse

has

so

far

bee

n ab

le t

o re

po

rt.

Tas

k F

ifte

en

Su

rvey

an

d cl

assi

fy t

he

op

enin

gs

of

at l

east

six

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

sfr

om a

jo

urn

al i

n y

ou

r fi

eld

. B

rin

g y

ou

r fi

nd

ing

s to

cla

ss.

Lan

guag

e F

ocu

s: L

evel

s of

Gen

era

liza

tio

n

In t

he

Res

ult

s se

ctio

ns,

sta

tem

ents

may

be

qu

ite

spec

ific

an

d c

lose

lyti

ed t

o th

e d

ata.

As

can

be s

een

in T

able

1,

84%

of

the

stu

den

ts p

erfo

rmed

abo

veth

e 1

2th

-gra

de

leve

l.

Co

nst

ruct

ing

a R

esea

rch

Pap

er I

I /

201

Sev

en o

ut

of e

igh

t ex

per

imen

tal

sam

ple

s re

sist

ed c

orro

sion

lo

ng

er

than

th

e co

ntr

ols

.

On

the

oth

er h

and

, in

th

e A

bst

ract

or

in a

Su

mm

ary

sect

ion,

sp

ace

rest

rict

ion

s m

ay l

ead

to a

hig

h le

vel

of

gen

eral

ity

.

The

res

ult

s in

dic

ate

that

th

e st

ud

ents

per

form

ed a

bove

th

e 1

2th

-

gra

de

leve

l.

The

ex

per

imen

tal

sam

ple

s re

sist

ed c

orro

sion

lo

ng

er t

han

th

e co

n-

tro

ls.

In t

he

Dis

cuss

ion

, w

e u

sual

ly e

xpec

t so

met

hin

g in

bet

wee

n th

ese

two

leve

ls.

On

e co

mm

on d

evic

e is

to

use

one

of t

he

foll

owin

g "p

hra

ses

of g

ener

alit

y."

Ove

rall

In g

ener

alO

n th

e w

hole

In t

he

mai

nW

ith

. .

. ex

cept

ion(

s)

Ove

rall

, th

e re

sult

s in

dic

ate

that

stu

den

ts p

erfo

rmed

abo

ve t

he

12

th-g

rad

e le

vel.

The

ove

rall

res

ult

s in

dic

ate

. .

.T

he r

esu

lts

ind

icat

e, o

ver

all,

th

at .

. .

In g

ener

al,

the

exp

erim

enta

l sa

mp

les

resi

sted

. .

.W

ith

one

exce

pti

on

, th

e ex

per

imen

tal

sam

ple

s re

sist

ed .

. .

Lim

ita

tio

ns

in D

iscu

ssio

ns

We

saw

in

Intr

od

uct

ion

Mov

e 2s

(se

e p

age

18

5-8

9)

that

ex

ten

siv

e"n

egat

ive"

lan

gu

age

was

a p

ossi

ble

op

tio

n.

In c

on

tras

t, D

iscu

ssio

nM

ove

2s

ten

d to

use

les

s el

abo

rate

neg

ativ

e la

ng

uag

e.

Th

e m

ain

reas

on

is o

bvio

us;

it i

s no

w y

ou

r ow

n re

sear

ch t

hat

you

are

tal

kin

gab

out!

An

oth

er r

easo

n is

th

at m

any

lim

itat

ion

stat

emen

ts i

n D

iscu

s-si

ons

are

no

t so

mu

ch a

bo

ut

the

wea

kn

esse

s in

th

e re

sear

ch,

asbo

ut w

hat

can

not

be

conc

lude

d fr

om t

he

stu

dy

in q

ues

tio

n.

Pro

du

c-in

g st

atem

ents

of t

his

kin

d p

rov

ides

an

exce

llen

t o

pp

ort

un

ity

for

the

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Wri

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rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

wri

ter

to s

how

th

at

he

or s

he

un

der

stan

ds

how

evi

den

ce n

eed

s to

be

eval

uat

ed i

n th

e p

arti

cula

r fi

eld

.

Tas

k Si

xtee

n

Co

mp

lete

fou

r o

f th

e st

atem

ents

in

set

A.

Bas

e tw

o o

n th

e m

ini-

RP

on s

ente

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs a

nd

two

on s

tud

ies

you

hav

e b

een

invo

lved

wit

h in

yo

ur

fiel

d.

Co

mp

lete

at

leas

t on

e st

atem

ent

from

B.

A.

Lim

itat

ion

s of

Res

earc

h S

cope

It

sh

ou

ld b

e n

ote

d th

at t

his

stu

dy

has

ex

amin

ed o

nly

. .

.2

. T

his

an

aly

sis

has

co

nce

ntr

ated

on

...

3.

Th

e fi

nd

ing

s o

f th

is s

tud

y ar

e re

stri

cted

to

...

4.

Th

is s

tud

y h

as a

dd

ress

ed o

nly

the

qu

esti

on

5.

Th

e li

mit

atio

ns

of

this

stu

dy

are

clea

r: .

. .

6.

We

wou

ld l

ike

to p

oin

t o

ut

that

we

have

no

t .

. .

B.

Lim

itat

ion

s in

Co

ncl

usi

on

s. B

elow

are

som

e ty

pic

al o

pen

ing

sfo

r st

atem

ents

th

at f

irm

ly s

tate

th

at c

erta

in c

oncl

usio

nssh

ou

ld n

ot b

e d

raw

n.

1.

How

ever

, th

e fi

ndin

gs d

o n

ot

impl

y .

. .

2.

Th

e re

sult

s o

f th

is s

tud

y ca

nn

ot

be

tak

en a

s ev

iden

cefo

r ..

.

3.

Un

fort

un

atel

y,

we

are

un

able

to

det

erm

ine

from

th

isd

ata

. .

.

4.

Th

e la

ck o

f ..

. m

ean

s th

at w

e ca

nn

ot

be

cert

ain

. .

.

We

said

ear

lier

th

at M

ove

2s a

re o

pti

on

al i

n D

iscu

ssio

ns.

If

you

feel

it

is u

nn

eces

sary

to

com

men

t o

n y

ou

r w

ork

in e

ith

er o

f th

e ab

ove

two

way

s, a

use

ful

alte

rnat

ive

is t

o pl

ace

the

lim

itat

ion

in a

n op

en-

ing

ph

rase

.

No

twit

hst

and

ing

its

lim

itat

ion

s, t

his

stu

dy

does

su

gg

est

. .

.D

esp

ite

its

pre

lim

inar

y ch

arac

ter,

th

e re

sear

ch r

epo

rted

her

ew

ould

see

m t

o in

dic

ate

. .

.

How

ever

ex

plo

rato

ry,

this

stu

dy

may

off

er s

ome

insi

ght

into

. .

.

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h I

I /

203

Par

agra

ph

Par

agra

ph 2

Par

agra

ph 3

Fig

. 11

. S

hape

of

a lo

nger

Dis

cuss

ion

Cy

cles

of

Mo

ves

Fin

ally

, w

e sh

ou

ld

po

int

ou

t th

at

man

y D

iscu

ssio

n se

ctio

ns

run

thro

ug

h th

e M

ove

1-2-

3 (o

r p

art

of i

t) s

equ

ence

mor

e th

an o

nce.

Com

mon

ly,

each

cyc

le o

ccup

ies

one

par

agra

ph

. F

urt

her

, th

e m

ore

rese

arch

qu

esti

on

s th

ere

are

to b

e d

iscu

ssed

, th

e m

ore

th

is c

ycli

ng i

sli

kely

to

occu

r. S

uch

cyc

ling

can

als

o oc

cur

in I

ntr

od

uct

ion

s, b

ut

itte

nd

s to

be

less

com

mon

, es

pec

iall

y in

sh

ort

er R

Ps.

If y

ou w

ish

to w

rite

a l

on

ger

Dis

cuss

ion

, fo

llow

th

e sh

ape

reco

m-

men

ded

in

fig

ure

Beg

in w

ith

spec

ific

s an

d th

en m

ove

tow

ard

s th

e

mo

re g

ener

al.

Tas

k Se

vent

een

Wri

te o

r re

wri

te a

Dis

cuss

ion

sect

ion

for

your

ow

n re

sear

ch.

If y

ou

are

wo

rkin

g w

ith

oth

ers,

co

llab

ora

te w

ith

them

.

Ack

no

wle

dg

men

ts

Ack

no

wle

dg

men

ts h

ave

beco

me

an i

nte

gra

l p

art

of

mo

st R

Ps.

In

-de

ed,

one

fam

ou

s pr

ofes

sor

of

ou

r ac

qu

ain

tan

ce r

epo

rted

to

us

that

he

alw

ays

read

s th

e A

ckn

owle

dg

men

ts s

ecti

on o

f an

RP

fir

st.

Wh

enw

e as

ked

him

why

, h

e re

pli

ed,

"Oh,

th

e fi

rst

thin

g I

wan

t to

kno

w i

sw

ho h

as b

een

talk

ing

to w

hom

." W

hil

e w

e d

o n

ot

thin

k th

at t

his

is

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e S

tud

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dar

d re

adin

g be

hav

ior,

it

does

sho

w t

hat

Ack

no

wle

dg

men

ts c

anb

e m

ore

th

an a

dis

pla

y o

f n

eces

sary

po

lite

nes

s.

Ack

no

wle

dg

men

ts

occu

r ei

ther

at

the

bo

tto

m o

f th

e fi

rst

pag

e,fo

llow

ing

the

Dis

cuss

ion

, o

r so

met

imes

at

the

end

. T

hey

prov

ide

ano

pp

ort

un

ity

for

you

to s

how

th

at y

ou a

re a

mem

ber

of

a co

mm

un

ity

and

hav

e be

nefi

ted

from

th

at m

emb

ersh

ip.

Her

e w

e li

st s

ome

of

the

com

mon

ele

men

ts i

n A

ckn

ow

led

gm

ents

.

1.

Fin

anci

al s

up

po

rt

Su

pp

ort

for

th

is w

ork

was

pro

vide

d by

(sp

onso

r).

Th

is r

esea

rch

was

par

tial

ly s

up

po

rted

by

a g

ran

t fr

om (

spon

-so

r).

Th

is r

esea

rch

was

fun

ded

by

Co

ntr

act

(nu

mb

er)

from

(sp

onso

r).

2.

Th

ank

s

We

wou

ld l

ike

to t

han

k A

, B

, an

d C

for

th

eir

hel

p .

. .

I w

ish

to t

han

k A

for

his

en

cou

rag

emen

t an

d g

uid

ance

thro

ug

ho

ut

this

pro

ject

.W

e ar

e in

deb

ted

to B

for

. .

.W

e ar

e al

so g

rate

ful

to D

for

...

3. D

iscl

aim

ers

(fol

low

ing

elem

ent

1 or

2)

How

ever

, th

e o

pin

ion

s ex

pre

ssed

her

e d

o n

ot

nec

essa

rily

ref

lect

the

poli

cy o

f (s

pons

or).

Th

e in

terp

reta

tio

ns

in t

his

pap

er r

emai

n m

y ow

n.N

on

e, h

owev

er,

is r

esp

on

sib

le f

or a

ny

rem

ain

ing

erro

rs.

How

ever

, an

y m

ista

kes

th

at r

emai

n ar

e m

y ow

n.

4.

Oth

er v

ersi

on

s

An

earl

ier/

pre

lim

inar

y v

ersi

on

of t

his

pap

er w

as p

rese

nte

d a

t(c

onfe

renc

e o

r se

min

ar).

5.

So

urc

e

Th

is a

rtic

le i

s b

ased

on

th

e fi

rst

auth

or's

doc

tora

l d

isse

rtat

ion

.

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 20

5

Th

is p

aper

is

bas

ed o

n re

sear

ch c

ompl

eted

as

par

tial

ful

fill-

men

t fo

r th

e P

h.D

. re

qu

irem

ents

at

(un

iver

sity

nam

e).

Not

es

1. W

e be

liev

e th

at,

if p

erm

itte

d,

Ack

no

wle

dg

men

ts s

ho

uld

be

wri

t-te

n in

th

e fi

rst

per

son

—/

for

a si

ng

le a

uth

or

and

We

for

coau

tho

rs.

Itis

pos

sibl

e to

fin

d p

hra

ses

lik

e "t

he

pre

sen

t au

tho

rs,"

bu

t w

e co

nsi

der

them

too

for

mal

for

th

is s

itu

atio

n.

2.

As

far

as w

e ca

n se

e, f

inan

cial

su

pp

ort

ten

ds

to c

ome

firs

t,fo

llow

ed b

y th

ank

s. D

iscl

aim

ers

seem

op

tio

nal

. M

enti

on

s of

oth

erv

ersi

on

s an

d so

urc

es (

if u

sed

) se

em t

o co

me

eith

er a

t th

e b

egin

nin

go

r at

th

e en

d.

(Bu

t n

ote

th

at,

in t

hes

es o

r d

isse

rtat

ion

s, i

t is

cu

sto

m-

ary

to

op

en

wit

h th

ank

s to

su

per

vis

ors

, ad

vis

ors

, co

mm

itte

e-m

emb

ers,

etc

.)

Tas

k E

ight

een

Wri

te a

su

itab

le A

ckn

ow

led

gm

ents

sec

tion

for

one

of

your

pie

ces

of

wor

k. I

f n

eces

sary

, in

ven

t so

me

form

s o

f as

sist

ance

to

exp

and

the

sect

ion.

Tit

les

Alt

ho

ug

h th

e ti

tle

com

es f

irst

in

an R

P,

it m

ay s

om

etim

es b

e w

ritt

enla

st.

Its

fin

al f

orm

may

be

lon

g de

laye

d an

d m

uch

th

ou

gh

t ab

ou

t an

dar

gu

ed o

ver.

Au

tho

rs k

now

th

at t

itle

s ar

e im

po

rtan

t, t

hey

kno

w t

hat

the

RP

wil

l b

e k

no

wn

by

its

titl

e, a

nd

they

kno

w t

hat

a s

ucce

ssfu

lti

tle

wil

l at

trac

t re

ader

s w

hil

e an

un

succ

essf

ul

one

wil

l d

isco

ura

ge

read

ers.

Wh

at t

hen

are

th

e re

qu

irem

ents

for

goo

d R

P t

itle

s? I

n g

ener

al,

we

sug

ges

t th

e fo

llow

ing

thre

e.

1.

Th

e ti

tle

sho

uld

in

dic

ate

the

topi

c o

f th

e st

ud

y.

2.

Th

e ti

tle

sho

uld

in

dic

ate

the

scop

e o

f th

e st

ud

y (i

.e.,

nei

ther

ov

erst

atin

g n

or

un

der

stat

ing

its

sign

ific

ance

).

3.

Th

e ti

tle

sho

uld

be

self

-ex

pla

nat

ory

to

read

ers

in t

he

chos

en

area

.

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Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

In s

ome

case

s it

may

be

help

ful

to a

lso

ind

icat

e th

e n

atu

re o

f th

est

ud

y (e

xp

erim

ent,

cas

e re

po

rt,

surv

ey,

etc.

), b

ut

this

is

no

t al

way

sre

qu

ired

.

Not

ice

that

we

hav

e so

far

no

t m

enti

on

ed t

he

len

gth

of

the

titl

e.T

he

exp

ecte

d le

ng

th o

f t

itle

s is

ver

y m

uch

a d

isci

pli

nar

y m

atte

r.In

som

e ar

eas,

su

ch a

s th

e li

fe s

cien

ces,

tit

les

are

beco

min

g lo

ng

eran

d lo

oki

ng

mo

re a

nd

mo

re l

ike

full

sen

ten

ces.

In

oth

ers,

th

e p

re-

ferr

ed s

tyle

is

for

sho

rt t

itle

s co

nta

inin

g m

ostl

y n

ou

ns

and

pre

po

si-

tio

ns.

Fin

ally

, at

th

is s

tag

e in

yo

ur

care

er,

we

adv

ise

agai

nst

"cl

ever

,""j

oke,

" or

"tr

ick

" ti

tles

. T

hes

e ca

n be

ver

y su

cces

sful

for

un

der

gra

du

-at

es a

nd

for

sen

ior

sch

ola

rs,

bu

t in

yo

ur

case

, su

ch t

itle

s m

ay s

imp

lyb

e in

terp

rete

d as

mis

tak

es.

Her

e is

an

exam

ple

of

such

a t

itle

. T

he

auth

or

of t

he

pap

er i

s P

rofe

ssor

Har

tley

, a

wel

l-kn

own

prof

esso

r of

psyc

holo

gy w

ho c

on

duc

ted

man

y ex

per

imen

ts o

n w

hat

mak

es E

n-

gli

sh t

exts

eas

y o

r di

ffic

ult

to r

ead

. In

th

is i

nst

ance

, h

e h

as b

een

com

par

ing

tex

ts t

hat

hav

e "r

agge

d ri

gh

t" a

t th

e en

d o

f th

e li

nes

wit

hth

ose

th

at a

re s

trai

gh

t o

r "j

usti

fied

." H

ere

is t

he

titl

e:

Un

just

ifie

d E

xp

erim

ents

in

Ty

po

gra

ph

ical

Res

earc

h an

d In

stru

c-ti

on

al

Des

ign

. (B

riti

sh

Jour

nal

of E

duca

tion

al

Tec

hnol

ogy

2[1

973]

: 1

20

-31

)

In t

his

cas

e, w

e ca

n as

sum

e th

at P

rofe

ssor

Har

tley

is

mak

ing

a jo

ke.

Bu

t if

you

wro

te i

t?

As

it h

app

ens,

we

hav

e in

th

is t

extb

oo

k al

read

y re

ferr

ed t

o a

fair

nu

mb

er o

f w

ritt

en t

exts

, so

me

wri

tten

by

our

stu

den

ts,

bu

t m

ost

from

pu

bli

shed

so

urc

es.

Loo

k at

th

e ti

tles

of

thir

teen

of

them

.A

re t

her

e an

y th

at a

pp

eal

to y

ou?

Why

?

1.

Glo

bal

Imp

lica

tio

ns

of P

aten

t L

aw V

aria

tion

(S

uzu

ki,

p.

110)

2.

Map

pin

g D

ark

Mat

ter

wit

h G

rav

itat

ion

al L

ense

s (T

yson

,p.

117

)

3.

Blu

e W

hal

e P

op

ula

tio

n M

ay B

e In

crea

sin

g of

f C

alif

orni

a (B

os-

kin

, p.

117

)

4.

Is T

her

e a

Fem

ale

Sty

le i

n S

cien

ce?

(Bar

inag

a, p

. 11

7)5.

R

edu

cin

g A

ir P

oll

uti

on

in U

rban

Are

as:

The

Rol

e of

Urb

anP

lan

ner

s p

. 12

4)

6.

ES

L S

pel

lin

g E

rro

rs (

Tes

dell

, p

. 13

8)

Co

nst

ruct

ing

a R

esea

rch

Pap

er I

I /

207

7.

Ch

ines

e E

FL

Stu

den

ts'

Lea

rnin

g S

trat

egie

s fo

r O

ral

Com

mu-

nic

atio

n (H

uan

g,

p.

142)

8.

Rh

eto

rica

l P

atte

rns

in E

ng

lish

an

d Ja

pan

ese

(Ko

bay

ashi

,p.

146

)9.

T

he

Po

siti

on

of S

ente

nce

Co

nn

ecto

rs i

n A

cade

mic

En

gli

sh(F

eak

and

Sw

ales

, p

. 17

5)10

. H

igh

Cal

cula

tio

ns

of t

he

Sub

-son

ic V

orte

xF

low

in

Sle

nd

er B

odie

s (A

lmos

ino,

p.

178)

11

. C

hil

dre

n's

Pu

nct

uat

ion

: A

n A

nal

ysi

s o

f E

rro

rs i

n P

erio

d P

lace

-m

ent

(Cor

deir

o, p

. 17

4)12

. O

n th

e U

se o

f th

e P

assi

ve

in T

wo

Ast

rop

hy

sics

Jo

urn

al P

aper

s(T

aron

e et

p.

161)

13.

Arg

uin

g fo

r E

xp

erim

enta

l "F

acts

" in

Sci

ence

: A

Stu

dy

of R

e-se

arch

Art

icle

Res

ult

s S

ecti

on

s in

Bio

chem

istr

y (T

hom

pson

,p.

157

)

Tas

k N

inet

een

Co

mp

lete

th

e an

aly

sis

of t

hes

e ti

tles

in

tab

le 2

3.

Can

you

det

erm

ine

the

syst

em o

f ca

pit

aliz

atio

n th

at h

as b

een

use

d in

th

ese

titl

es?

Is i

tth

e sa

me

as i

n y

ou

r fi

eld

? (C

han

ges

in

cap

ital

izat

ion

occu

r in

th

ere

fere

nce

list

; se

e th

e n

ote

s at

th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f o

ur

refe

ren

ces

on

p. 2

47.)

You

may

hav

e n

oti

ced

that

tit

les

do

no

t al

way

s fo

llow

th

e st

an-

dar

d ru

les

for

usi

ng

arti

cles

in

En

gli

sh.

Loo

k ag

ain

at t

itle

s 1

and

3.

Are

th

e ar

ticl

es s

om

etim

es o

mit

ted

in y

ou

r fi

eld

?A

s it

hap

pen

s, o

nly

two

of

the

13

titl

es u

se q

ual

ific

atio

ns:

Bo

skin

(3)

use

s m

ay a

nd

Tar

on

e et

al.

(12

) u

se o

n. W

hat

dif

fere

nces

do

you

see

bet

wee

n th

e fo

llow

ing

pai

rs o

f ti

tles

?

la.

On

the

Use

of

the

Pas

siv

e in

Jo

urn

al A

rtic

les

T

he

Use

of

the

Pas

siv

e in

Jo

urn

al A

rtic

les

2a.

A S

tud

y o

f R

esea

rch

Art

icle

Res

ult

s S

ecti

on

s2b

. A

Pre

lim

inar

y S

tud

y o

f R

esea

rch

Art

icle

Res

ult

s S

ecti

on

s

3a.

An

An

aly

sis

of

Err

ors

in

Per

iod

Pla

cem

ent

3b

. T

owar

d an

An

aly

sis

of

Err

ors

in

Per

iod

Pla

cem

ent

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Tit

le A

nal

ysi

s

Tit

le

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12 13

Nu

mb

er o

fw

ords

6

Any

ver

bs

no map

pin

g

Pu

nct

uat

ion

no

ne

Fie

ld

law

disc

ours

ean

aly

sis

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 20

9

T

he

Rol

e of

Urb

an P

lan

ner

s

Th

e P

ote

nti

al R

ole

of U

rban

Pla

nn

ers

4c

A P

ossi

ble

Rol

e fo

r U

rban

Pla

nn

ers

Dep

end

ing

on y

our

fiel

d, y

ou m

ay w

ish

to c

on

sid

er u

sin

g qu

alif

ica-

tio

ns

in y

ou

r ti

tles

. In

nea

rly

all

case

s, t

he

pro

cess

of

arri

vin

g at

th

efi

nal

form

of

a ti

tle

is o

ne o

f n

arro

win

g it

dow

n an

d m

akin

g m

ore

Qua

lifi

cati

ons

can

be

help

ful

in t

his

pro

cess

.T

able

23

in T

ask

Nin

etee

n re

vea

ls t

hat

th

ree

of t

he

13

titl

es u

se a

colo

n.

5.

Red

uci

ng

Air

Po

llu

tio

n in

Urb

an A

reas

: T

he

Rol

e o

f U

rban

Pla

nn

ers

11

. C

hil

dre

n's

Pu

nct

uat

ion

: A

n A

nal

ysi

s o

f E

rro

rs i

n P

erio

d P

lace

-

men

t13

. A

rgu

ing

for

Ex

per

imen

tal

"Fac

ts"

in S

cien

ce:

A S

tud

y of

Re-

sear

ch A

rtic

le R

esu

lts

Sec

tio

ns

in B

ioch

emis

try

Col

ons

are

wid

ely

use

d in

tit

les,

e.g

., in

th

e ti

tle

of

this

boo

k. O

ne

of

the

colo

n's

typ

ical

fu

nct

ion

s is

to

sep

arat

e id

eas

in s

uch

com

bina

-ti

on

s as

th

e fo

llow

ing:

Bef

ore

the

Col

on:

Aft

er t

he C

olon

Pro

blem

: S

olut

ion

Gen

eral

: S

peci

fic

Top

ic:

Met

hod

Maj

or:

Min

or

May

be y

ou c

an t

hin

k o

f ot

her

s.

Tas

k T

wen

ty

Ex

pan

d th

e fo

llow

ing

titl

es b

y ad

din

g a

seco

nd

ary

elem

ent

afte

r th

eco

lon.

Ch

eck

bac

k th

rou

gh

the

tex

t w

her

e n

eces

sary

(T

he p

age

nu

m-

ber

s ar

e gi

ven

in t

he

list

on

pp

. 2

06

-7.)

1.

Glo

bal

Imp

lica

tio

ns

of P

aten

t L

aw V

aria

tio

n:

6.

ES

L S

pel

lin

g E

rro

rs:

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Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

7.

Ch

ines

e E

FL

Stu

den

ts'

Lea

rnin

g S

trat

egie

s fo

r O

ral

Com

mun

i-ca

tio

n:

8.

Rh

eto

rica

l P

atte

rns

in E

ng

lish

an

d Ja

pan

ese:

9.

Th

e P

osi

tio

n of

Sen

ten

ce C

on

nec

tors

in

Aca

dem

ic E

ng

lish

:

Tas

k T

wen

ty-o

ne

Bri

ng

the

titl

e of

on

e of

yo

ur

pap

ers

to c

lass

an

d b

e p

rep

ared

to

dis

cuss

its

fin

al f

orm

an

d h

ow i

t go

t th

ere.

Ab

stra

cts

In t

his

fin

al s

ecti

on

, w

e w

ill

wor

k on

tw

o k

ind

s of

ab

stra

cts.

Fir

st,

we

wil

l w

ork

on

abst

ract

s to

be

plac

ed a

t th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f an

RP

. In

mo

st s

itu

atio

ns,

th

ese

wil

l b

e ab

stra

cts

bas

ed o

n te

xts

th

at y

ou h

ave

alre

ady

wri

tten

. S

econ

d, w

e w

ill

wor

k o

n th

e co

nfer

ence

ab

stra

ct.

Inth

is c

ase,

you

may

or

may

no

t h

ave

a te

xt

to w

ork

from

.T

her

e is

a

thir

d k

ind

of

k

ind

that

oc

curs

in

an

abst

ract

ing

jou

rnal

. S

uch

ab

stra

cts

ofte

n u

se

spec

ial

conv

enti

ons

and

are

typ

ical

ly w

ritt

en b

y pr

ofes

sion

al a

bst

ract

ors

. T

hey

wil

l no

tco

nce

rn u

s.

Res

earc

h P

aper

Ab

stra

cts

RP

ab

stra

cts

usu

ally

co

nsi

st o

f a

sin

gle

par

agra

ph

con

tain

ing

from

abo

ut

four

to

ten

full

sen

ten

ces.

Th

is k

ind

of a

bst

ract

is

mo

re i

mpo

r-ta

nt

for

the

read

er t

han

for

th

e w

rite

r. B

y th

is w

e m

ean

that

an

un

sati

sfac

tory

RP

ab

stra

ct i

s n

ot

lik

ely

to a

ffec

t w

het

her

th

e p

aper

is f

inal

ly a

ccep

ted

for

pu

bli

cati

on

(alt

ho

ug

h th

e ed

ito

rs m

ay s

ug

ges

tch

ang

es t

o it

).

It m

ay,

how

ever

, af

fect

how

man

y pe

ople

wil

l re

ady

ou

r p

aper

. W

e kn

ow f

rom

man

y st

ud

ies

that

rea

der

s of

aca

dem

icjo

urn

als

empl

oy a

vas

t am

ou

nt

of

skim

min

g an

d sc

ann

ing

. If

th

eyli

ke

yo

ur

abst

ract

, th

ey m

ay r

ead

yo

ur

pap

er,

or

at l

east

par

t o

f it

. If

the

do

no

t li

ke

it,

they

may

no

t.

Th

ere

are

two

mai

n ap

pro

ach

es t

o w

riti

ng

RP

ab

stra

cts.

On

e w

esh

all

call

th

e "r

esu

lts-

dri

ven

" ab

stra

ct,

bec

ause

it

con

cen

trat

es o

n

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/

the

rese

arch

fin

din

gs

and

wh

at m

igh

t b

e co

nclu

ded

from

th

em.

Th

eo

ther

ap

pro

ach

is t

o of

fer

an "

RP

su

mm

ary

" ab

stra

ct i

n w

hic

h yo

upr

ovid

e on

e- o

r tw

o-s

ente

nce

sy

no

pse

s of

eac

h of

the

four

sec

tio

ns.

In

both

cas

es,

the

abst

ract

s w

ill

be

eith

er i

nfor

mat

ive

or

indi

cati

ve (

see

81).

Mos

t R

P a

bst

ract

s sh

ou

ld a

im t

o b

e in

form

ativ

e (i

.e.,

they

shou

ld i

ncl

ud

e th

e m

ain

fin

din

gs)

. How

ever

, th

is m

ay n

ot

be

po

ssib

lew

ith

ver

y lo

ng

pap

ers

or

wit

h v

ery

theo

reti

cal

on

es (

as i

n m

ath

emat

-ic

s).

Tas

k T

wen

ty-t

wo

Rea

d th

e tw

o d

raft

s of

th

e ab

stra

cts

for

our

min

i-R

P.

Th

en a

nsw

er

the

qu

esti

on

s th

at f

ollo

w.

Ver

sion

A

A c

ou

nt

of s

ente

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs i

n 12

aca

dem

ic p

aper

s p

rod

uce

d 70

diff

eren

t co

nn

ecto

rs.

Th

ese

var

ied

in f

requ

ency

fro

m 6

2 to

ken

s(h

owev

er)

to s

ing

le o

ccu

rren

ces.

Sev

enty

-fiv

e p

erce

nt

of t

he

467

exam

ple

s ap

pea

red

in s

ente

nce

-in

itia

l p

osi

tio

n.

How

ever

, in

div

id-

ual

co

nn

ecto

rs v

arie

d co

nsi

der

ably

in

po

siti

on

pre

fere

nce

. S

ome

(e.g

., in

add

itio

n) a

lway

s o

ccu

rred

in

itia

lly

; in

oth

er c

ases

(e.

g.,

for

exam

ple,

the

refo

re),

wer

e pl

aced

aft

er t

he

subj

ect

mo

reth

an 5

0% o

f th

e ti

me.

Th

ese

fin

din

gs

sug

ges

t th

at a

sea

rch

for

gen

eral

ru

les

for

conn

ecto

r p

osi

tio

n m

ay n

ot

be

frui

tful

.

Ver

sion

B

Alt

ho

ug

h se

nte

nce

co

nn

ecto

rs

are

a w

ell-

reco

gniz

ed f

eatu

re

ofac

adem

ic w

riti

ng

, li

ttle

res

earc

h h

as b

een

un

der

tak

en o

n th

eir

po

siti

on

ing

. In

th

is s

tud

y,

we

anal

yze

th

e p

osi

tio

n o

f 46

7 co

n-n

ecto

rs f

ound

in

a

sam

ple

of

12

rese

arch

pap

ers.

S

even

ty-f

ive

per

cen

t o

f th

e co

nn

ecto

rs o

ccu

rred

at

the

beg

inn

ing

of

sen

ten

ces.

How

ever

, in

div

idu

al c

on

nec

tors

var

ied

gre

atly

in

po

siti

on

al p

ref-

eren

ce.

Som

e, s

uch

as

in a

ddit

ion,

onl

y oc

curr

ed i

nit

iall

y;

oth

ers,

such

as

th

eref

ore,

o

ccu

rred

in

itia

lly

in

only

40%

o

f th

e ca

ses.

Th

ese

pre

lim

inar

y fi

nd

ing

s su

gg

est

that

gen

eral

ru

les

for

con-

nec

tor

po

siti

on

wil

l pr

ove

elu

siv

e.

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Wri

tin

g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

1.

Th

e jo

urn

al r

equ

irem

ents

sta

te t

hat

th

e ab

stra

cts

acco

mpa

ny-

ing

pap

ers

sho

uld

no

t ex

ceed

100

wor

ds.

Do

ver

sio

ns

A a

nd

qual

ify?

2.

Wh

ich

ver

sio

n is

"re

sult

s d

riv

en"

and

whi

ch i

s an

"R

P s

um

-m

ary

"?

3.

Co

mp

are

the

ten

se u

sag

e in

ver

sio

ns

A a

nd

B.

4.

Wh

ich

ver

sio

n do

you

pre

fer?

And

why

?

5.

Som

e jo

urn

als

also

ask

for

a l

ist

of k

ey w

ords

. C

hoos

e th

ree

orfo

ur s

uit

able

key

wo

rds.

Lan

guag

e F

ocu

s: L

ing

uis

tic

Fea

ture

s of

Ab

stra

cts

On

the

bas

is o

f h

er r

esea

rch

into

ab

stra

cts

from

a w

ide

ran

ge

offi

eld

s, N

aom

i G

raet

z (1

985)

giv

es t

hes

e li

ng

uis

tic

spec

ific

atio

ns a

sch

arac

teri

stic

of

abst

ract

s:

1.

the

use

of

full

sen

ten

ces

2.

the

use

of

the

pas

t te

nse

3.

the

use

of

imp

erso

nal

pas

siv

e4

. th

e ab

sen

ce o

f n

egat

ives

5.

the

avo

idan

ce o

f "a

bb

rev

iati

on

, ja

rgo

n,

sym

bols

an

d o

ther

lan

-g

uag

e sh

ort

cuts

th

at m

igh

t le

ad t

o co

nfus

ion.

"

Des

pit

e G

raet

z's

seco

nd c

oncl

usio

n (a

bst

ract

s u

se t

he

pas

t te

nse

), i

tse

ems

clea

r th

at t

ense

usa

ge

in a

bst

ract

s is

fai

rly

com

plic

ated

. F

irst

,th

e co

ncl

usi

on

s ar

e n

earl

y al

way

s in

th

e p

rese

nt.

Sec

ond,

RP

su

m-

mar

y ab

stra

cts

ofte

n u

se t

he

pre

sen

t o

r p

rese

nt

perf

ect

for

thei

ro

pen

ing

stat

emen

ts.

Th

ird

, th

ere

app

ears

to

be

con

sid

erab

le d

isci

-p

lin

ary

and

ind

ivid

ual

ten

se v

aria

tio

n w

ith

sen

ten

ces

dea

lin

g w

ith

resu

lts.

In t

he

ver

sio

ns

in T

ask

Tw

enty

-tw

o, t

he

resu

lts

wer

e al

l ex

pre

ssed

thro

ug

h th

e p

ast

ten

se.

Nev

erth

eles

s, i

t is

no

t di

ffic

ult

to f

ind

exce

p-ti

on

s to

th

is p

atte

rn.

Her

e is

a s

ho

rt a

bst

ract

fro

m t

he

Rap

id C

omm

u-n

icat

ion

s se

ctio

n of

th

e jo

urn

al P

hysi

cal

Rev

iew

A (

1993

).

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 21

3

Nuc

lear

-Str

uctu

re C

orre

ctio

n to

the

Lam

b Sh

ift

K.

Pac

hu

cki,

D.

Lei

bfri

ed,

and

T.

W.

Han

sch

th

is

pap

er t

he

seco

nd-o

rder

nu

clea

r-st

ruct

ure

co

rrec

tion

to

the

ener

gy

of

hy

dro

gen

-lik

e sy

stem

s is

est

imat

ed a

nd

pre

vio

us

resu

lts

are

corr

ecte

d.

deu

teri

um

an

d h

yd

rog

en a

re c

onsi

d-er

ed.

th

e ca

se o

f d

eute

riu

m t

he

corr

ecti

on

is p

rop

ort

ion

al t

oth

e n

ucl

ear

po

lari

zab

ilit

y an

d am

ou

nts

to

abo

ut

-19

kH

z fo

r th

e

stat

e.

hy

dro

gen

th

e re

sult

ing

ener

gy

shif

t is

ab

ou

t-6

0H

z.

Ou

r in

ves

tig

atio

ns

sug

ges

t th

at t

he

shif

t to

th

e p

rese

nt

ten

se i

sm

ore

like

ly t

o oc

cur

in p

hy

sica

l sc

ienc

es s

uch

as

ph

ysi

cs,

chem

istr

y,

and

astr

op

hy

sics

an

d le

ss li

kel

y to

occ

ur in

the

soci

al s

cien

ces.

We

also

foun

d th

at p

hy

sici

sts

and

chem

ists

mor

e li

kel

y to

ad

op

t a

per

son

al s

tan

ce.

Ind

eed

, w

e ha

ve f

ound

occ

a-si

onal

ab

stra

cts,

p

arti

cula

rly

in

astr

op

hy

sics

, w

hich

co

nta

in

se-

quen

ces

of s

ente

nce

op

enin

gs

lik

e th

e fo

llow

ing:

We

dis

cuss

. .

.W

e co

mp

ute

. .

.W

e sh

ow .

..W

e ar

gu

e .

. .W

e co

nclu

de .

. .

It w

ould

th

eref

ore

see

m t

hat

cho

ice

of

ten

se a

nd

per

son

may

ag

ain

be

par

tly

a st

rate

gic

mat

ter

in a

bst

ract

s. C

hoos

ing

the

pre

sen

t te

nse

pro

du

ce a

n ef

fect

of

liv

elin

ess

and

con-

tem

po

rary

rel

evan

ce.

Cho

osin

g w

e ca

n ad

d p

ace,

b

y m

akin

g th

eab

stra

ct a

lit

tle

sho

rter

.

Tas

k T

wen

ty-t

hree

Ana

lyze

fiv

e ab

stra

cts

from

a c

entr

al jo

urn

al i

n y

ou

r fi

eld

in t

erm

s o

fth

e fi

ve c

har

acte

rist

ics

prop

osed

by

Gra

etz.

To

wh

at e

xte

nt

do y

our

fin

din

gs

agre

e w

ith

her

s? B

e p

rep

ared

to

sum

mar

ize

your

fin

din

gs

incl

ass,

per

hap

s in

th

e fo

rm o

f a

tab

le.

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r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 21

5

Con

fere

nce

Ab

stra

cts

Th

is

seco

nd

typ

e of

ab

stra

ct

is

som

ewh

at

difl

Fer

ent

from

th

e R

Pab

stra

ct.

It i

s u

sual

ly m

uch

lon

ger;

mo

st o

f a

pag

e ra

ther

th

ansi

ng

le p

arag

rap

h (a

nd

can

be

even

lon

ger,

esp

ecia

lly

in e

ng

inee

rin

g).

It i

s in

dep

end

ent;

in

oth

er w

ord

s, w

het

her

you

are

acc

epte

d fo

r th

eco

nfer

ence

pro

gra

m d

epen

ds

enti

rely

on

how

yo

ur

conf

eren

ce a

b-st

ract

is

perc

eive

d b

y th

e re

vie

w p

anel

. Y

our

pri

mar

y au

die

nce

is,

ther

efo

re,

the

conf

eren

ce

rev

iew

ing

com

mit

tee.

A

pp

eali

ng

to

the

conf

eren

ce p

arti

cip

ants

is

a se

con

dar

y co

nsi

der

atio

n.

At

the

begi

n-n

ing

of

this

se

ctio

n,

we

men

tio

ned

an

oth

er d

iffe

renc

e:

it i

s ve

ryp

oss

ible

th

at y

ou d

o n

ot

yet

hav

e a

tex

t to

co

nst

ruct

you

r ab

stra

cto

ut

of.

Fin

ally

, it

is

also

po

ssib

le t

hat

you

hav

e n

ot

yet

com

plet

ed a

llth

e w

ork

for

yo

ur

RP

. F

or e

xam

ple

, yo

u m

igh

t h

ave

thre

e ex

peri

-m

ents

pla

nn

ed,

bu

t as

th

e d

ead

lin

e d

esce

nd

s o

n yo

u, y

ou h

ave

re-

sult

s fr

om o

nly

two

of t

hem

. In

eff

ect,

yo

ur

abst

ract

may

no

t be

enti

rely

in

form

ativ

e.

In c

on

seq

uen

ce o

f th

ese

and

oth

er f

acto

rs,

conf

eren

ce a

bst

ract

sar

e m

uch

mo

re o

f "a

sel

lin

g jo

b"

than

RP

ab

stra

cts.

As

a re

sult

, m

ost

conf

eren

ce a

bst

ract

s h

ave

an o

pen

ing

sect

ion

that

att

emp

ts t

o

• cr

eate

a r

esea

rch

spac

e,•

imp

ress

th

e re

vie

w c

om

mit

tee,

an

d•

app

eal

(if

acce

pte

d)

to a

s la

rge

an a

ud

ien

ce a

s p

ossi

ble

.

Tas

k T

wen

ty-f

our

Her

e ar

e tw

o su

cces

sful

con

fere

nce

abst

ract

s w

ritt

en b

y tw

o o

f o

ur

stu

den

ts.

Th

e v

ersi

on

s p

rese

nte

d ar

e at

lea

st t

hir

d d

raft

s. T

he

firs

tis

fro

m m

usi

c th

eory

an

d th

e se

cond

fro

m b

usi

nes

s m

anag

emen

t.R

ead

them

an

d ca

rry

ou

t th

e ta

sks

that

fol

low

.

Rhy

thm

, M

eter

, an

d th

e N

otat

ed M

eter

in

Web

ern'

sV

aria

tion

s fo

r P

iano

, O

p. 2

7

of t

he

pro

ble

mat

ic i

ssu

es i

n p

ost

-to

nal

mu

sic

is t

he

no

tio

n of

rhy

thm

an

d m

eter

. t

he

nu

mer

ou

s an

aly

ses

of

Web

ern'

s V

aria

-ti

on

s fo

r P

ian

o,

Op.

27

, an

aly

sts

have

fai

led

to a

gre

e ab

ou

t th

ero

le o

f th

e n

ota

ted

met

er i

n th

e rh

yth

mic

an

d m

etri

cal

stru

ctu

re

of

the

piec

e. c

laim

th

e n

ota

ted

met

er t

o b

e p

ure

ly c

onve

n-ti

on

al a

nd

no

t to

be

obse

rved

in

per

form

ance

, w

hil

e o

ther

s gi

ve a

nal

tern

ativ

e ch

ang

ing

met

er t

o th

e on

e n

ota

ted

. p

aper

see

ks

to i

llu

stra

te t

hat

th

e n

oti

on

of

rhy

thm

an

d m

eter

in

Web

ern'

s O

p.2

7 is

a d

elic

ate

and

, m

ore

sig

nifi

cant

ly,

an i

nte

nti

on

al i

nte

rpla

ybe

twee

n th

e n

ota

ted

met

er,

and

the

rhy

thm

an

d m

eter

ari

sin

gfr

om t

he

ph

rase

str

uct

ure

of

the

piec

e. o

rder

to

dem

on

stra

teth

is,

the

pap

er p

rese

nts

an

anal

ysi

s ex

amin

ing

the

ph

rase

str

uc-

ture

of t

he

piec

e, s

eein

g it

as

an i

nte

ract

ion

bet

wee

n th

e p

itch

an

dth

e rh

yth

mic

do

mai

n.

an

aly

sis

empl

oys

the

conc

ept

of

Gen

-er

aliz

ed M

usi

cal

Inte

rval

s d

evel

oped

by

Lew

in,

as w

ell

asap

pli

cati

on

s o

f th

e tr

adit

ion

al n

oti

on

of

ph

rase

rh

yth

m.

feat

ure

s ar

e th

en p

rese

nte

d in

in

tera

ctio

n w

ith

the

row

str

uct

ure

of

the

piec

e. p

aper

clo

ses

by

sug

ges

tin

g th

at a

n es

sen

tial

feat

ure

in

un

der

stan

din

g rh

yth

m a

nd

met

er i

n W

eber

n's

Op.

27

isth

e in

tera

ctio

n b

etw

een

the

var

iou

s la

yer

s o

f th

e m

usi

c: t

hat

is,

the

un

der

lyin

g ro

w s

tru

ctu

re,

the

surf

ace

inte

rpre

tati

on

of

the

row

st

ruct

ure

, th

e p

hra

se r

hy

thm

, th

e m

eter

, an

d th

e n

ota

ted

met

er.

(Tii

na

Koi

vist

o, v

ery

min

or

edit

ing

)

Spee

d an

d In

nova

tion

in

C

ross

-fun

ctio

nal

Tea

ms

co

mp

etit

ive

and

un

cert

ain

bu

sin

ess

env

iro

nm

ent

of

the

1990

s re

qu

ires

an

acce

lera

ted

pro

du

ct d

evel

opm

ent

proc

ess

wit

hg

reat

ly

impr

oved

co

ord

inat

ion

and

inte

gra

tio

n am

on

g cr

oss-

func

tion

al t

eam

s (D

enis

on,

Kah

n an

d H

art

1991

). s

ucce

ss-

ful

pro

du

ct d

evel

op

men

t ef

fort

su

gg

ests

th

at s

peed

an

d v

arie

ty i

np

ersp

ecti

ve

and

exp

erti

se a

re c

om

pat

ible

. p

rod

uct

de-

velo

pmen

t u

sin

g cr

oss

-fun

ctio

nal

team

s h

as b

een

dra

win

g m

uch

atte

nti

on

from

aca

dem

ics

as w

ell

as t

he

corp

ora

te w

orld

, re

sear

chin

to i

ts o

rgan

izat

ion

and

pro

cess

es i

s st

ill

un

der

dev

elo

ped

.de

fici

ency

is

si

gnif

ican

t b

ecau

se

the

trad

itio

nal

li

tera

ture

o

nde

cisi

on m

akin

g h

as a

ssu

med

th

at s

pee

d an

d v

arie

ty a

re,

in r

eal-

in

com

pat

ible

. p

aper

ela

bo

rate

s th

e pr

oces

s o

f cr

oss-

func

tion

al

team

ef

fort

s,

bas

ed

on

inte

rvie

ws

and

ob

serv

atio

ns

°ver

a t

wo

-yea

r p

erio

d.

mod

el i

s de

velo

ped

and

op

erat

ion

aliz

edw

ith

22

surv

ey m

easu

res

and

test

ed w

ith

dat

a fr

om 1

83 i

nd

ivid

-u

als

on

29

team

s. s

how

th

at p

rod

uct

dev

elo

pm

ent

usi

ng

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Wri

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g fo

r G

rad

uat

e S

tud

ents

cro

ss-f

un

ctio

nal

te

ams

is

hig

hly

co

rrel

ated

wit

h ti

me

com

pres

-si

on,

crea

tiv

ity

, ca

pab

ilit

y im

prov

emen

t,

and

over

all

effe

ctiv

e-n

ess.

(Kaz

Ich

ijo,

ver

y m

ino

r ed

itin

g)

1.

Un

der

lin

e al

l in

stan

ces

in t

he

two

tex

ts w

her

e th

e au

tho

rs u

seev

alu

ativ

e la

ng

uag

e to

str

eng

then

th

eir

case

for

th

e ac

cep

tab

il-

ity

of

thei

r re

sear

ch.

2.

Cir

cle

all

inst

ance

s o

f m

etad

isco

urs

e (i

.e.,

wh

en t

he

auth

ors

talk

ab

ou

t th

eir

own

tex

ts).

Wh

at d

iffe

renc

e d

o yo

u se

e b

etw

een

the

two

auth

ors

?

3.

Wh

ere

are

the

div

isio

ns

bet

wee

n th

e "s

cene

set

tin

g"

and

the

actu

al s

tud

ies

in t

hes

e tw

o te

xts

? D

o th

e p

rop

ort

ion

s o

f ea

chsu

rpri

se y

ou?

4.

Wh

y d

o yo

u th

ink

the

two

abst

ract

s w

ere

acce

pted

? W

ere

the

reas

on

s si

mil

ar i

n ea

ch c

ase?

5.

Wh

ere

do

you

sup

po

se t

he

stu

den

ts w

ere

in t

hei

r st

ud

ies

wh

enth

ey w

rote

th

eir

conf

eren

ce a

bst

ract

s? C

ircl

e yo

ur g

ues

s.In

Tii

na'

s ca

se:

a.

All

th

e w

ork

had

bee

n co

mpl

eted

.b

. A

ll b

ut

par

t o

f th

e an

aly

sis

of

the

row

str

uct

ure

had

bee

ndo

ne.

c.

Sh

e h

ad s

tud

ied

bu

t h

ad o

nly

trie

d it

ou

t o

n sm

all

sam

ple

s.

In K

az's

cas

e:

a.

Alm

ost

ev

ery

thin

g h

ad b

een

done

.

b.

All

th

e d

ata

had

bee

n co

llec

ted

and

anal

yze

d,

bu

t th

e m

odel

was

no

t y

et d

evel

oped

.

c.

Th

e d

ata

had

bee

n co

llec

ted,

bu

t on

ly a

nal

yze

d in

a p

reli

mi-

nar

y w

ay i

n o

rder

to

get

a s

ense

of

wh

ere

it w

as g

oing

.

Con

stru

ctin

g a

Res

earc

h P

aper

II

/ 21

7

Cit

atio

ns

in C

onfe

renc

e A

bst

ract

s

man

y ca

ses,

a

conf

eren

ce

abst

ract

is

read

an

d as

sess

ed f

airl

y i

n on

ly a

few

min

ute

s. U

nd

er t

hes

e co

nd

itio

ns

itdo

es n

o h

arm

to

try

to i

nd

icat

e at

th

e b

egin

nin

g th

at y

ou u

nd

erst

and

wh

at i

s go

ing

on

in y

ou

r ow

n sp

ecia

lize

d ar

ea.

For

th

at r

easo

n,

man

yco

nfer

ence

ab

stra

cts

con

tain

one

or

two

care

full

y se

lect

ed r

efer

ence

sto

rec

ent

lite

ratu

re.

In t

his

way

, au

tho

rs c

an c

om

mu

nic

ate

that

th

eyar

e in

to

uch

wit

h th

e la

test

dev

elo

pm

ents

. H

owev

er,

as T

iin

a's

ab-

stra

ct s

how

s, i

t is

no

t al

way

s n

eces

sary

or

even

des

irab

le t

o gi

ve t

he

cita

tio

ns

in f

ull.

Tas

k T

wen

ty-f

ive

You

r ad

vis

or

con

tact

s yo

u ab

ou

t an

up

com

ing

smal

l re

gio

nal

con

fer-

ence

an

d su

gg

ests

th

at y

ou s

ub

mit

a c

onfe

renc

e ab

stra

ct b

ased

on

your

cu

rren

t w

ork.

T

he

dea

dli

ne

is t

en d

ays

away

. T

he

abst

ract

ssh

ould

be

ano

ny

mo

us

and

bet

wee

n 15

0 an

d 20

0 w

ords

. M

ake

sure

you

hav

e a

dra

ft r

ead

y fo

r y

ou

r n

ext

wri

tin

g cl

ass.