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Condensed versus Extended apporaches to Methods section
A brief lecture introduces two approahces to construct Methods seciton
Condensed versus extended
[No] Not about length
[Yes] Justification [Yes] Explanation
The right amount of information
- Consider your reader: expert or layman, multi-disciplinary or not?
- Consider your field: standardized procedures?
- Do you have to justify the chosen method?
[Reflection] Let’s reading for writing!!!
- Is the Discussion section in your model article following the condensed or extended style?
- Focus on, to what extent, the author explain the instruction/procedures/analysis?
- Again, mark some common phrases used in Method section of your model article and use them in your own writing!
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