IMRAD by Souryana Yassine transcript

uh good morning again this is Professor so yanagasin from the University of Texas Academic writing and writing a research paper we are in week four uh which deals with tips to write imrad components and related skills to develop as an introduction we could say that in the Algerian context us in many other countries writing and Publishing research papers is a must both for the completion of the doctorate degree and for career development at the University as University teachers and researchers you are also required to publish in English if you want to gain visibility in your field of expertise therefore it is important to know about one of the most import common formats of research papers between brackets imrad and the requirements of English academic writing let's start with the structure of a research paper in scientific population imrad is the most common format of a scientific or research paper chronium stands for introduction materials and methods results and discussion uh concretely consists of the following parts first title second author or authors three abstract for introduction five material methods six results seventh discussion eight acknowledgment nine references ten tables 11 figures 12 Legends four figures each section has a specific content and form the form of each section is further determined in terms of language type style and function start by the title the paper's title needs to be a clear and informative include about 10 to 12 descriptive words see reflect the content of the research note prospective readers will find your papers thanks to keywords included in the python second abstract and keywords the abstract is meant to summarize in one black paragraph the entire paper it includes the following elements investigated questions research design data collection means and data analysis tools main findings or results of the research brief discussion or interpretation of your results it has Fiverr is what you call it moves first into introduce the situation or problem second explain the purpose of the research three describe the methods materials and or procedures four present the findings five discuss implications or recommendations the abstract is followed by 5 to 10 keywords which highlight the scope the field and the type of your research keyword should be selected carefully the infection has identifiers of your paper they are targeted Concepts three introduction section the fiction of the paper's introduction is to establish the context of the research by reviewing the main literature in the field the objective of the work by referring to the problematic issue or research questions and hypothesis and then explain the rational to write the introduction use the active voice the structure of the introduction goes from General to specific type of presentation as highlighted in the visual for methods in materials section this section is meant to describe how the study was carried out data collection and Analysis methodology then Define the type of the investigation experimental exploratory evaluative qualitative quantitative or mixed method Etc in terms of writing style the passive voice is required use the past tense results section the role of this section is to objectively present the main results of the research without further interpretation results can be presented in visuals between brackets tables figures charts Etc then use an objective style neutral vocabulary three the passive voice and past tense are required discussion section the discussion section includes the interpretation of the obtained results in relation to review of the literature the theories in the field it explains new understandings of the studied problem and then it relates to the introduction the research questions and the postulated hypothesis the use of the active voice is recommended and the use of first person pronouns I and we is allowed to a certain degree use a concise and precise wording so that your style is objective then avoid providing new results in the discussion section we action it sums up the study and highlight the problematic issue the research methodology and focus on the provided results mention the limitation of the research suggests further perspectives which is just absolute we have references or cited literature in all the sources books Journal articles online presentation web Publications web resources Etc used in the body of the paper present a site that works following a given chosen referencing system the we have apprentices this section includes information which is not necessary for the understanding of the paper but which could clarify some aspects of it this section might be optional appendices should be numbered generally using Roman numbers then another thing that needs to be cared for in Emirate method is what we call academic Integrity whatever the type of the research paper it should have academic integrity ethics is an issue that needs to be taken into consideration at all levels of research and writing therefore avoid plagiarism overt and covered intentional and non-intentional part is the referencing system it is required to either to choose a referencing system and use it systematically to quote and cite previous works in the field most of the time the journal will provide you with the referencing system they require and to which you need to stick there are three main referencing systems which are most often adopted in English rate are writing a the APA American psychology Association system the MLA modern language Association system the Harvard system and there is a less frequent one which is The Chicago School these referencing systems are frequently updated check with the journal requirements to know which version is required now there are related skills that you need to develop in writing a research paper we have several rising and paraphrasing and curtain are the main techniques used to evidence academic writing and avoid plagiarism they are useful to guarantee academic Integrity mentioned in the previous section so first summarizing a summary is a shortened version of a text aimed at giving the most important information or ideas of the text summarizing is an important part of writing academic papers which usually include extensive references to the work of others the account over 2003 the phrasing paraphrasing is rephrasing or restating information from another source in your own words without changing the meaning and then you have the reference voting a direct audition reproduces word for word material taken directly from another author's work or from your own previously published work conclusion this presentation introduced the imrad structure of scientific papers considerations such as academic integrity and some related writing skills have been mentioned however detailed technical aspects of the imrad paper writing in terms of vocabulary grammar and style require further development this will be the objective of the next mooc here then you have a list of references that would help you in applying and using the imrad method in your writing and academic performances and thank you very much for your attention