Identify the five main sections of a research a paper. Describe, briefly, what goes into each section. Explain why it is not sufficient to read the abstract.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: A research paper has five main sections: the Abstract, the Introduction (even though the word does not appear), the Method, the Results, and the Discussion. The abstract is a 150–250 word summary of the paper and should not be seen as equivalent to the paper. It is only a summary and may be missing the very information that would help a reader with her topic. The Introduction of a paper introduces the topic, summarizes relevant past research (which is really helpful with finding sources), and gives the hypotheses. The Method section contains the subsections of the participants, Materials and Apparatus (the apparatus may not be there if you do not have equipment), and the procedure. Basically, the Method section lets the reader know what the researcher did with whom in the study. The Results section contains the statistical results, the numbers. The Discussion describes the results in words and ties the results back to past research. The Discussion also discusses any problems or limitations with the research and ideas for future research. Finally, there is a conclusion. So, with all of this information in the rest of the paper, the reader cannot rely only on the Abstract to truly get a grasp of what an article contains.
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