How to Write a Research Paper
Publisher: Bookboon
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740310696
Table of contents: title: Sisältö; title: Just What is ‘Research’ Anyway?; title: Research – A Common Misunderstanding; title: What is Research?; title: What is Knowledge?; title: A Simplified Scientific Process; title: A Hypothesis…a Testable Theory; title: The Differences between Research Papers and Books; title: Research Papers are Scary; title: The Differences Continued; title: Good Quality Sources; title: Research Sources Ranked in Decreasing Order of Quality; title: How You Demonstrate the Use of Good Quality Sources; title: How to Write a Research Paper; title: Summary; title: Research – Changing our World; title: Researchers Change the World; title: Astronomy Research; title: Business Research; title: Computing Research; title: Construction Research; title: Engineering Research; title: Environmental Research; title: Humanities Research; title: Medical Research; title: Military Research; title: Psychology Research; title: Science Research (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics); title: Robotics Research; title: Space, Aircraft and Automotive Research; title: Sports Research; title: Technology Research; title: Your Contribution to a Changing World; title: Finding Research Papers; title: An Unexpected Starting Point; title: Choosing a General Topic for your Research Paper; title: Tools for Finding Research Papers; title: Learning How to Find Research Papers; title: How to Find a Coherent Set of Research Papers; title: Choosing a Title for Your Research Paper; title: Choosing a Title for a Dissertation Research Chapter; title: Other Resource Discovery Services such as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ); title: Summary; title: Research Methodology; title: Research…an analogy; title: Scientific Method; title: Scientific Principles; title: Controlled Experiments; title: Empirical Research; title: Basic Research Criteria; title: Basic Research vs Applied Research; title: Qualitative vs Quantitative Research; title: Project Types; title: Alternatives to Laboratory Based Experiments; title: Data used to Generate a Hypothesis Cannot be Used to Verify the Hypothesis; title: Testing the Null Hypothesis; title: Testing Our Understanding of the Concepts; title: Flawed Research; title: Summary; title: Analysing the Contents of a Research Paper; title: Understanding What a Research Paper Looks Like; title: Not All Research Papers Are The Same…; title: Summary; title: Designing and Running Experiments; title: What Role do Experiments Play in Research?; title: Definition of an Experiment; title: Designing an Experiment; title: Setting up an Experiment; title: Recording the Results; title: Can We Trust the Results?; title: Analysis of the Results; title: Reaching Conclusions; title: Different Types of Experiment; title: Considering Different Types of Experiment; title: More Detailed Experimental Design; title: Summary; title: Bad Science and the Need for Critical Evaluation; title: Scepticism is Good and Science is Essential; title: But What about Bad Science?; title: Bad Science; title: Evaluating the Science; title: Poor Methodology…; title: Examples of Good or Bad Methodology; title: Big or Small Question Mark ? or ?; title: Flawed Discussion of Results…; title: An Example Discussion of the Results; title: False Positives verses False Negatives; title: Unjustified Conclusions…; title: An Example of a Researchers Conclusions; title: Accepting Conclusions as Valid; title: Learning More about Critical Evaluation; title: One Additional Thought…; title: Summary; title: Plagiarism, Citations and References; title: What is Plagiarism?; title: Citations and References; title: The British or Harvard System; title: The Reference List; title: The Impact of this on the Body of Your Research Paper; title: The Difference between a Reference List and a Bibliography; title: Summary; title: Practising Academic Writing; title: Moving from Opinion to Reasoned Argument; title: Presenting Relevant Conclusions; title: Considering Critical Evaluation; title: Practising Comparative Analysis; title: Practising Application of the Theory; title: Summary; title: Drafting a Research Paper; title: A Path Through the Forest; title: Drafting, Drafting, Drafting; title: A Day Starts by Getting out of Bed; title: Define General Structure and Headings; title: Write a Rough Introduction in Note Form; title: Add One Descriptive Section (i.e; title: summarise one research paper); title: Add the Other Descriptive Sections; title: Evolve and Refine the Structure of Your Paper; title: Draft the Evaluation Sections; title: Drafting the Comparative Analysis and the Application of the Theory; title: Draft the Conclusions; title: Drafting the Abstract; title: Refine, Refine, Refine; title: Feedback from a Critical Friend; title: Your Own Brain Can Trick You; title: Check Formatting, Citations and References; title: Summary; title: Writing an Introduction; title: An Introduction as a Funnel; title: Using Those Less Relevant Papers; title: Considering Two Introductions; title: Summary; title: Writing the Body of a Paper and the Conclusions; title: Considering the Structure of Your Paper; title: Considering Your Evaluation Sections; title: Considering Where You Compare the Theories; title: Considering the Application of the Theory; title: Considering the Conclusions; title: Testing the Quality of Your Paper; title: Summary; title: Writing an Abstract; title: An Abstract Is Not An Introduction; title: Good and Bad Abstracts; title: Summary; title: Considering Research as Part of a Dissertation; title: The Similarities between a Research Paper and a Research Chapter; title: The Differences between a Research Paper and a Research Chapter; title: The Length of a Research Chapter; title: The Impact of the Research on a Project; title: Evaluating the Impact of the Research; title: Practical Projects Verses Research Projects; title: Summary; title: In Conclusion