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Research Paper Guidelines

The standard format for research articles includes an abstract, introduction reviewing literature and stating hypotheses, methodology outlining participants, materials, and procedures, results presenting analyses and findings, and a discussion connecting results to the original purpose and hypotheses while noting limitations and potential future research. The introduction provides background on why the study was conducted and its goal, while the methodology describes who or what was involved and how the study was performed.

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Research Paper Guidelines

The standard format for research articles includes an abstract, introduction reviewing literature and stating hypotheses, methodology outlining participants, materials, and procedures, results presenting analyses and findings, and a discussion connecting results to the original purpose and hypotheses while noting limitations and potential future research. The introduction provides background on why the study was conducted and its goal, while the methodology describes who or what was involved and how the study was performed.

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Standard Format of Research Articles

• Abstract
• Introduction: Context, Research Problem, Review of Literature
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References

Introduction
• Background - the reasons the author(s) conducted the study; theoretical framework
• Statement of Purpose - the goal of the research (the destination); the problem statement
• Hypotheses - “educated guesses” about relationships or differences
Methodology

• Participants (sample) - who the subjects are, how obtained/selected


• Materials (equipment, apparatus, measuring instruments) - what was used, quality of measuring
instruments
• Procedures - how study was conducted; what subjects did or what was done to them
Results
• Technical summary of the statistical analyses used:
• In text
• In tables
• In figures

Discussion / Conclusions:-
• Non-technical interpretation of results
• Linking results to original purposes and hypotheses
• Why the results turned out the way they did
• Identifying the study’s limitations
• Suggesting steps for further research

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