文档介绍:Guidelines for Scientific Writing
Oct. 25-29, 2004
Maxia Dong
******@ Construction guidelines
Title
Be short, accurate, and unambiguous
Introduction Give your paper a distinct personality; Begin with the subject of the study
What is known
What is not known
Why we did this study
Methods
Participants
Measurements
es and explanatory variables
Statistical methods
Results
Sample characteristics
Univariate analyses
Bivariate analyses
Multivariate analyses
Tables and figures
No more than six tables or figures
Use Table I for sample characteristics (no P values)
Put most important findings in a figure
Discussion
State what you found
Outline the strengths and limitations of the study
Discuss the relevance to current literature
Outline your implications with a clear “So what?” and “Where now?”
References
All citations must be accurate
Include only the most important, most rigorous, and most recent literature
Quote only published journal articles or books
Never quote “second hand”
Start each section on a new page
Format titles and subtitles consistently
Comply with “Instructions to authors”