Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles Course Workbook

Writing the Methods and Results Sections

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Results

Use past tense.

• Do not duplicate data (in text, tables, and figures).

• If data are presented in tables and figures, summarize in text.

Do not repeat methods.

• Limit speculation about meaning of results.

• Highlight important findings (with summary/introductory sentence, header).

Result 1

header

remind readers of what was assessed

findings (including reference to table or figure)

most important thing about data

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