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This guide is based on a course for High-Impact Writing taught by Ulrike Muller
Results
Build the Results section around your data, using your research aims and hypotheses as the scaffold
Workshop 3 "Data visualization" and Workshop 4 "Results"
Workshop 3 "Data visualization" and Workshop 4 "Results"
Function
present collected data to address research questions or test research hypotheses
Style
use active voice whenever possible
Structure
structure the content using your research questions, aims, or hypotheses as the scaffold
some tools to get From data to message
some tools to get From data to message
Tool 1. Finding your most impactful message
Tool 1. Finding your most impactful message
from raw data to scientific advance
from raw data to scientific advance
Example: Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. (1953). Molecular structure of nucleic acids. Nature, 171(4356), 737-738
Map your own work onto the chart by completing the five steps.
Your raw data
The information you extract from your raw data
The knowledge you gain from that information
How this knowledge increases or changes your current understanding
How this new understanding advances science
Tool 2. Supporting findings with evidence
Tool 2. Supporting findings with evidence
Aligning messages with data
Aligning messages with data
Instructions
Instructions
Fold a piece of paper four times to create eight cells, or open a program that allows you to sketch. Use the example sketch above as a guideline.
Step 1: what do you want your reader to take away from your paper?
In the top 4 table cells: write down one main message per table cell; aim for 4 messages
Step 2: support your message with a visual
In the table cell below each message: Sketch a graph (for research papers: based on your data) or concept map that communicate your message
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