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Abstract
The abstract summarizes the content of
the article including methodolgy, results
and conclusions
Read the abstract first to see if the article
is relevant to your research. The title may
not always provide you with enough
information to judge this
Introduction
The introduction presents the research question
being asked. It explains the context of the
research and often discusses previous work that
was done on the topic.
If you dont know much about a subject, the
introduction part of a paper is very useful to
read.
If you are an expert, you may want to skip this
part and go to the results section.
Methodology/Procedures
The methods section (sometimes called
materials and methods) discusses how the
research was conducted. It explains what
materials were used and what procedures
were followed to perform an experiment.
Methods section is useful to evaluate if
results were obtained from meaningful
experiments and also to learn how certain
measurements can be made.
Results/Discussion
This section presents the results of the
research. The information is often
presented in a table or graphical format
and may show statistical calculations
performed on the data.
The discussion may be combined with the
results or written as a separate section
Concluding Remarks
In the conclusion, the authors summarize
key findings and make suggestion about
future directions for further research
References
The references section presents
publications that the authors have cited.
Read these articles to find out more about
the subject.
One approach
1. Read conclusion at the end of the article.
2. Read the introduction section what research question
is being addressed?
3. Read the results sections closely; visualize the study
and its results.
4. Review the methods section carefully to determine if the
results are meaningful based on the experimental
approach
5. Read the discussion/analysis section very closely.
Critical Evaluation
What is the authors theoretical basis?
What new aspect is being added to what is
already known?
Especially for research reports: What
is/are the authors argument(s) in relation
to supporting/rejecting the hypotheses?
Are you convinced the data support the
conclusions?
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