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Arguably one of the more important parts of IMRAD is the introduction. This is the setup for the entire research paper. “It tells why the reader should find the paper interesting, explains why the author carried out the research, and gives the background the reader needs to understand and judge the paper” (Nair and Nair 18). If one can not express a clear problem or issue and why that problem is of any significance then the reader would have no reason to continue. The materials and methods section of the paper should state clearly what has been done and how it was carried out. “The simplest way to organize this section is chronologically; include all necessary information, but avoid unnecessary details that the readers are supposed (ought) to know” (Nair and Nair 18). Sure there is some importance in describing the way something was done but that isn’t usually what the readers are after. Generally readers are looking for information that they do not already have, the new facts. This leaves the methods portion of the paper as the least read. Getting into what the readers are actually looking for is the results portion of the paper. “This section presents the new knowledge; therefore, it is the core of the paper” (Nair and Nair 20). Although this is the core of the paper, both the introduction and the methods portion are necessary to setup how the author arrived at the information presented in this section. The information presented in this section is of the most importance and value, it is the whole reason the the reader is reading in the first place. After displaying the information the scientist has found he or she will then move on to the discussion part of their paper. This portion is said to be the most difficult to write by scientists because it ties everything that has previously been explained together. “The authors’ skill in interpreting the results in the light of known facts and using the results as evidence for innovative explanations of the observed behavior should push the frontiers of knowledge and arouse the reader’s’ enthusiasm” (Nair and Nair 21). P.K.R and V.D Nair suggest the difficulty of writing this section and how its impossible to describe how to do it.
Revised
Arguably one of the more important parts of IMRAD is the introduction. This is the setup for the entire research paper. “It tells why the reader should find the paper interesting, explains why the author carried out the research, and gives the background the reader needs to understand and judge the paper” (Nair and Nair 18). If one can not express a clear problem or issue and why that problem is of any significance then the reader would have no reason to continue. The materials and methods section of the paper should state clearly what has been done and how it was carried out. “The simplest way to organize this section is chronologically; include all necessary information, but avoid unnecessary details that the readers are supposed (ought) to know” (Nair and Nair 18). Sure there is some importance in describing the way something was done but that isn’t usually what the readers are after. Generally readers are looking for information that they do not already have, the new facts. This leaves the methods portion of the paper as the least read. Getting into what the readers are actually looking for is the results portion of the paper. “This section presents the new knowledge; therefore, it is the core of the paper” (Nair and Nair 20). Although this is the core of the paper, both the introduction and the methods portion are necessary to setup how the author arrived at the information presented in this section. The information presented in this section is of the most importance and value, it is the whole reason the the reader is reading in the first place. After displaying the information the scientist has found he or she will then move on to the discussion part of their paper. This portion is said to be the most difficult to write by scientists because it ties everything that has previously been explained together. “The authors’ skill in interpreting the results in the light of known facts and using the results as evidence for innovative explanations of the observed behavior should push the frontiers of knowledge and arouse the reader’s’ enthusiasm” (Nair and Nair 21). P.K.R and V.D Nair suggest the difficulty of writing this section and how its impossible to describe how to do it.
