How to Write up your Results Section of your Research Paper

1. How to Write up your Results Section of your Research Paper

2. Analyze the data • Statistical analysis • Find key results

3. Presenting Data • Organize into visuals: Figures & Tables • Focus on key data • Include legend Suggested reading: http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWtablefigs.html Gives examples of appropriate figures & tables

4. Writing Results • Past tense • No interpretations of results • Refer to visuals • Focus on key results • Follow an organized and logical order • Show correlations between groups

5. Reporting Data Within the Paper • Do not begin a sentence with a numeral-spell it out! • Always spell out small numbers • Use numerals if units are included • Avoid reporting raw data, use means, averages, etc.

6. Suggested Reading http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWsections.html#results Describes, in details, exactly what should be included in your research paper and how to write your paper professionally.