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REPORTS, DOCUMENTED PAPER, RESEARCH PAPER. Sources. Roth, A.J., The Research Paper: Process, Form and Content, -7 th ed., Belmont CA, 1995, Wadsworth Weissberg, R., Buker, S., Writing Up Research: Experimental Research Report Writing for Students of English, New Jersey, 1990, Prentice-Hall.
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Sources • Roth, A.J., The Research Paper: Process, Form and Content, -7th ed., Belmont CA, 1995, Wadsworth • Weissberg, R., Buker, S., Writing Up Research: Experimental Research Report Writing for Students of English, New Jersey, 1990, Prentice-Hall
REPORT • Report: writing compiled information without making evaluation or interpretation • Documented report / paper : A report which documents its contents and acknowledges its resources.
Research paper • The main difference: evaluate and interpret information. Researchers have to develop a point of view, take a stand, express some original thought.
Research Papers do: • Show originality • Tell the discovery of a topic, judgment, interpretation, and evaluation of the discovery • Acknowledge all the sources • Show the author is part of a scholar/ intellectual community
Research Papers do not: • Summarize of an article or a book • Repeat other ideas uncritically • List a series of quotations • Give opinions without supported facts • Copy without acknowledging
FIVE STEPS FOR DOING A RESEARCH PAPER • Choosing the Subject: good subject leads to excellent paper • Collecting Information: SEARCH in library, internet, labs, interview, questioner. Use cards if you like. • Evaluating Materials: judging and weighing whether info is useful and relevant • Organizing Ideas: put together the materials • Writing the Paper: draft, document, revise, edit
Experimental Research Paper • Paper written to describe a research study based on experimental work • Published in journal, thesis, dissertation • Dept IF: • KP • TA
TYPICAL SECTIONS(Experimental R. Paper) • Abstract • Introduction • Method • Results • Discussion
JOB TRAINING and FINAL PROJECT (IF) • STEPS FOR JOB TRAINING ? • STEPS FOR FINAL PROJECT (IF) ?
SECTIONS IN FINAL PROJECT REPORT • Abstraksi • Pendahuluan • Dasar Teori • Analisis dan Perancangan • Implementasi dan Pengujian • Penutup: Kesimpulan dan Saran
Method Steps in conducting the study (Different) methods may influence results
Assignment1 on KP report • Due date Nov 30, by email. • Email subject: asg1 KP NIM1 NIM2 NIM3 • How many major sections does it contain? • What kind of information does each major section have? • How does the format of this report compare with general model given above
METHOD • Steps in conducting the study • Useful for readers interested in replicating or extending
Elements in Method Main: Procedural steps Material employed at each step Additional: Samples (technique and restriction) Statistical treatment
RESULTS • Present the findings • Sometimes combines with Discussion • Described in text or figures (graphs, tables, and diagrams)
Assignment 2 on Job Training Report (on Method and Result) • Not Compulsory • Email subject: asg1 KP NIM1 NIM2 NIM3 A. Method • Did you find the procedural description clear and easy to understand? • Other than procedures and materials, what additional elements were included B. Results • What was the actual result of the study? • Findings were presented in what kind of forms? • Was there any Discussion?
Assignment 2 (con’t) B. Results • What was the actual result of the study? • Findings were presented in what kind of forms? • Was there any Discussion?