Chapter 8

Question 1

Why are journals considered top tier for research publications?

Answer 1

First, journal submissions undergo a tightly controlled peer review to ensure the research is novel, correct, and carried out according to accepted standards in the
field.

Second, journals are archived in major libraries around the world; thus, research published in a journal is readily available to other researchers.

Question 2

practitioners

Answer 2

the engineers and designers of products

Question 3

submission differences journals and conferences

Answer 3

journals have relaxed requirements for the format of submissions, conferences don’t.

Question 4

title

Answer 4

is concise, identifies the subject area, and narrows the scope of the work.

Question 5

abstract

Answer 5

concise, single paragraph, summary of the paper,

Question 6

introduction

Answer 6

gives the context for the
research, finishes with a statement indicating the need to test the idea in an empirical evaluation

Question 7

method

Answer 7

section of a research paper tells the reader how the experiment was designed and carried out

Question 8

conclusion

Answer 8

summarizes what you did, restates the important findings, and restates the contribution