Moves (peacCOCK)

Question 1

What are the moves for?

Answer 1

The method section
They are a stretch of text with a specific communicative function

Question 2

Move 1

Answer 2

Overview

• Short summary of the research method(s)

Question 3

Move 2

Answer 3

Research aims, questions, or hypotheses

• Description of research goals, the questions to be answered, or hypotheses

Question 4

Move 3

Answer 4

Subjects and/or materials

• The description of the people in the study
• The description of the materials in the study (for sciences)

Question 5

Move 4

Answer 5

Location

• A description of where it took place, and possibly why

Question 6

Move 5

Answer 6

Procedure

• A discussion of the process used to obtain the data

Question 7

Move 6

Answer 7

Limitation

• Shortcoming of the method, possibly accompanied with an explanation

Question 8

Move 7

Answer 8

Data analysis

• How the data was analysed