Reporting And Critical Evaluation Of Biological Research- Background Information Flashcards
What should reports contain?
-An explanatory title
-An abstract including aims and fundings
-An intro explaining the purpose and context of the study including the use of several sources, supporting statements, citations and references
What should a title include?
the title should provide a succinct explanation of the investigation and include the independent and dependent variables. It should also include the organism/system/molecule being studied
What does the abstract do?
It outlines the main findings and aim of the investigation. It summarises how each variable has been altered/measured and the main findings that altering the independent variable has had on the dependent variable
What is the aim?
There will be at least one aim in an investigation but often more. an aim must link the independent and dependent variables
What is an example of an aim?
The aim of the investigation was to measure the effect of changing (independent variable) on (dependent variable) in (the study of the organism/system/molecule)
What should the introduction provide?
It provides any information required to support the choices of method, results and discussion. An introduction should explain why the study has been carried out and place the study in the context of existing understanding. Key points should be summarised and supporting and contradictory information identified. Several sources should be selected to support statements and citations and references should be in a standard form. Decisions regarding basic selection of study methods and organisms should be covered as should the aims and hypotheses
What is included in the hypothesis?
The introduction should include at least one hypothesis. This is a prediction for the outcome of the investigation if a certain theory were true. The hypothesis is the statement that the investigation is designed to test
What is included in the references?
When scientists write introductions for their reports (and when you write your introduction for your AH project) they often use scientific journal articles, webpages and textbooks. The writers of these are then credited for their work by citation and referencing
What are the two main ways you can reference in a project?
The harvard and the vancouver method
What is a definition of the Harvard method
The works cited in the running texts are identified by the name of the author and the year of publication
What is the Vancouver method?
Each piece of work cited within the text is identified by a unique number of work is cited more than once the same citation number must be used.
