Writing a Scientific Paper

What are the parts of a scientific paper?

• Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited

• Title, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited

• Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited

• Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited

The title has to be always in form of a question

• True

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• False

The abstract has to be written in around 400 words

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• True

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The abstract is the most important part of the paper

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• True

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The abstract also needs to be as concise as possible

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• False

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The Abstract: it contains brief statements of the purpose and methods

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• True

 

In the introduction you don´t explain why it was important that you performed the study.

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The introduction should provide a long background, focusing on the aspects under investigation

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In the methodology, you should describe how you performed the study, with sufficient detail

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You don´t have to include the steps taken to validate the technique or assay when writing the methodology section

• False

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• True