4. Quality of Research and Scientific Writing
Section outline
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Outline
1. Scientific writing and plagiarism
2. Validity of research
Indicative structure of a scientific report:
See examples of SMS/SLR above for the structure and organisation. Do not hesitate to reproduce!
Abstract1. Introduction- motivation / problem setting- outline of your contribution- presentation of the remainder of the document2. Background / Related works- background: explains the main terms- related works: demonstrate the problem relevance and justify the need for new research- positioning: explains how your work is different from related works3. Research methodology- presentation/justification of choice of methodology- definition of a research protocol- definition of RQ4. Solution/results/ analysis (following a protocol from 3.)- Data collection- Data analysis- Answering each RQ from 35. Validation/discussion of results- threats of validity / mitigation strategies----- E.g.: applicability, generalisability, relevance, reproducibility etc.7. Conclusion/future work- openings for the future researchBibliographyAppendicesLecture notes/supporting materials
 
                                
                                    
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