PS375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Central Tendency, American Psychological Association, Vancouver System
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Author and collaborators must have a clear, shared understanding of the primary research objective and key findings of the paper to write a clear and concise story. Important to choose a potential journal and target audience at an early stage. Important to reward yourself when reaching intermediate and final goals. Structure your complete storyline before actually writing full sentences/paragraphs (prepare a skeleton) Use single word topics or one liners indicating main message of each paragraph. Gather key publications related to your paper and add notes under each heading w appropriate citations. Replace notes with rough sentences to build paragraphs (6-8 sentences) Make sure paragraph has head (first sentence that summarizes essence of paragraph) and a tail (bridge or final sentence that connects with next paragraph) The most important parts of a paper (the first thing editors see, the way people will search for your paper) Some journals only allow single titles, other subtitles possibly with a colon.
