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Writing in Science

Writing the Scientific-Format Paper

Introduction and Examples

Methods and Materials

Description of activity

Description of assumptions

Use of specialized equiqment

Use of a certain technique

Description of statistical analysis

Use tables and figures effectively

Achieving the Scientific Voice

Applying the Principles, Example 1

Applying the Principles, Example 2

Two Tips for Sentence Clarity

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Example Description of Statistical Analysis

We used Wilcox rank-sum tests for all comparisons of pre-experimental scores and for all comparisons of hue, saturation, and brightness scores between various groups of birds ... All P-values are two-tailed unless otherwise noted. (Brawner et al., p. 955)

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