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Final blog assignment

Posted by Erica Tsai on 2008-07-29 in assignment, blogging

The program is already drawing to a close! It's time to reflect on your experiences. What did you learn? What did you like? What didn't you like? Will you be continuing in the lab? What's next for you? You don't have to answer all those questions in this post, but do consider what aspects of this summer you really valued.

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Poster Writing Tips: Abstract guidelines

Posted by Erica Tsai on 2008-07-23 in abstract, assignment, how-to, poster

An abstract is a broad summary of your research in a relatively few number of words. Writing a good abstract is an art. In the abstract you should provide a description of the background of your research project, the hypothesis being tested, methods of collecting data, results gathered, and your conclusions. Your abstract must be between 150 and 200 words, so this has to be done succinctly. Try following this structure: 1-2 sentences of introduction, be sure to emphasize your main question and/or hypotheses; 1-2 sentence of methods, describing the overall approach; 2-3 sentences of results and discussion/interpretation; 1-2 sentences of conclusion/implications/broader impacts.

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Poster Writing Tips: Results and Discussion section

Posted by Erica Tsai on 2008-07-21 in assignment, discussion, how-to, poster, results

Poster Writing Assignment 3: Results & Conclusions Please test print the most up-to-date version of your poster (with Introduction, Methods, & a 1st draft of your Results & Conclusions) and bring 2 copies to our morning meeting on Tues. 7/22. How do I write my Results and Conclusions section? Ok, so by now you should have some preliminary results. It’s time to start making sense of all this data. Use the following guidelines to help get you started:

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