SOCECOL 10 Chapter 15: Chapter 15
1 Apr 2017
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Important to be able to share our findings and information to all populations effectively, not just other scientists. Includes the actual experiments or observations that generate new facts: argument. Our responsibility to communicate our findings in oral and written form. Directed towards our choice of audience: two types of audiences: scientists and nonscientists. Journal articles: have more precision, more explanations. You need to cite other people"s work, or it is plagiarism. Interpret the results in relation to themselves and in relation to what is already known about the phenomenon. Three major guidelines for referring to individuals and groups o. Requires precision and clarity and be specific. Gender is cultural, sex is to be used to distinguish males and females in the study. Refer to those who participated as participants and more specific terms (children, patients, etc) Purpose is to give an overall description of the experiment: of the purpose, method, results, and conclusions of the experiment.
