Understanding Scientific Journals And Articles Quiz - Orc Course 2 - Lecture 1

A textbook written by physicist

a newspaper article written by a biologist

Laboratory notes written by a chemist

A scientific journal article written by a biologist

By citing as many references as possible

By describing past work and how their results fit in

By using established methods to conduct their research

By separating the raw data from their interpretation

To provide a concise summary of the work

So the abstract can be included in search databases

So the importance of the work can be quickly assessed

All of these answers are correct.

Abstract

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Result

Scientific journals have many more readers than magazines.

Only other scientists are interested in reading about research.

Journals review articles more rigorously and tend to be focused on one specialty.

Research must be shown to be correct before the wider population can read it.

It creates an archive that we reference.

It makes finding information easier

It helps other scientists reproduce the research.

All of the above.

Give us a research project to retry.

Provide information that we can use in our own project.

Tell us the proven facts about our subject.

Show us what has been done and what to avoid researching.