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It's an article and not a power-point slide. There's nothing wrong with the format. The outline you gave is more appropriate for slide-deck talks where the aud
by crispyambulance 5y ago
It's an article and not a power-point slide. There's nothing wrong with the format.
The outline you gave is more appropriate for slide-deck talks where the audience is captive and they're apt to be unconscious during the middle.
- canjobear 5y agoIt's also the standard for scientific papers.
- eigenket 5y agoThat depends on the field, especially in areas of pure maths I see this "slide-deck" style way less.
- hprotagonist 5y agothere isn’t a universal standard for scientific papers. more’s the pity.
- wisty 5y agoI think science has the abstract (tell em what you'll tell em) then the body and a discussion which is more "OK, now that I got you're attention, here is what I actually think but can't prove".
- crispyambulance 5y agoRight, but it's also not a scientific paper.
- Ar-Curunir 5y agoScience is a very broad term, and writing style varies between research groups, let alone between fields.
- adrianmonk 5y agoThe reason I'd like part 1 (tell them what you're going to tell them) is it helps me answer the question, "Is this relevant and interesting enough to me to spend the time reading it?" In a sense, I need part 1 because I'm not a captive audience. If this were (say) a lecture in a college class, then it's a foregone conclusion that I'm using the time, so I might as well pay attention. But since it's a web article, I have the choice to keep reading or close the browser tab. I'd prefer to be able to make an informed choice.
- wrycoder 5y agoThis is what I was getting at. I had to scan the whole thing to find out if it was something I wanted to read about. Turns out, it wasn’t.