How to Outline Your Scientific Research Paper

This video covers how to outline a scientific paper. Outlines provide an overview of essential elements necessary in a scientific paper and help the scientific author organize their material to create a logical presentation of their research before getting into the nitty gritty of writing the narrative. Starting with an outline is particularly important for inexperienced writers. I show how to use the outlining function in Microsoft Word and illustrate the process with an example.
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This is incredibly useful for students like myself.
Could you perhaps create links in your description boxes in your videos where you allow access to your presentation material. This is a very very useful outline.

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Sorry. The materials used to create the video are not posted online. However, it's easy to create your own template outline.

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When should I start writing? After finishing the experiment? Before starting? Does writing help to correct/develop experiments?

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In my opinion, the earlier you begin writing the paper, the better. Often, you can write the introduction (or parts of it) and the methods before the experiment is started. I would either begin a text document or a PowerPoint in which I spelled out the topic, the hypothesis or questions, the methods, the experimental design, the study site, and the implications of different outcomes. As I added to this working document and thought about the topic, I often identified secondary experiments or analyses that needed to be done. If I had waited until the experiment was over, it would have been too late to collect those additional data that made the difference between a good paper and an excellent one. Also, by writing parts of the paper early, you will have less of a daunting job ahead of you when you finish the study.
I talk a bit about writing early in this video: The Secret to Becoming a Better Writer:
czcams.com/video/5M8TJFkKrJk/video.html