Scientific Writing for Psychology Lessons in Clarity and Style 2nd Edition by Robert Kail ISBN 1544309627 978-1544309620

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ISBN 10: 1544309627
ISBN 13: 978-1544309620
Author: Robert Kail

In the Second Edition of Scientific Writing for Psychology, veteran teacher, editor and author, Robert V. Kail provides straightforward strategies along with hands-on exercises for effective scientific writing in a series of seven lessons. Kail shares an abundance of writing wisdom with “tools of the trade”―heuristics, tips, and strategies―used by expert authors to produce writing that is clear, concise, cohesive, and compelling. The exercises included throughout each extensively class-tested lesson allow students to practice and ultimately master their scientific writing skills.

Scientific Writing for Psychology Lessons in Clarity and Style 2nd Table of contents:

1 Writing Clearly

What Makes Some Writing Hard to Read?

Strategies For Writing Clear, Direct Sentences

Writing Long Sentences Clearly

Wrap-Up

For Practice

2 Adding Emphasis

Conveying Emphasis Through Word Choice

Conveying Emphasis Through Sentence Structure

Cut Unnecessary Material at the End of a Sentence

Put Context-Setting Material at the Beginning of a Sentence

Move Important Elements Toward the End of the Sentence

Wrap-Up

For Practice

3 Writing Concisely, With Some Spice

Writing Concisely

Change Negatives to Affirmatives

Delete What Readers Can Infer

Replace Phrases With Words

Delete Adverbs and Adjectives

Adding Spice

Writing Actively

Figures of Speech

Creating New Words

Wrap-Up

For Practice

4 The Art of Fine Paragraphs

Structure

The Topic Sentence

Paragraph Development

Concluding Sentence

Flow

Sentence Transitions

A Common Perspective

Length

Wrap-Up

For Practice

5 Framing an Introduction

Stating the Problem (and Hooking the Reader!)

Providing the Rationale for Your Work

Put Issues, Ideas, and Findings in the Foreground and Studies and Scientists in the Background

Be Fair in Describing the Literature

Cite Previous Work Selectively

Stating (or Restating) the Hypotheses and Linking Them to the Design

Wrap-Up

For Practice

6 Reporting Results

Getting Started

Describing the Findings

Findings From Experimental Research

Findings From Correlational Research

Assembling the Pieces

Wrap-Up

For Practice

7 Discussing Your Findings

Some Common Mistakes

A Template for a Successful Discussion Section

Ending Strong

Wrap-Up

For Practice

Epilogue: Writing a Title, Abstract, and Method Section

The Title

Abstract

Method

An Illustrative Manuscript

Appendix: Submitting the Manuscript for Publication

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