中南大学学术英语Chapter-6-writing-about-result

Chapter6WritingaboutresultsSchoolofInformationScienceandEngineeringCSUFunctionsofresultssentencesVerbtenseinResultssectionsOutlineGeneraldescription1•authorswritethemostimportantfindings•thefindingswillformpartoftheDiscussionsection.Inwritingsentencesaboutresults:onlyhighlightthemainpointsdon’trepeatresultsintablesorfiguresGeneraldescriptionEffectiveauthorsPublishedadvicefromeditors&researchers2•Tocheckthejournal’sInstructionstoContributors•Toseewhichformattheyprefer•ToexaminearticlesselectionwhentheInstructionsarenotexplicit.ResultsPresentedseparatelyfromtheDiscussionCombinedinResultsanddiscussionsection3Iftheseparatestyleisused4•ToconfineanycommentsintheResultssection•Toexplainwhatthenumbersshow•Don’tcomparethenumberswithotherresearch•Don’tsuggestexplanations•authorssometimescomparewithpreviouswork•thepointrelatestoacomponentofresults•itwillnotbediscussedindetailintheDiscussionIngeneral,keepingResultsandDiscussionsectionsseparateismorecommon.IntheResultssection5ThetextofaResultssectiontypically:HighlightstheimportantfindingsLocatesthefigure(s)ortable(s)wheretheresultscanbefoundCommentson(butdoesn’tdiscuss)theresultsFunctionsofresultssentences6Elementsthathighlightandlocate•combinedinthesamesentences•appearedinseparatesentences.Examplesofcombinedhighlight+locationstyles:7Measurementsofrootlengthdensity(Figure3)revealedthatthemajorityofrootsofbothcultivarswerefoundintheuppersubstratelayers.TheresponseofLucernerootgrowthtomanganeserateanddepthtreatmentswassimilartothatofshoots(Figure2).Exampleofaseparatelocationstatement:•Figure17showstheaveragenumberofvisitsperbird.8SA:QualityofServiceInterworkingoverHeterogeneousNetworksin5G•Figure8showstrafficsent/receivedforvideoconferenceandVoIPtrafficforScenario1.•Figure10showsHTTPtrafficsentandreceivedforScenario1.Task6.1SeparatelocationsentencesinResultssections9Answer:Kaiseretal.(2003):noseparatelocationsentencesoccur.Britton–SimmonsandAbbott(2008):onlyoneseparatelocationsentenceoccurs,anditiswritteninthestyleofhighlightsentence:•Weplottedtheproportionofplotsineachtreatmentcombinationthatweresuccessfullyinvadedasafunctionofpropagulepressure(Fig.3).SA:•ThetrafficreceivedforScenario1isreducedcomparedtootherscenarios(Figure9-a).However,trafficsentandreceivedforScenario1arealmostidentical(1.5%packetloss)asshowninFigure9-b.VerbtenseinResultssections1Thinkingofareasonfortheuseofdifferenttensesindifferentsentences.2Summarizeyourfindingsusingthefollowingsentencestarters:InResultssections,thepasttenseisusedtotalkabout…Thepresenttenseisusedinsentences…Modalverbsareused…10Task6.2VerbusageinResultssections•Pasttense(eitheractiveorpassivevoice)isbeusedwhenthesentencefocusesonthecompletedstudy:whatwasdoneandfound.11CommonuseoftenseinResultssections:SA:•JitterforvideoconferencetrafficforScenarios3and4arealmostzero,whilejitterinScenarios1and2isslightlyincreasedandreached4.5and4.1msrespectively.•ThepacketlossrateforHTTPtrafficstartedat225Secandthelossratewas1%,thisvalueincreasedto7%attheendofthesimulation.•Presenttenseisused:①Todescribean“alwaystrue”situation;②Whenthesentencefocusesonthedocument12SA:•Inthissimulationstudy,QoSmetricsend-to-enddelay,jitterandpacketlossarecollectedandanalyzed.End-to-enddelayisthelatencybetweenthesourceanddestinationwhichdirectlyaffectsusersatisfaction.•Packetlossrateisthepercentageofpacketswhichfailedtoreachthedestination.•Modalverbs(e.g.mayandcould)maybeusedincomments,especiallyinclauses13SA:•Foranidealsystem,jittershouldbezero,whichmeansthereshouldbenodelayvariationinthetimeforthereceivedpackets.•Ideally,thereshouldbenopacketlossforVoIP[14].Inthesesentences,’should’isinappropriateinaSA.ChooseonesubsectionoftheResultssectioninyourSA.Answerthefollowingquestionsanddiscussyourfindingswithacolleague.•Foreachverbinthesubsection,whydoyouthinktheauthor(s)chosetousethetensetheydid?•Dotheauthorsusetensesinthewaysdiscussedinthesectionabove?Ifnot,whatreasonscanyousuggest?Hint:Examplepapersfromyourowndisciplineprovidethemostaccurateguidelinesforyou.14Task6.3AnalyzingyourSAResultssectionforverbusageSuggestions:•Impossibletowriteabookaccurately•Togiveyoutoolsandquestionstoanalyze•Torefinetheguidelinesmakingthemaccurately15BegintodraftaResultssectionforyourownpaper(OA),writingaboutthetablesorfiguresyouhaveworkedonpreviously.16Task6.4DraftingyourownResultssectionResearchofbrain-computerinterfacebasedonmulti-featureintegrationandBPneuralnetwork4Experimentandresultanalysis4.1DesignofexperimentsystemTheEEGacquisitionsystemstructureasshowninFig.2,therecoveryofEEGsignalacquisitionelectrode,throughtheamplifieramplificationofweaksignals,filterinterference,andthenthroughtheAIDconversionfordigitalsignalprocessingissenttothehostcomputerviabluetooth.4.2ExperimentalconditionsandmethodsTheelectrodepositionisplacedinaccordancewiththeMontreolmethodandtheinternationalstandardlead10-20,asshowninfigure3.TheelectrodeswereplacedontheprefrontalcortexofthesubjectstocollectAlphawaves,andthearrowsreferredtotheelectrodeplacement,andtheearclampusedasthereferenceelectrodewasclipped