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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
Your introduction should be short: not more than 2-3 pages and 5-6 paragraphs. Your introduction should only seek to do three things | Your introduction should be short: not more than 2-3 pages and 5-6 paragraphs. Your introduction should only seek to do three things: | ||
# Introduce and motivate your work. | # Introduce and motivate your work. | ||
# Establish the importance, relevance, and impact of your work | # Establish the importance, relevance, and impact of your work providing a clear answer to the question, "Why should a reader care?" | ||
# | # In the final paragraph, lay out the organization of the rest of the paper. | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
There is more general advice on the topic of writing an introduction and background section [[CommunityData:Advice on writing a background section to an academic paper|elsewhere on the wiki]] but, given a solid introduction that does its job, your background section should only needs to do two additional things: | There is more general advice on the topic of writing an introduction and background section\ [[CommunityData:Advice on writing a background section to an academic paper|elsewhere on the wiki]] but, given a solid introduction that does its job, your background section should only needs to do two additional things: | ||
# Define the terms you'll be using in your study. | # Define the terms you'll be using in your study. | ||
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=== Bibliography === | === Bibliography === | ||
Straight-forward enough but read it carefully before you submit. Misspelled authors names don't seem like a huge deal but they can haunt you | Straight-forward enough but read it carefully before you submit. Misspelled authors names don't seem like a huge deal but they can haunt you and the misspelled authors ''will'' notice. | ||
=== Appendix === | === Appendix === |