10-second guide to writing a Methodology Section of a Research Paper
by tdaxp ~ December 23rd, 2007
Jotted this off early November., and have referred back to it several times. The best class I ever had on this was scope and methods of political science, but it clearly has taken me time to internalize the “method” behind methods.
1. Brief description of Design of Experiment (DOE)
2. How this experiment is designed
2a. factors
2b. IVs
2c. DVs
3. How this experiment is performed
3a. how factors vary
3b. how IVs are varied
3c. how DVs are varied
4. How this experiment is analyzed
4a. how data is gathered
4b. how data is transformed
4c. How data is computed