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    The introduction should begin generally by grabbing the reader's interest and explaining the importance of the research question. It then provides background context on previous related work to allow the reader to understand the scope and significance of the study. The introduction concludes by specifically stating the research goal and how the current study contributes to addressing the problem.

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    Writing an introduction

    The introduction answers the questions:

    • What am I studying?
    • Why is it an important question? Why should the reader read on?
    • What do we know already about it?
    • What basis do I need to provide (such that the reader can
    understand my study)?
    Introduction as an inverted triangle: moving from very general to very specific:

    General: including a “hook” to grab your readers

    Background
    Context
    Previous research
    Key references

    Specific: what is it you are contributing to the problem


    The introduction

    • includes a statement of the goal of the study: why it was undertaken


    • sets the context for your proposed project and must capture the reader's interest
    • explains the background of your study starting from a broad picture narrowing in on your
    research question
    • give sufficient background information to allow the reader to understand the context and
    significance of the question you are trying to address
    • reviews what is known about your research topic as far as it is relevant to your thesis
    • cites relevant references
    • all cited work should be directly relevant to the goals of the thesis
    • give enough references such that a reader could, by going to the library or on-line, achieve a
    sophisticated understanding of the context and significance of the question
    • try to cite those who had the idea or ideas first, but also cite those who have done the most
    recent and relevant work.
    • this is not a place to summarize everything you have ever read on a subject
    • explain the scope of your work, what will and will not be included (if you are answering only
    part of the question you are posing)
    • should be at a level that makes it easy to understand for readers with a general science
    background, for example your classmates (or your class advisor)
    Some writing tips

    • For long introductions give the reader already an indication earlier of what question you'll
    be addressing.
    • Be sure to include a hook at the beginning of the introduction. This is a statement of
    something sufficiently interesting to motivate your reader to read the rest of the paper, it is
    an important/interesting scientific problem that your paper either solves or addresses. You
    should draw the reader in and make them want to read the rest of the paper.
    • It can be useful to sketch out the introduction backwards, start with the specific focus of
    your study and work upward to the broader context. It is hard to write a good introduction
    until you know what the body of the paper says. Consider making a concept map, it will help
    to identify the elements you need in the introduction.

    • You can break up the introduction section into logical segments by using subheads.
    Writing an Introduction: class exercise

    Introduction to a published paper from the scientific


    literature

    14 sentences have been scrambled into random order.

    Break up into small groups of 2-3

    Try to unscramble and put the sentences back in proper


    order, moving from general to specific and from overall
    background to statement about this particular paper

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