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4.4 Argumentation

Course subject(s) 4. Reporting your findings

Argumentation

The goal of a scientific report is to convince your reader of the conclusions of your research project. In this section, you will learn more about the tools you can use for that aim: argumentation, proper word choices, use of references, and figures and tables. This first section will deal with argumentation.

Argumentation

The most important tool to convince your readers of your result, is argumentation: you show the chain of reasoning that leads from your assumptions to your conclusions. Each statement in this chain is either introduced as an assumption, or supported by evidence (a calculation perhaps, or a reference), or follows logically from the preceding statements.

To get a feeling for this, it might help to embrace your inner three-year-old: Ask yourself “why?” after every single sentence. Each of these questions should be answered in the report itself to provide a complete chain of reasoning.

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