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    This document provides useful phrases for describing methods in the Methods section of a research paper. It lists three categories: [1] describing previously used methods, [2] giving reasons why a particular method was adopted or rejected, and [3] indicating a specific method. Examples are given for each category that researchers can use when writing about the methods they employed in their study. The document aims to help writers clearly and effectively communicate their methodology to allow other researchers to understand and potentially replicate the study.

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    JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad (Autonomous)


    Hyderabad-500085

    Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

    Skills are needed when writing the methods

    In the Methods section of a dissertation or research article,


    writers give an account of how theycarried out their research.
    The Methods section should be clear and detailed enough for
    anotherexperienced person to repeat the research and reproduce
    the results. Where the methods chosenare new, unfamiliar or
    perhaps even controversial, or where the intended audience is
    from manydisciplines, the Methods section will tend to be much
    more extensive. Typical stretches of text foundin this section of
    a research article or dissertation along with examples of the kind
    of language usedfor these are listed below. Note that for most of
    the functional categories in this section, the verbsare written in
    the simple past tense.

    Useful English Phrases of Research paper writing in


    Methods Section
    1. Describing previously used methods
    To date various methods have been developed and introduced to
    measure X:
    In most recent studies, X has been measured in four different
    ways.
    Traditionally, X has been assessed by measuring….
    Different authors have measured X in a variety of ways.
    Previous studies have based their criteria for selection on ….
    The use of qualitative case studies is a well-established approach
    in ….
    This test is widely available, and has been used in many
    investigational studies.
    Case studies have been long established in X to present detailed
    analysis of ….
    Recently, simpler and more rapid tests of X have been
    developed.
    Radiographic techniques are the main non-invasive method used
    to determine ….
    A variety of methods are used to assess X. Each has its
    advantages and drawbacks.
    Data were gathered from multiple sources at various time points
    during ….

    2. Giving reasons why a particular method was adopted or


    rejected
    A case study approach was used to allow a ….
    Qualitative methods offer an effective way of ….
    A quantitative approach was employed since ….
    The design of the questionnaires was based on ….
    The X method is one of the more practical ways of ….
    The semi-structured approach was chosen because ….
    The X approach has a number of attractive features: ….
    The second advantage of using the multivariate method is ….
    For this study, the X was used to explore the subsurface ….
    Smith et al. (1994) identify several advantages of the case study,
    ….
    It was decided that the best method to adopt for this
    investigation was to ….
    The study uses qualitative analysis in order to gain insights into
    ….
    It was considered that quantitative measures would usefully
    supplement and extend the ….
    Many of the distributions were not normal so non-parametric
    signed rank tests were run.
    One advantage of the X analysis is that it avoids the problem of
    ….
    The sensitivity of the X technique has been demonstrated in a
    report by Smith et al (2011).
    However, there are certain drawbacks associated with the use of
    ….
    The main disadvantage of the experimental method is that ….
    A major problem with the experimental method is that ….
    There are certain problems with the use of focus groups. One of
    these is that there is less ….

    3. Indicating a specific method


    X was prepared according to the procedure used by Patel et al.
    (1957).
    The synthesis of X was done according to the procedure of
    Smith (1973).
    X was synthesised using the same method that was detailed for
    Y, using ….

    This compound was prepared by adapting the procedure used by


    Zhao et al. (1990).
    An alternative method for making scales homogenous is by
    using ….
    Samples were analysed for X as previously reported by Smith et
    al. (2012)

    Reference:

    Academic Writing Bank, University of Manchester.

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