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Writing about statistics in your academic research paper

Statistics
The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides a brief guide on how to write about statistics in a research paper.
-- Explaining statistics accurately and precisely will help
-- Strengthen arguments
-- Read statistics for optimal comprehension
-- Provides prompts regarding questions you should ask yourself while reading and note-taking
-- Explains reading and writing challenges
-- Clarifies terminology: mean (arithmetic meaning), median, and mode
-- Applying statistics to the point/argument you are presenting
-- Avoiding misrepresentations
-- Writing clearly and accurately about statistics
-- Linking these explanations to the statistics
-- Summarizing and writing the discussion

Writing about statistics in your academic research paper
Statistics: Critical reading and note-taking guide
-- Provides key questions about statistics
-- Helps you to discern accurate information about statistics needed to strengthen arguments in the psychology research paper
-- Supports developing critical reading, critical thinking, and critical writing skills
-- Helps you focus on accurately and clearly writing about statistics, connecting the discussion on statistics to the research question and supporting arguments
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The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2018). Statistics. In "The Writing Center: Tips & Tools." Retrieved October 28, 2018, from https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-andtools/statistics/