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Detailed question-As an article has a limitation in word counts, what would be the best way of presenting interview data?

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Analyzing and presenting qualitative data in a research paper can be difficult. The Methods section is where one…

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Q: Do I have to report the results for each procedure described in the Methods section?

Detailed question-I recently read somewhere that the Results section should report the results for each method that you have used and discussed in the Methods section. But I always…

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Detailed question-I am doing a master degree in English Literature. Please! help me if anyone knows how to outline the third chapter "Research Methodology". What are the sections and the…

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Q: What percentage of duplicate content is acceptable for the Methods section?

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The percentage of similarity that a journal accepts is based on the journal's policy. This is something the editorial board decides…

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Q: Is approval from authors necessary if I use some of their measurements in my methods section?

Detailed question-The journal that I would like to submit my manuscript requests the guidelines for method used for research. In my case, I worked to measure for anxiety, notious, hope…

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A chronological literature review describes each work in succession starting with the earliest available information. Typically, in the…

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Q: Is using similar methods in two different papers considered salami slicing?

Detailed question-I submitted a paper P1 to a journal J1 in which I proposed a method to solve a problem PR1 (at this moment it is Under Review). Now, I want to submit another paper P2 to…

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It is acceptable to use the same or very similar methods in two different papers. If the focus of the two papers is sufficiently…

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Q: Is it ethical to submit two papers using similar methods, but different materials and application?

Detailed question-We have written two manuscripts where the "Abstract" and "Methodology" are similar, but the "Materials" and their "Application" are different. We have submitted the…

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It is not unethical to write two different papers using a similar methodology provided the two studies are completely different in…

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Q: Should I include the keyword density map in the methods section?

Detailed question-Hi, I have 9 interviews for a master's thesis paper. In the results section, I plan to mention the most common words used in the interviews that are also related to the…

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