{"id":5479,"date":"2019-03-27T12:26:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/8-dos-and-8-donts-of-writing-an-engaging-study-background\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:00:44","slug":"8-dos-and-8-donts-of-writing-an-engaging-study-background","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/8-dos-and-8-donts-of-writing-an-engaging-study-background","title":{"rendered":"8 Dos and 8 don&#8217;ts of writing an engaging study background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">While presenting your research findings, it is important for you to introduce your topic and set the context for your research. Your readers should know why your research topic is important and how it will contribute to the development of knowledge in your field. You need to establish the background of your study in the Introduction section of your research paper such that it prompts the readers to read the rest of your paper. There are some mistakes researchers commonly make when writing their study background. This infographic will help you avoid these mistakes and also equip you with tips for writing an engaging study background.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Feel free to download a PDF version of this infographic and use it as a handy reference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%227790%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/8%20Dos%20and%208%20Don%27ts%20of%20writing%20an%20engaging%20study%20background.png\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-the-background-of-your-study\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">How to write the background of your study<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-the-background-to-the-study-in-a-research-paper\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">How to write the background to the study in a research paper?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-can-i-make-the-background-of-my-study-engaging\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">How can I make the background of my study engaging?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2426],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5479","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-study-background-introduction"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 Dos and 8 don&#039;ts of writing an engaging study background | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The background of the study is an important aspect of your research paper. 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