ABSTRACT
This chapter describes typical contents of an empirical research article; how to write about people's results; and ethical issues related to publishing and reviewing. It describes each of seven parts of an empirical, data-based, quantitative article: title, abstract, introduction/literature review, method, results, discussion, and references. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) article 'Standards for Reporting on Empirical Social Science Research in AERA Publications' describes two overarching principles that they call 'warranted' and 'transparency'; the former means that "adequate evidence should be provided to justify the results and conclusions'. The AERA Standards for Reporting say that there should be a statement describing whether and how the study contributes to enriching an established line of theory and research; a new theory; practical concerns; or remedying lack of information about a problem. The chapter explores what should be in the introductory section of a research article. It discusses some differences between 'copy' manuscripts to be submitted to journals and 'final' documents.
