ABSTRACT
Research articles typically follow a standard format for presentation in research journals. I have used this format to organize the following chapters.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide you with an overview of this framework as an introduction to the rest of the book. I begin by describing what a typical research study looks like with a brief explanation of each component. The fi rst three parts-title, abstract, and introductionare discussed more fully in this chapter, whereas separate chapters are dedicated to the remaining components. I provide you with examples of current research from different journals and have interspersed some exercises to help you develop an overall schema of the basic structure of a research article.
