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Material Type: Assignment; Class: Mentored Research III; Subject: Biology; University: Christian Brothers University; Term: Unknown 1989;
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The function of the Discussion is to interpret your results in light of what was already known about the subject of the investigation, and to explain our new understanding of the problem after taking your results into consideration. What do your observations mean? The Discussion will always connect to the Introduction by way of the question(s) or hypotheses you posed and the literature you cited, but it does not simply repeat or rearrange the Introduction. Instead, it tells how your study has moved us forward from the place you left us at the end of the Introduction.
Avoid redundancy between the discussion and the results. Do not waste entire sentences restating your results; if you need to remind the reader of the result to be discussed, use "bridge sentences" that relate the result to the interpretation. You must relate your work to the findings of other studies - including previous studies you may have done and those of other investigators. You may find crucial information in someone else's study that helps you interpret your own data, or perhaps you will be able to reinterpret others' findings in light of yours. In either case you should discuss reasons for similarities and differences between yours and others' findings. Do not introduce new results in the Discussion. Make explanations complete. Give evidence for each conclusion. Discuss possible reasons for expected and unexpected findings. End the discussion with a summary of the points you want the reader to remember. This is the appropriate place to suggest specific studies that will serve some purpose. Finish stating your conclusions.