Chap 6 & 7 reading

Chapter six discusses some important things to keep in mind when doing research. They bring up the relationship between writing done in school and at work. While during school there is much time to explore lots of areas, for work you must conduct your research efficiently because you are paid for your time and cannot waste it. You can't afford to spend alot of time on a dead end because there is often people waiting your response. They also talk about the idea of a research plan that you could prepare before hand to keep you on track. One of the good points they make is to not wait until the end of the research before you start thinking about the interpretation of the results. I think that this is a good idea because it allows you to plan ahead for your writing and also connect it to other areas or leads.

Chapter seven is organizing and arranging your research and information correctly for the type of writing you will be using it in. It is basically helping you to put the most important stuff where it needs to be keeping all the details with the appropriate generalization. This is a particular part where i differ in ideas about the order of results and conclusions. The book says that you should give your findings in a quick generalization first so that the reader can get the answer without reading alot. However I think that if the conclusion is not one that you think the reader will be pleased with, then it might be best to share the results first so the reader knows why. Mainly I am talking about a failure or other situation in which you write about something the reader will not like or heavily disagree with.