commit 477b8873d68bc2a0b02b18b32092e752b0d7700b Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu> Date: Sun Aug 14 19:28:52 2022 -0400 Updates diff --git a/methodology.md b/methodology.md index bd297fe..6a05dec 100644 --- a/methodology.md +++ b/methodology.md @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ --- pagetitle: Writing the Methodology -version: 1.2 +version: 1.3 --- # Writing the Methodology The Methodology chapter provides details on the approach you used to -address your problem. +address the problem you specified in your problem statement. It is often helpful to think of *verbs* that you used to describe the work. e.g., - 1. *Design* game that isolates a player action. - 2. *Implement* method to gather network traces - 3. ... +1. *Design* a game that isolates a player action. +2. *Implement* a method to gather network traces +3. ... A common structure would briefly (1-2 sentences) restate the problem. commit 0a3a035cc794a63af63c86c0c68decfdb2d808f2 Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu> Date: Mon Aug 8 13:58:58 2022 -0400 Updates diff --git a/methodology.md b/methodology.md index 7b22ce5..bd297fe 100644 --- a/methodology.md +++ b/methodology.md @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ -# Methodology Writing Guidelines +--- +pagetitle: Writing the Methodology +version: 1.2 +--- -v1.1 +# Writing the Methodology The Methodology chapter provides details on the approach you used to address your problem. commit 5d315f5c8cdbfd2b4715ef1153e2d5cadb0fe093 Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu> Date: Mon Mar 8 17:54:42 2021 -0500 Updates diff --git a/methodology.md b/methodology.md index 4eaa408..7b22ce5 100644 --- a/methodology.md +++ b/methodology.md @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ It is often helpful to think of *verbs* that you used to describe the work. e.g., 1. *Design* game that isolates a player action. - 2. *Implement* method to gather network traces - 3. ... + 2. *Implement* method to gather network traces + 3. ... A common structure would briefly (1-2 sentences) restate the problem. commit 1b6f237249e0a07951642a50d0bb522a10207528 Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu> Date: Tue Jan 28 17:14:59 2020 -0500 Updates diff --git a/methodology.md b/methodology.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4eaa408 --- /dev/null +++ b/methodology.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# Methodology Writing Guidelines + +v1.1 + +The Methodology chapter provides details on the approach you used to +address your problem. + +It is often helpful to think of *verbs* that you used to describe the +work. e.g., + + 1. *Design* game that isolates a player action. + 2. *Implement* method to gather network traces + 3. ... + +A common structure would briefly (1-2 sentences) restate the problem. + +Then, have a list of steps up front, like the above. + +After that, there would be a sub-section, one for each step in the +list that provides details. + +For the details, what is often needed is *design rationale* that +provides reasons for the choices made in each step of the methodology. +For example, why was a particular toolkit or language chosen? Why was +the range of parameters for evaluation used? What alternatives were +considered but discarded? + +Where appropriate, the Methodology chapter can include details on how +an evaluation was done (e.g., through experiments). Sometimes, such +details would be in a different chapter, however. + +In most cases, the results from evaluation (typically in the form of +tables and charts) is a separate chapter and *not* part of the +Methodology chapter.