There are many ways in which scientists from all around the world discuss and finally tell the public about the results that they have produced. Three ways will be outlined in this assignment.

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1.4 – Scientific Communication

Task 1 – How to publicise your results

When a scientist finishes an experiment and analyses the results produces, they often need to communicate the results to others so that that the experiment and results re described. However this is done, it will need to be peer reviewed. This is when communications such as reports and papers are analysed by other scientists to see if the methods used are correct, if there are any errors or if there is any ideas that will conflict with the results.

There are many ways in which scientists from all around the world discuss and finally tell the public about the results that they have produced. Three ways will be outlined in this assignment.  

One way that scientists communicate their findings is by writing up a scientific paper. Scientists do this to inform the reader about research that they have conducted clearly and to make sure that the experiment can be repeated by someone else. The usual format of a scientific report is:

  1. Title
  2. Author: The scientists that wrote the paper
  3. Abstract: A summary of the aim or hypothesis, results and conclusion
  4. Introduction: Other information about the field and the aim of the study
  5. Materials and Methods: All resources used and how the experiment done
  6. Results: Descriptions of observations with figures and data
  7. Discussion: Contains a conclusion and evaluation and any future work relating to the study
  8. References: Bibliography of different sources used

Another way that scientists communicate is by making a scientific poster. These posters can be used to show unpublished work at conferences or universities. The poster must be designed to that it can be understood by its audience. The author of the poster stands beside the poster so that if questions can be answered, results can be explained and work can be discussed.

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The poster should be:

  • Visually attractive with pictures, diagrams and graphs
  • Concise and informative
  • Split up into sections similar to the sections that would be used in a scientific report
  • Labelled with the author’s name, email address and place of study

One more way that scientists communicate is by doing an oral presentation. A PowerPoint presentation may also be used to accompany the speaker (in this case a scientist) and handouts of the presentation can be distributed. This type of communication can be done in different scenarios. One scenario is a university lecture. This requires the speaker ...

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