The Language Center of AIT states that the way information is obtained is very important. If the information was some kind of survey or questionnaire then that should be stated in the Methodology section because it validates the information (Language Center of AIT). Another suggestion made by the Language Center of AIT is to not write a “how-to” article because the readers will understand the information at hand. They also list different ways to fit your methodology into your intro, lit review, method, results and discussion, and conclusion which is very helpful (Language Center of AIT). This website had very good ideas and ways to indicate your methodology into the paper as well as a lot of other useful information about research papers. I will certainly use this site in the future.
Kendra Van Wagner (2009) from About.com explains that “The method section should provide enough information to allow other researchers to replicate your experiment or study.” Wagner (2009) tells you exactly how to start your method section. She says to describe your participants, materials, design, and procedure to give the reader enough information about all four (Wagner, 2009). Wagner (2009) also provided a few tips about writing the method section, but the one that helped me best was to write it in past tense. I did not know that you needed to do that and that tip is the one that helped and informed me. Wagner helped break down the process of what needs done and I will certainly refer back to her site in the future as well.
Language Center of Asian Institute of Technology. Writing Up Research: Method and Research Design. Retrieved October 7, 2009, from http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/el21meth.htm
Wagner, K. V. (2009). How to: Write a Method Section. Retrieved October 7, 2009, from http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologywriting/ht/method.htm
