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Nikki Longden,Nikki Longden,Communication Systems &Communication Systems &
Robert Blake, SLDCRobert Blake, SLDC
WRITING UP YOURWRITING UP YOURMINIMINI--PROJECTPROJECT
Workshop 2Workshop 2Assessment & ReferencingAssessment & Referencing
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In workshop 2:
How your report will be assessed: what are
lecturers looking for?
Referencing and avoiding plagiarism
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PART 1PART 1
WH AT LECTURERS AREWH AT LECTURERS ARELOOKING FOR IN MINILOOKING FOR IN MINI--PROJECTPROJECTREPORTSREPORTS
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Communications Fundamentals :
It is particularly important for you to demonstrate
that you understand signal representations in
Matlab & digital filtering
You should not copy anything directly from the
exercise handout
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Each exercise may require you to apply a numberof techniques to reach the solutionExercises 1 to 4 ask you to discuss specific resultswithin the report
You do need to discuss the results of the otherexercises & why you have chosen specifictechniquesExplaining systems & the results you obtain will get
you higher marks than perfect code
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Although you may work in small groups to complete
your tasks, the report that you generate must be
individual work & demonstrate your understanding ofthe work undertaken
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We do not want a large section on backgroundinformation XXWe do not want to see the exercises, or other text,copied from the handouts XXWe do not want to see results without anexplanation or an evaluation XXWe do not want to see unlabelled figures or tables XXWe do not want to see figures or tables that are notreferred to explicitly in the body of text do not just
stick graphs inXX
We do not want to see a references a list of bookswhich you have read but you do not referencematerial from XX
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Referencing if you want to use someone elses work,
then you should put it in your own words & referencewhere it came from
A short introduction telling us what you have done foreach exercise
A discussion of the design of your solution Your results label the graphs or you will lose marks (axeswith units, title & caption)
A discussion & evaluation of your results & what they
show you
A conclusion
A table of contents & list of figures
An abstract this is not an introduction but a complete
overview of your report in 100 200 words
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A title page
A declaration
All code that you have generated for the mini
project in a structured appendix: this can be inprinted form at the end of your report or on a CD
Any scripts, questionnaires, story boards etc.
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If you use a CD it must be labelled with your name &mini project & securely attached to the report
The items contained in the Appendix must bereferred to in the body of the report
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Do not leave the report to the last minute!
The report should be a coherent body of work tellingus what you have done & what you have found out
The report is an individual piece of work, it shouldnot be written as a group or plagiarised, i.e. copiedfrom somewhere else without reference
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NB - Completing a mini project task correctly or to ahigh standard & obtaining the correct results doesnot automatically entitle you to the full marks
availableThe report is your way to show us what you havedone & found out during your mini project
The report & anything included as an Appendix toyour report is the only thing that we can mark yourentire mark for the mini project depends upon it
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Comments about th
e Introduction to C & Matlabreports:These were not completed to MSc standardIn some cases there was no description of the tasks
undertaken, only a presentation of the results obtained.In other cases there was only a description of the tasksundertaken
Missing report elements:
Page numbers Figure captions, labels & units Contents pages, list of figures & lists of tables
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Comments about t h e Introduction to C & Matlab reports:
There was poor use of scientific English you must bespecific & precise in the language you use
In some cases there was poor use of English
Conclusions should not include general statements aboutthe exercises such as they were very hard, I learned alot from them, they were interesting
An abstract is not an introduction to the report but a
summary of what you have undertaken & what you havefound out / understood / produced
I & we can be used in video production reports
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Comments about t h e Introduction to C & Matlab reports:
Incorrect section numbering
Sections were not always given a title
Use of overlong quotations in the introduction
Formulae should not have a captionFigures and tables should be centred and should not expand
further than the text into the margins
Referencing, especially for web based resources, was notalways in the correct style
Sections were given in the wrong order
Do not copy any text at all from the handout!
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PART 2PART 2REFERENCING AND AVOIDINGREFERENCING AND AVOIDING
PLAGIARISMPLAGIARISM
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Plagiarism means using other writers ideas, words orframeworks without acknowledgement. It means that
you are falsely claiming that the work is your own. This
can range from copying whole papers, paragraphs,sentences or phrases without acknowledgement to
merely changing a word or two within a sentence.
AVOIDING PLAGIARISMAVOIDING PLAGIARISM
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From Purdue University, http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html accessed 14 May 2003
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1. Copying a paragraph verbatim from a source without any
acknowledgement.2. Copying a paragraph and making small changes - e.g. replacing a fewverbs, replacing an adjective with a synonym; acknowledgement in thereferences.3. Cutting and pasting a paragraph by using sentences of the original butomitting one or two and putting one or two in a different order, noquotation marks; with an in-text acknowledgement plus references.4. Composing a paragraph by taking short phrases from a number ofsources and putting them together using words of your own to make acoherent whole with an in-text acknowledgement + references.5. Paraphrasing a paragraph by rewriting with substantial changes inlanguage and organisation; the new version will also have changes in theamount of detail used and the examples cited; citing in references.6. Quoting a paragraph by placing it in block format with the sourcecited in text & references.
[Carroll J. 2000 Teaching News November, 2000. Based on an exercise in Academic Writing for Graduate Students by Swales and Feale, University of Michigan, 1993] onhttp://www.ilt.ac.uk/resources/Jcarroll.htm Accessed 12/05/2003 ]
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Why do we bring other scientists results into
our work?
Bringing ot h er scientists results into your writingBringing ot h er scientists results into your writing
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To demonstrate to readers & examiners that we arefamiliar with the field & that we have been selective inreviewing relevant studies
To provide an overview of current knowledge in aparticular area of application and or/methodology
To provide a context for our current study and to locateour it within a specific fieldTo review other studies criticallyTo highlight a gap in knowledge, areas of application, etcTo justify the use of a particular methodology or area of
application,To establish the validity of data citedTo construct scientific knowledge on the basis of other
scientists findings.
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Looking at slide 18, which do you think are the mostimportant reasons for citing other scientists?
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We can either do this by rephrasing the originalin our own words & adding an acknowledgement.
This can either through:
1 - summarysummaryor
2 - parap h raseparap h rase
Direct quotation & acknowledgement is rarely used
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When referring other studies, they need to beintegrated into your report.
You need to use your own writing style: your voice,rather than the disconnected styles of otherresearchers.
So when you refer to another writer, you should begin
& end in your own impersonal voice, with the middle
part consisting of paraphrase or summary of the source
Integrating sources into your reportIntegrating sources into your report
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When youve paraphrased or summarised another writer,always acknowledge the source. You can do this in 2 ways:1) Paraphrase the idea, then give the surname of theauthor + year of publication in brackets or referencenumber e.g.
Statistical analysis can be used to demonstrate [Berridge2002] or [2]
This method emphasises the study.
2) Begin the sentence with the authors surname + year ofpublication in brackets e.g. Berridge [2002] or [2] hasdemonstrated that statistical analysis can be used This method emphasises the author you are citing.
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References should list alphabetically all the sources (books,journal, webs material etc) that you have used in the text. Do notinclude common knowledge:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
There are 2 main methods of listing references
1. in alphabetical order i.e. sorted by surname (Harvard)
2. In numerical ordering of appearance in the body of thedissertation/thesis.
See http://www.uefap.co.uk/writing/writfram.htm
Consult your postgrad handbook for format.
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Curtis, P.S. (2003) UMB S Forest Carbon CycleResearch. UMBS research. Ameriflux network. UMBSdata access.http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/ftp/ameriflux/data/us-
sites/preliminary-data/UMBS (data accessed onFebruary 14, 2003)
Wofsy, S.C. and J. W. Munger (2003), HarvardUniversity. Atmospheric Sciences. Forest and
Atmospheric Measurements. Data exchange. NIGECdata archive. http://www-as.harvard.edu/data/nigec-data.html (accessed on June 23, 2003)
W eb references in t h e reference list: aut h orW eb references in t h e reference list: aut h or year systemyear system
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[1] Curtis, P.S. UMB S Forest Carbon Cycle Research.UMBS research. Ameriflux network. UMBS dataaccess.http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/ftp/ameriflux/data/us-
sites/preliminary-data/UMBS (data accessed onFebruary 14, 2003)
[2] Wofsy, S.C. and J. W. Munger, Harvard University.Atmospheric Sciences. Forest and AtmosphericMeasurements. Data exchange. NIGEC data archive.http://www-as.harvard.edu/data/nigec-data.html(accessed on June 23, 2003)
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From the following reference list, answer the followingquestions:
1 - What information is given in a reference?2 - What order is the information given in?3 - What style is used for presenting the information?
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References[1] The MathWorks Inc., 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2098.
Communications Toolbox U sers Guide , fourth edition, May 2001.[2] The MathWorks Inc., 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2098.
Signal Processing Toolbox U sers Guide , seventh edition, June2001.
[3] A. Bateman. Digital Communications. Design For The RealWorld . Addison-Wesley, 1999.
[4] J. O. Smith III. Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform(DFT). W3K,2003.
[5] Douglas Comer. Computer Networks and Internets. PrenticeHall , second edition,1999.
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In small groups, read the articles that have been givento you
Write a short paraphrase of the content for eacharticle.
Be sure to include citations in the paraphrase.
Create a reference list for all of the source documents
Referencing exerciseReferencing exercise
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For further advice see Andy Gilletts very helpful
UEFAP site. Look under citation and reporting
http://www.uefap.co.uk/writing/writfram.htm
MAKING A REFERENCELIST
Again look at Andy Gilletts page on writing, then
look for references :
http://www.uefap.co.uk/writing/writfram.htm
Citation & referencing: furt h er h elpCitation & referencing: furt h er h elp
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