How to write a DISCUSSION for scientific research papers | Step-by-step breakdown
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00:58 How the breakdowns work
02:10 The scope of your paper
04:04 Six key parts of a discussion section
07:41 Breakdown of an "ideal" discussion
14:03 Biggest mistake #1
15:39 Biggest mistake #2
16:46 Biggest mistake #3
18:17 How to "breakdown" your own discussion
For access to the original manuscript: - Deak et al., PNAS (2019), 116 (18) 8966-8974; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1820417116
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You can read the full blog post of this breakdown of a discussion of a scientific research paper here - bit.ly/2Vb8VRN
The History of my Manuscript Breakdowns
One of the thing I wanted to do at ButlerSciComm was develop formulas scientists could use to write their manuscripts faster and with less stress.
I developed the formulas I now teach by reading tons of manuscripts across disciplines and from the top journals, comparing papers that I considered to be "good", "readable", and "understandable" to papers that were "dense", "difficult to interpret", or well, "boring."
The 6 key points you need to include in a discussion - bit.ly/3aMyDCN
I've already shared a post including the 6 key points you need to have in your discussion and the discussion will be the first breakdown section we do together.
The 6 key points are:
1. Summary of results
2. Critical analysis of your results
Interprets the significance of your results for the reader
3. Relate results to field
Shows how your results fit into the field as a whole
4. Relate results to gap
Shows how your results relate to the gap in the field, i.e., edge of current knowledge
5. Beyond current knowledge
Speculation about how the field has changed or new hypotheses that can be made
6. Future directions
Future studies that can address new hypotheses or limitations to your current study
Initial breakdown:
Using the discussion from this paper, I walk you through how an ideal discussion is arranged, color coding the different key parts of a discussion as I have outlined above.
-Notice that there is a definite trend to the way the colors are distributed in this discussion section - the colors trend from the lightest concentrated at the top to the darkest at the bottom.
-This lines up nicely with what we know of the scope of the discussion - it should move the reader from the narrowest scope (your research) to the widest scope, which relates this work to the field as a whole.
-Notice that there are 4 paragraphs, and there are some distinct groupings between the colors present in the different paragraphs.
-The three different types of paragraph you'll find in a discussion:
--Blue (first): mostly grey (recap of results) and some of color #4 (the GAP in the field)
--Green (middle paragraphs): contain all colors, trend from lightest to darkest within paragraphs
--Orange (last): mostly last 3 colors (widest scope)
-The first paragraph, in the blue bracket, I term the introduction to the discussion.
This paragraph summarizes the key results of the paper (gray color) and relates them directly to the gap in the field that you sought to address with this paper.
-The second and third paragraphs, in green brackets, are the meat of the discussion.
These paragraphs take a key result and relate it back out to the field and then beyond the field by relating it to as many of the parts of a discussion (as many colors) as possible.
-The last paragraph, in the orange bracket, is the conclusion.
This entire paragraph should be forward thinking, showing the reader a bigger picture of what is possible with your work.
Common problems in the discussion section
Problem #1: In this discussion, there is a large block of text colored as the "field" at the beginning of the discussion. DON'T DO THIS!
Problem#2: The recap paragraph is at the end, and serves as the conclusion instead of a forward-thinking paragraph.
Problem #3: There is a lot of recapping and analyzing the results, but most of the text that was in darker colors is missing.
Your turn to highlight your discussion!
-Do you see any of the same problems I pointed out before?
-Are you missing any colors?
-Do you have too much of any one color?
-Would doing any rearranging help improve the flow or impact of your paper?
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The best video I've watched about writing a discussion section. Thank you!
@butlerscicomm
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I am so happy you found it so useful!
Simple but unique way of explaining what should look like discussion part. Thank you very much for the effort.
@butlerscicomm
11 ай бұрын
Thank you SO much! Glad it was helpful! :)
Very helpful, Thank you .
thank you for your brief presentation. 👏🏽
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
This is incredibly useful, thank you!
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for making this video! Now I understand how to revise my discussions.
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
I'm SO happy to hear it helped you! Its what keeps me going! :-)
Thank you very much, until this moment i was stuck at the discussion section, this presentation has just made soo much sense to me, its my first paper and i am ready to go now.
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
This makes me SO HAPPY! Thanks for commenting to let me know - it helps motivate me to keep creating content. :-)
This is an excellent example of decoding language structures. Thank you this was very helpful.
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for this! I've been stuck all day with growing frustration until I came across your channel!
@butlerscicomm
2 ай бұрын
So happy to hear it! Hope the discussion is going much better now! 😁
Thank you, its very simple and clear explanation on how to write Discussion.
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! So glad to be helpful!
I think the colour coding system that you developed is pretty smart for beginners who are struggling at writing discussions.
@butlerscicomm
25 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! I found it really helpful for helping students see these patterns in their own work. Glad you like it!
Thank you very much for your video, it was very helpful for me!
@butlerscicomm
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I actually have an updated version that will be posted in ~1 month, so don't forget to subscribe of you want to make sure you see it when it comes out!
One of the most useful videos I have come across. Thanks for sharing this knowledge
@butlerscicomm
2 ай бұрын
So glad it was helpful! And please do stick around for next month when I am releasing an updated version of the video! New examples, updated methods for teaching this, and better video quality. :-)
Your video is awesome. Thank you for your work.
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
This was so helpful. thank you.
@butlerscicomm
10 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! Glad it was useful!
Thank you so much for your great illustrations. Your videos help me a lot in writing my thesis.
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
I am SO happy to hear it! If there are other videos you'd like to see, let me know!
@muhammedhadedy4570
2 жыл бұрын
@@butlerscicomm Thank you for kind reply. I wish if you can make a video about how to deal with missing values in data sheets. I believe you will be the best to illustrate it.
Thank you, that's a very useful video! I was pretty stuck at the Discussion of my last paper and your video helped me to get trough. Interestingly none of the information was really new to me, but the clear and calming way you presented it made the difference. :)
@butlerscicomm
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the feedback! This is great to hear! :-)
Best video thank you
@butlerscicomm
11 ай бұрын
I am glad you loved it! Thanks for letting me know! :-)
Thank yooouuuuu, I love you. This video helped me a lot. You explained a standard way to write. I really enjoyed. Thanks God
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for such a nice comment! It motivates me to create new videos! :-)
Thank you for sharing a million-dollar🤑😍 worth of information😇
@butlerscicomm
6 ай бұрын
You are welcome! So glad it was helpful!
You are doing wonderfull job. Keep it up. Sonner or later you are going to get a boom.
@butlerscicomm
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Means a lot!
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Thank you thank you thank you
@butlerscicomm
9 күн бұрын
You are so welcome! If this helped you and you want to check out the updated version, it is linked in the description! Best of luck with your discussion!
So detailed and actionable. Thank you so much. By the way, are there any discussions of social science studies that you can share? Thanks so much.
@butlerscicomm
10 ай бұрын
I apologize, but my background is on hard science, and is all I study in this regard, so I don't have any resources specifically for social science nor do know any to recommend, especially like my breakdowns. That said, my workshop is regularly attended by social scientists who do find ways to adapt my teaching to their needs. Feel free to reach out with any specific questions:
The best SciComm video i've seen. Thank you for making this extremely educational video, it really helped me write a good discussion! Earned a sub and a like from me :)
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
Aww I am so glad I could help, and thanks so much! It is comments like this that keep me going!! 🙂
@itsbazerker5817
2 жыл бұрын
@@butlerscicomm Apologies I commented this from a gaming account. Just know that a real person writing a research paper got some great advice from you and it really calmed me :) Keep doing what you're doing!
@butlerscicomm
2 жыл бұрын
@@itsbazerker5817 I am SO HAPPY to hear this. Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to let me know. :-)
Nice Video - Hi Future FSC340 UTM Students!
@butlerscicomm
Жыл бұрын
Oh great - what is FSC340?
I also have a question: I am doing a qualitative study, and I used thematic analysis for my interview data. My question is should I apply this breakdown for each theme?
@butlerscicomm
10 ай бұрын
Hi! I suspect yes, as you could ensure you cover the main points for each theme, but some adaptations of this breakdown are usually needed for fields outside of hard science.
Thanks for this informative video.. May I just suggest you redo this tutorial WITHOUT using colours? I wish you to show the flow /flaws of the sample discussion in WORDS, instead. Thank you!
@butlerscicomm
Жыл бұрын
Hi there, thanks for the kind words! My teaching style uses colors like I show here and works really well for almost all of my students, so I will likely continue to teach in the same style. If this doesn't work for you, I provide a DOI link to the paper so you can download the paper and follow along with my words. Good luck!
Is this outline the same as in a discussion chapter in a thesis? Problem is a thesis might have 10 pages of discussion
@butlerscicomm
Жыл бұрын
I made a short video answering this question for you - you can find it here: kzread.infoNLDYoLOLuiE Otherwise, if your thesis is structured such that there is a discussion for each individual chapter, then the discussion in each chapter will exactly follow the same outline as for the discussion of a reserach paper with a final chapter that only needs to provide a conclusion for the thesis as a whole. If your thesis is structured such that all of the discussion is in one chapter, it is anyways still common to break it down into individual sub-headings, and each sub-heading can also still follow the discussion outline with a final overall conclusion at the end. Hope that helps!
How can l contact you to have a one on one discussion with you on my discussion chapter . She/her
@butlerscicomm
Жыл бұрын
Hi there! You can find me at butlerscicomm.com or DM me on Twitter (@ButlerKaycie). Chat soon! :-)