Week 15.  Final Paper. (Paper: two copies; or electronic sent to de Jong and AI, due on May 1). 

 

            The final paper should consist of the following sections, which are typical of experimental papers in many disciplines. 

 

a) Introduction, giving general background for the study, including discussion of particular previous research that informs the current study.  Stated toward the end of the introduction should be a fairly succinct statement of the purpose of the study with specific questions to be asked. 

 

b) Methods, including subsections on the people involved, the structure of the linguistic corpus or stimuli, the details of the task, and the analysis technique. 

 

c) Results, including graphical representations of the data cogent to answering the questions of interest.

 

d) Discussion and conclusion, including a general summary of what the data show relative to the questions at hand, likely next steps in the research, and one (or possibly) two final points to take home. 

 

e) References. 

 

f) Appendices are sometimes helpful, but resist the temptation to print out piles of unanalyzed stuff.  You should probably ask before including extensive appendices. 

 

Each person should turn in (either on paper or electronically) all of these items.  The group members should have identical methods sections, and may share results sections and references.  Other sections, though similar across the group, should be written separately by each member of the groupl.