Materials & Methods and Results

 

Materials & Methods
Written in passive voice
All methods clearly & concisely stated (not cook booked)
Research methods are appropriate to the problem
This section is written in the past tense
No spelling or grammar errors
Sample size given
Species given if appropriate
When and where the study took place
Justification for statistical analysis used including tails
concentrations for solutions are given
 
Results
Appropriate textual description of all data are present
All figures and Tables are referenced in text
Figure and Table captions are complete & formatted correctly
All data are presented, once, and with units
No raw data presented
Statistical analyses are appropriate & completed
No spelling or grammar errors
No boxes or gridlines on figure
Significant figures are appropriate
P-value and # of tails reported correctly