Mini Proj Wkshp2 06

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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

W riting Up Your Mini Project: OutlineW riting Up Your Mini Project: Outline


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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

Wh at Lecturers Are Looking For In Your MiniWh at Lecturers Are Looking For In Your Mini- -project Reportproject Report


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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

Wh at LecturersWh at Lecturers DontDont W ant In Your MiniW ant In Your Mini- -project Reportproject Report


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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

Wh at LecturersWh at Lecturers Are Looking ForAre Looking For In Your MiniIn Your Mini- -project Reportproject Report


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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

Avoiding plagiarismAvoiding plagiarism


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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 ]

Wh ic h of t h ese is plagiarism?Wh ic h of t h ese is plagiarism?


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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.

BRINGING OTH ER SCIENTISTS RESULTS INTO YOUR W RITINGBRINGING OTH ER SCIENTISTS RESULTS INTO YOUR W RITING


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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

METH ODS OF BRINGING OTH ER SCIENTISTS INTO OUR W RITINGMETH ODS OF BRINGING OTH ER SCIENTISTS INTO OUR W RITING


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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.

Citation: referring to ot h er writers in t h e main body of your reportCitation: referring to ot h er writers in t h e main body of your report


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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)

W eb references in t h e reference list [numerical system]W eb references in t h e reference list [numerical system]


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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?

CitationCitation referring to ot h er writers in t h e main body of your reportreferring to ot h er writers in t h e main body of your report


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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.

CitationCitation referring to ot h er writers in t h e main body of your reportreferring to ot h er writers in t h e main body of your report


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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

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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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