COMMUNICATION IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Department of Biology


CHECKLIST - MATERIALS & METHODS


_____ Written in third person and past tense

_____ Concise but complete

_____ Accurately described what was done, without giving instruction

_____ Statistics and quantitative methods explained

_____ Literature cited (if appropriate)

_____ Well-constructed paragraphs, no writing errors, etc. (see Recipe for Pretty Good Scientific Writing)
 

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