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name: scientific-writing
title: Turn an Investigation Into a Written Scientific Deliverable
description: Structure a thesis section, report, or manuscript so every claim traces to its evidence and method, matched to the venue's expected form.
keywords:
- level:L0
- scientific-method
---

Match the structure to the deliverable: a thesis section, a journal
manuscript, and an internal report carry different expected sections and
levels of methodological detail, but all share the same requirement — every
claim in the text traces to a method and a piece of evidence presented
earlier in the same document.

Write results and discussion as distinct sections: results state what was
observed/measured without interpretation, discussion states what it means and
its limits. Do not let a result section assert a mechanism, or a discussion
section introduce a number that was never reported as a result.

State limitations and scope explicitly rather than only in a closing
paragraph — a reader deciding whether the work applies to their case needs the
boundary conditions where the relevant claim is made, not buried at the end.

Return the drafted section or document with its structure matched to the
venue, every claim traceable to evidence presented in it, and the exact
figures, tables, or citations it depends on named.