2. Materials and Methods

This section is also quite clear. In addition to needing at least one person with whom you share a relative amount of affinity, there are plenty of methods and relevant materials that can be utilized. The use of suitable methods should have been made clear during the introduction.

These include:

• Going to the cinema
• Having dinner/going for coffee
• Visiting the art gallery/museum/sports events
• Going for a picnic in the park
• Other outdoor activities such as hiking
• Watching TV
• Travelling together

Just like in the lab, there may be more than one appropriate method that can be used to investigate the subject being studied. On the flipside, don’t engage irrelevant methods, no matter how fancy and fashionable they might be.

For example, there’s no point going to the newest cool bar if they don’t drink alcohol. Individual experiments will need to be repeated to confirm the results. Spend money judiciously and at your bank’s discretion.

Results and discussion

So… what happened? Reviewers (your family and friends) will want to know what was observed during the study. Were there patterns, agreements, and contradictions? Did the outcomes of all the dates individually and collectively meet expectations as outlined in the introduction? If so, what do they mean? Are there possible reasons for any unexpected findings and could they be explained in the context of previous knowledge?

The reviewers may also be very critical of your interpretation of the results and want evidence for any conclusions that have been drawn. A good reviewer/friend should hopefully pick up if you’ve ignored deviations in the data or if there are any major issues in the overall study.