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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
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Contents

Parts of a Manuscript, Headings, Subheadings, and Side Headings

Chapter:
Manuscript Preparation
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson

A consistent pattern of organization for all headings should be used for original research articles (see also , Study Design and Statistics, The Manuscript: Presenting Study Design, Rationale, and Statistical Analysis); many scientific articles follow the IMRAD pattern (introduction, methods, results, and discussion). However, not all articles will conform to a single pattern because format and section headings vary with the type of article (see , Typography).Introduction: The introduction should provide the context for the article, the objective of the study, and should state the hypothesis or research question (purpose statement), how and why the hypothesis was developed, and why

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