To improve social science publications let's lose the discussion section
Schoenegger, P.
& Pils, R.
(29 November 2023)
To improve social science publications let's lose the discussion section.
Impact of Social Sciences Blog.
& Pils, R.
(29 November 2023)
To improve social science publications let's lose the discussion section.
Impact of Social Sciences Blog.
In quantitative social science papers, the discussion section serves as a place to analyse and put findings into a wider context. Philipp Schoenegger and Raimund Pils argue that rather than adding value, these discussions can leave findings open to the cognitive biases of researchers and that much could be gained from separating them out of the research paper as a distinct form of academic writing.