Getting started!
Hi All, so I took a stab at starting the Abstract; I gave us a title and reworked the first sentence, and didn't die! Ok I'm new to this Wiki stuff. I am the gray-haired guy who sits at the front of the class.
Please feel free to edit as you see fit; I look forward to learning from all the changes and from each of your contributions. I will continue to try to flesh out the abstract over the next day or two. cheers Kevin
Nice job on the abstract Kevin and great title for the questionnaire too! I just wanted to get the ball rolling. You took it to the end zone man :-) I guess we will have more to add if and when the results from the questionnaire come in.
Yes thank you and by all means subtract if necessary! Economy/parsimony in the abstract would make a strong impression. And there may be things here that belong elsewhere.
That reminds me, we'll need a title for the paper. Perhaps we can add it here and rename the page "Title and abstract"
This is looking great! I was just wondering if the questionnaire was actually mandatory? Due to the anonymity of the it, was there a way in place to keep track of who completed it? If there wasn't, it would have been difficult to find/penalize those who did not take the time to do it, unless Jaimie had a way of knowing who did and did not complete it. By no means a big issue, just wanted to clarify!
Good question Sydney. I understand that participation in the discussions was mandatory for a mark on the project, but don’t recall reading anywhere that it was mandatory that we had to complete the questionnaire.
Unless we can find written proof of that point perhaps we can assume those of us who completed it acted on our own motives, a perceived expectation or sense of duty or curiosity. To echo Sydney's question: does anyone know if completion of the questionnaire was mandatory?
Cheers Kevin
Is everyone okay if I reduce the abstract down to the normal length and add our results into it.
Yes, keeping it short is a good idea and the results definitely need to be added.
So I greatly reduced it down and added the main results, I can add some for discussion once those pages finish up. I removed parts that were discussed in other sections to keep it shorter. Also, I was reading through the other sections and they seem to mention masculinity and femininity, as opposed to male-like and female-like so I was wondering if we could remove that sentence and use masculine and feminine for the report. Feel free to edit as this is a rough draft before the whole report finishes up.