RT Book, Section A1 Zeiger, Mimi SR Print(0) ID 1142145666 T1 Materials and Methods T2 Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers, 2e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Medical PP New York, NY SN 9780071503853 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1142145666 RD 2024/03/29 AB For hypothesis-testing papers, the function of the Materials and Methods section (often referred to as the Methods section) is to tell the reader what experiments you did to answer the question posed in the Introduction. Similarly, for descriptive studies, the Methods section tells what experiments you did to obtain the message stated in the Introduction. For methods papers, the Methods section has two functions: it describes the new method in complete detail and also tells what experiments you did to test the new method. For all types of paper, the Methods section should include sufficient detail and references to permit a trained scientist to evaluate your work fully or to repeat the experiments exactly as you did them.