Importance of Academic Writing Styles in Social Science

Skills for the Social
Science
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Reflection on types of academic writing styles and their importance.........................................3
PART 1- B.......................................................................................................................................4
Introduction..................................................................................................................................4
PART 2- SECTION 1......................................................................................................................4
Quantitative articles.....................................................................................................................4
Part 2 (Section 2).............................................................................................................................5
Qualitative articles.......................................................................................................................5
Section 3..........................................................................................................................................7
Discussion of research.................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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PART 1
Reflection on types of academic writing styles and their importance
Academic writing refers content which is clear, structure and focused by evidence which
allows learners or readers to increase their knowledge and understanding. There are mainly 4
types of academic writing styles such as: descriptive, persuasive, analytical and critical. I
Identified that each style of academic writing characterized by its specific language and tone.
According to me one of the basic and common types of academic writing which is mainly used
by students is descriptive (Zurini, 2018). It is one of the simplest forms, whose purpose is to
provide actual facts and information to readers. Example of such type of academic writing style
is summary of articles of results of an experiment. Some key words which help readers and
students in understanding it in a clear way and using style is: Identify, record, summarise and
define. According to me in analytical style, students re-organizes their descriptive style by
analysing all facts and information. Some key words which are being used in this style include:
compare, contrast, analyse and examine. In other type of academic writing, persuasive, it has all
features of analytical but for making it differ than analytical, we can add our own views with
argument and interpretation (Chapman, 2017). Some key words which we can use in persuasive
writing style include: evaluate, discuss and argue. In the last academic writing style critical, it
has all features of persuasive but we can add feature of at least one another point of view.
Critique, evaluate, debate are some words which we can use in this style.
I believe that academic writing style plays an important role for university purpose as it is
one of the best ways of communication which allows students to get knowledge in specific field
of study. These all writing styles also allow all of us and students to convey as well as analyse
understanding, thinking critically by focusing on main style. Overall, it helps us out in
understanding knowledge in the best way and increasing skills related to specific topic because
all these writing styles has a formal tone and focus on the main purpose of the study (ZHANG,
2018).
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PART 1- B
Introduction
Social science is a branch of science that focuses upon study of societies, relationship
among individuals living within these societies. Obesity is one of the main problems which is
increasing continuously It is a problem because it results in reduced self-esteem of individuals,
lower body image. Today every fourth individual comes under category of obese individuals.
Obesity is directly linked to physiological burden. Such individuals live a degraded quality of
life, and more than 60 percent of individuals who are obese feel hesitant to meet other fit people
with full self- confidence. Such kind of people might feel socially isolated and might suffer from
anxiety or depression. It is an important area for investigation because obesity not only affect
overall physical health of an individual but also image their relationship with others and can
eventually result in development of depression, anxiety, lower self-esteem and lower body image
because of which many times obese people isolate them from others.
PART 2- SECTION 1
Quantitative articles
1. Article 1: Impact of weight stigma on physiological and psychological health outcomes
for overweight and obese adults: A systematic review
Type of research: It is a quantitative article
Introduce the research: This article focuses upon identifying associations between weight
stigma and physiological and psychological health for individuals who are overweight or obese
(Wu and Berry, 2018).
Describe the methods used: Methods used in this quantitative study is analysis of secondary
data using quantitative systematic review.
Describe the results: Examination of quantitative studies helped in identifying that weight
stigma was positively associated with obesity, stress level, diabetes risk, depression, anxiety,
body image dissatisfaction and negatively associated with negatively associated with self‐esteem
among overweight and obese adults.
Describe the conclusion: this article concludes that weight stigma is associated with adverse
physiological and psychological outcomes
2. Article 2: Obesity and depressive symptoms in college women: analysis of body image
experiences and comparison to non-obese women
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