Hi Annette,
How about something like, "analysis of the data revealed..." or "examination
of the data (results, etc.)...?"
Carol


On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]>wrote:

> I'm grappling with how to phrase some things in results sections
> especially. Because data are an inanimate thing they can't really "show" or
> "demonstrate" anything. Nor can a study do anything such as "observe" or
> "define" so what kind of language do you all use. Is there some boilerplate
> that works.
>
> I have a revision to an APA journal that asked me to fix these things...and
> I'm struggling with the data especially. Lengthy rewriting of "the study..."
> Finally fixed some of those problems. It came at a huge cost to precision
> and concise writing.
>
> Annette
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