Read Motulsky (2014), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4203998/pdf/210_2014_Article_1037.pdf, and paraphrase it with the goal of giving advice to your future self. I.e., YOU in the future is your audience, but keep the tone professional enough that you could share it as a LinkedIn post, or provide a copy to an acquaintance as advice. This shouldn’t be a summary of the full article. Instead, focus on what surprised you, what you didn’t know before, what you don’t want to forget. You can also disagree with the claims in the article if you see fit.
As your task is to explicitly comment on this article, you must reference the article! The in-text APA style reference for this article is: (Motulsky, 2014) with the below the full reference to include at the end:
Motulsky, H. J. (2014). Common misconceptions about data analysis and statistics. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology, 387(11), 1017–1023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-014-1037-6
You might also incorporate it as “Motulsky (2014) states that…”. You don’t need the reference at the end of every sentence, but it should be clear to a reader what ideas have come from the article and what has come from you, throughout the piece.
You can use another referencing style if you wish, or you can just copy this (that is not an academic offence!).
Please be very mindful of proper paraphrasing! The main point of this activity is to put things in YOUR OWN WORDS. Read the provided advice in Module 2.
There should not be too many direct quotes from the article, and better if there are none at all. IMPORTANT NOTE: A zero grade on paraphrasing will result in a zero on the ENTIRE writing component of your portfolio.
Make sure your writing sample has an introduction and comes to a conclusion.
Word count: 300–500 words (not including reference at the end). Please add a statement of your word couluvnt at the end of the passage.