Writing the Empirical Journal Article

Some Matters of Style 13 Omit Needless Words 13 Avoid Metacomments on the Writing 14 Use Repetition and Parallel Construction 14 Jargon 15 Voice and Self-Reference 15 Tense 15 Avoid Language Bias 16 Research Participants 16 Sex and Gender 16 Racial and Ethnic Identity 17 Sexual Orientation 17 Disabilities 18 Common Errors of Grammar and Usage 18 Compared with versus Compared to 18 Data 18 Different from versus Different than 18 Since versus Because 18 That versus Which 18 While versus Although, But, Whereas 18