Argument Analysis: Concise And Clean Science

Introduction

The following essay will work to analyze an article written by Rachel J. Standish, Richard J. Hobbs and James R. Miller. In order to develop a shared understanding of what the authors found, the next segment will relay a summary of what is was that Standish et al. were arguing. Their line of reasoning will be followed in order to elucidate how it was that they developed their own thesis. Following this, the reader will find a section dedicated to the discussion of their evidence. This will include cited work. Next, the correlation between their evidence and argumentation will be looked at. A crucial aspect in regards to the analysis of an author’s work has to do with their motives. Because of this, there will also be a section in which each of the author’s fields of study will be brought into the limelight in order to contemplate possible motivations for their research. This will also provide insight into how credible the article in question is and whether or not the authors have a legitimate claim to …show more content…
This gave personal insight into how concise and clean science writing can be. The mapping required by this style of analysis ensures that the reader has considered each presented point. This may not happen when doing something such as a literature review in which certain tidbits can be plucked out for use. What I found to be the most useful and novel in preparing this essay was needing to create an archive for the evidence provided. My research doesn’t generally go as far as to inspect every citation made by an author. I believe this dramatically improved my understanding, not necessarily of the work itself but of the authors and the validity of their perspective. It is important to note that the description of the evidence given above isn’t fully encompassing due to my lack of knowledge on ecological research