IMRaD

One of the major differences between a IMRaD writing and a argument based paper is the formatting. An argument-based paper is APA formatted, while IMRaD writing focuses mainly of the intro, methods, results, and discussion. A IMRaD paper is more for research and experiments. It is used to talk about the method used to solve a problem, while then exampling results.

              An argument-based paper is set up differently as well. An argument- based paper is set up to flow. An IMRaD paper purpose to explain what happened, for example, if a person conducted a survey, they would state how they did they survey, then state the results. This type of paper is more straight forward.

              I have done both forms of writing in my past. In high school science classes, we would have to do lab write ups every month. For the lab write ups, we would write a IMRaD form of paper. We would explain what we are testing, how we tested the experiment, the results from the experiment, and then discussion the final remarks and what could have gone wrong. Since I have been doing this since my freshman year of high school, I am very familiar with this form of writing. Also, in my English classes each year we would have to write an argument-based paper. The paper I had to argue a specific topic I was fighting about. I had to state example of why it is correct, then putting a counter claim along with it. The two types of writings are very different to each other. It is important to know the difference and be able to write both forms.