Topic Proposal

The topic I have chosen is cold weather, and this is important because it affects most people at the University of Iowa.  I have always disliked the cold, and now I can look to see if there is an actual effect correlated to the cold weather.  My first research question is, Does cold weather affect grades?  My second research question is, Does cold weather affect happiness.  I will be researching the effects of cold weather on students that attend The University of Iowa.  I will be conducting a survey that will gain the public opinion of students and the effects of cold weather on their grades and happiness.

IMRaD Report vs. Argumentative Essay

A report written in IMRaD format and a normal argumentative essay are usually very different.  The IMRaD format is used for scientific reports that are based around primary research.  A argumentative essay usually looks to other sources for research and it interprets the research that has already been done.  The content of these two papers are quite different, knowing that and IMRaD report is often more formal and academic, while a argumentative essay is a lower-level essay looks at other's research to create a claim.

These two papers have different content for each person that creates either an IMRaD report or an argumentative essay.  Also, the format between these two styles are quite different.  An IMRaD report starts off with an abstract, then has an introduction, methods section, results section, and a discussion section in the paper.  This is done to easily organize the experiment that has been done along with how the experiment was created and the outcome of the experiment.  Depending on what type of paper you are writing, a different structure is often necessary.