Paper on titles

[James Hartley]

Thanks for the comment - I am clearly stuck in the social sciences. 
Announcing the results on their own is clearly another category!

Jim

James Hartley
School of Psychology
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
UK

j.hartley at psy.keele.ac.uk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Ruch" <patrick.ruch at SIM.HCUGE.CH>
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Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Paper on titles


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> Thank you for this typology !
>
> Just a question, where would you classify titles describing the main 
> result of an article, e.g. "Wip1 phosphatase-deficient mice exhibit 
> defective T cell maturation due to sustained p53 activation.". Such titles 
> seem very frequent in experimental sciences.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
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> James Hartley wrote:
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>>Thanks for your message - paper attached!
>>
>>Jim
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>>
>>James Hartley
>>School of Psychology
>>Keele University
>>Staffordshire
>>ST5 5BG
>>UK
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>>j.hartley at psy.keele.ac.uk
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: Sally Jo Cunningham To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Sent: Monday, 
>> May 21, 2007 11:55 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Paper on titles
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>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html Hello--
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>>
>>  I'd very much appreciate a copy of your paper--it sounds great for my 
>> students.
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>>  Cheers,
>>  Sally Jo Cunningham
>>  Waikato University
>>  New Zealand
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>>  On 21/05/2007, at 7:20 PM, James Hartley wrote:
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>>    Anyone wanting a copy of my recent paper, 'There's more to the title 
>> than meets the eye: Exploring the possibilities' (J. Technical Writing & 
>> Written Communication, 2007, 37, 1, 95-101) please let me know.
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>>    This paper distinguishes between 12 types of title, with examples of 
>> each.  It suggests that it is useful to explore these different types 
>> with students.  Before and after examples are provided to show how 
>> student's titles can be improved.
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>>    Jim Hartley
>>
>>    James Hartley
>>    School of Psychology
>>    Keele University
>>    Staffordshire
>>    ST5 5BG
>>    UK
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>>    j.hartley at psy.keele.ac.uk
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