IMRaD

There are several major differences between an IMRaD paper and an argumentative research paper. First, a IMRaD paper requires either an experiment, a poll, or an observation (at least for our specific guidelines in this class). An argumentative research paper requires you to cite sources to support your argument, but it is not necessary to conduct any additional experiments and to present the data.

Also, an IMRaD paper has a different tone than a argumentative research paper. The tone of an IMRaD paper is to inform the reader in a scholarly and direct manner. In a argumentative research paper the purpose is to use a persuasive tone to convince the reader to believe what you are writing by using sources to back up your argument.

Additionally, an IMRaD paper is formatted significantly different than a argumentative research paper. An IMRaD paper is much more concise, while an argumentative research paper contains much more information making it longer. An IMRaD paper also has a very strict format including, an abstract, introduction, methods, research, and discussion section. An argumentative research paper uses headings that are more the choice of the writer and that are related to what the topic is that is being written about.