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Hi there, welcome to this course.

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My name is Andre and I used to be where you are right now.

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I used to find writing research papers incredibly tedious and frustrating.

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The first grade I ever received for a research paper was a six out of 10 which means that I barely passed.

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But fortunately I found great mentors who showed me the way.

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So my next grade was a seven out of 10.

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Then I get an eight. Then a nine.

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At some point I got invited to the honors project of my university.

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And a year later I won the first prize for the best paper of my year. Today I've published both empirical

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and theoretical research in the areas of neuroscience and psychology some of which are published in very

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competitive journals. And the number one feedback I've received again and again is that I'm a very good

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writer and I believe that this played a big role in my success. So that's me and in this course I want

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to help you to achieve the same while skipping a lot of the frustration that I had to go through to learn

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what I know today.

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Therefore, this course is not just about learning how to write a research paper but also about learning

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how to make it successful... to get a good grade, win a prize or publish in an attractive scientific journal.

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Specifically, after this course you will be able to... Understand the logic and structure of research papers.

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Identify the qualities that make research papers effective. Know what to write in each part of each section

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Streamline your writing process to achieve a better paper in less time.

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Master English expressions to make your writing flow. And to use free tools to get tedious aspects done

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in seconds. You will see that this course works like a domino effect.

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We will start with the key lessons and then step by step work towards the details. You will see that this

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will make it a lot easier to keep the overview and stay focused on the things that really matter when

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you write a research paper.

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This course is for everybody who needs to write a research paper; be that for your bachelor or master's

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thesis or your doctoral dissertation or for scientific publication.

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And this course will be perfect for you if you have done empirical research involving human participants.

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But even if you've done other types of research you can still get a lot of benefit from this course.

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Now I want to be honest with you: you will have to put some time and effort into this cause before you

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see results.

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However, I believe that at the end this course will save you time because it will help you to avoid a

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lot of mistakes that beginners typically make and that cause them to waste a lot of time and that

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cause them a lot of frustration.

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In addition, even if you are a very good researcher I think it will be hard for you to succeed in research

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if you don't also know how to sell your research well in your writing.

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So if you signed up for this course then I definitely think that you're on the right track and I will

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help you to get towards a paper that you can feel proud of as quickly as possible.

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All right I'm excited to get started with you and I see you in the next election.