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Format/Structure: Introduction

Introduction: Poses the research question and/or the need for the research. It may also be called "Statement of the Problem." The section may be given the title "Introduction" or it may be found within the text of the opening paragraphs.

Sample introduction:
This paper...examines the relationships between linguistic and genetic affiliations for populations in five regions of the Old World. Our approach uses only linguistic units that have been unambiguously derived using the strict and independent criteria of historical linguistics, and employs synthetic data from across several genetic systems.

September 19th, 2003