IMRAD and PICO

Reading the latest issue of the Norwegian researcher’s magazine Forskerforum, I learned about PICO as an alternative model to the often used IMRAD approach to scientific writing. To summarize: IMRAD = Introduction, Method, research and Discussion PICO = Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome It seems like PICO comes from clinical practice in medicine. Not sure if this helps music research that much, but I do like the structured approach to organising paper writing.

June 11, 2010 · 1 min · 72 words · ARJ