GUIDELINES FOR WRITING AN EMPIRICAL PAPER IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINE

Abstract

Scholarliness in the academic arena is often measured in terms of paper presentations and publications. But writing for publication remains a challenge and enigma to many. Further, while writing for publishing, it is important for an author to give due credit to the original source and be cautious about avoiding plagiarism and copyright violation. In this context, this paper is aimed at beginners in academic writing and summates the basic premises of academic writing in an easy to understand manner. As empirical papers are a common form of scholarly publications, this paper is devoted to writing an empirical paper and has two distinct sections namely, 'Structuring an Empirical Paper' and 'Avoiding Plagiarism and Copyright Violation'.