Differences between IMRaD and argument research paper

            There are many differences between a typical argument based research paper and an IMRaD research paper.  The first difference is that an IMRaD research paper contains information from an experiment or survey that I have done myself.  An argument based research paper does not have original research, but includes research and studies done by someone else to construct and argument about the topic.

            The next major difference is that an IMRaD research paper, though it comes to a conclusion, does not have a strong statement it is going to argue for and back up.  In an IMRaD research paper the data that is collected tells the conclusion.  The conclusion is not determined and then backed up by finding data, it is the exact opposite.  You research yourself and use the results of the experiment or survey to make a conclusion about the researched topic.

            The last major difference that I noticed is the organization.  An IMRaD research paper is organized into sections with headings.  It has an abstract and then goes into the introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections.  A normal argumentative research paper incudes paragraphs and formatted with an introduction, a body and a conclusion.