Interview+Questions

1.What in chemistry do you usually write about? This question I would consider to be a starter question. I would ask this question first to get the ball rolling on the whole issue which is writing in chemistry. This will give me a good start to what I should be looking for in the other questions that I ask.

2.What do you read to gain information on chemistry topics? I would also consider this question to be a starter. It will open the floor to different sources that I could possibly incorporate into my analysis.

3.What citation is widely accepted? This makes a good third question because it is very important to know how chemists cite their reports. For this question I would expect to hear about the different kinds of citations that are used along with the most commonly used one.

4.Are you allowed to use personal experience in your papers? What about your own opinions? This question is a follow up question. I believe this is a good start to finding out what exactly goes into the reports that they write. I ask this question first as the follow ups because I think it would be important to know whether or not you can include your own experience.

5.What audience do you write toward? Would the general public be able to understand? This follow up question is very important because it is the basis for how the report is to be written. I would expect to find out which audience is most used. I would use this as my second follow up question because they are both really important to ask, but the other one just seems

6.How important is proofreading? This is a really good follow up question because it is talking about the details within the report. We will already have been discussing reports and such so it would be good to hear how picky they are about whether or not the grammar is correct.

7.What are the most common mistakes made when writing research papers? This also makes for a good follow up question because it goes well with the previous question. I would expect to hear about the most common mistakes that she finds when grading reports.

8.Are the papers written all peer reviewed? For this follow up question I would hear about what gets peer reviewed and what does not.

9.What is the goal that you want to reach after writing a report or research paper? This follow up question would help me to better understand the writing process. I would expect to talk about the goals of her writing.

10.How important is publication? Why do you publish? This is a really good follow up question because the importance of publication is different for every major.