Should “I” Be Avoided or Embraced? Exploring Divergence between Political Scientist and Student Writing Norms

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@mizoraman When I get this comment I always cite this paper which shows that most writing in political science (I know, not your field, but mine) actually uses the active voice and personal pronouns: https://t.co/B1pTt4sriR

The reader was often wondering about this and is happy to read ⁦@ps_polisci⁩ officially confirming that I should embrace first person writing https://t.co/I9bDswgGMv

@devon_cantwell There is research about this and it does not agree with the journal https://t.co/B1pTt4K2ap

@SandraVPorto @OpenAcademics there is good research about this https://t.co/B1pTt4K2ap

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