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Outline of Today’s Discussion

Learn about APA style research reports with guidelines on title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references, and more. Understand the importance of proper formatting in psychology communication.

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Outline of Today’s Discussion

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  1. Outline of Today’s Discussion • Communication in Psychology: Pub Med • Communication in Psychology: APA Style Research Reports

  2. Part 1 Communication in Psychology: PubMed

  3. Pub Med • Please log into this web site • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed • Search for Saffell AND Matthews • Search for Stanley AND Matthews • Search (case study) AND (amnesia)

  4. Part 2 Communication in Psychology: APA Style Research Reports

  5. APA Style Research Reports • The American Psychological Association (APA) has guidelines for writing research reports. • When Denison Psych minors and majors enroll in a 200-level lecture-lab sequence, they learn to write APA style reports. • Here’s a preview….

  6. APA Style Research Reports • Title Page • Title • Authors • Author Affiliation • A brief (one phrase) heading called the running head. This will appear on each page of the manuscript.

  7. APA Style Research Reports • Abstract - One Paragraph!!! • The problem being investigated • Brief summary of method and participants • Brief summary of data (no numbers, just words). This often includes a statement about statistical significance. • Implications of findings

  8. APA Style Research Reports • Introduction • Description of the problem / phenomenon under investigation. Operational definitions can go here. State why the study is important, or at least what new information it can provide. • Theoretical relevance of the study, and summary of relevant literature (e.g., from PubMed). Science is not done in a vacuum. • Purpose, predictions, and hypotheses to be tested.

  9. APA Style Research Reports • Method • Participants (including informed consent & money or other compensation) • Apparatus or Materials (or Stimuli) • Procedure - Describe what the participants and experimenters did. The level of detail should be sufficient for replication.

  10. APA Style Research Reports • Results • State the purpose of the analysis • Descriptive stats • Inferential Stats • Note: In this section, refrain from interpreting and/or arguing about what the data mean. Here, the data are presented in a matter-of-fact manner.

  11. APA Style Research Reports • Discussion • Very briefly restate the purpose of the study • Summarize the findings, given your hypotheses • Alternative interpretations of your findings, and limitations of your work. • Relevance of your findings to the literature • Future directions

  12. APA Style Research Reports • References • Acknowledgments • Appendices

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