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All About Empirical Articles

All About Empirical Articles. 8-30-19. Introduction to APA Style. What is it?. Why is it important?. Uniform tool for communication in the field Know where to find pertinent information How to write a proper manuscript. Style of writing used in psychology

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All About Empirical Articles

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  1. All About Empirical Articles 8-30-19

  2. Introduction to APA Style What is it? Why is it important? Uniform tool for communication in the field Know where to find pertinent information How to write a proper manuscript • Style of writing used in psychology • Guideline for how to structure papers and organize information

  3. What is an empirical article? • Report that describes a study that the authors actually conducted • Primary source • Experiment, correlation, meta-analysis • Has 6 major sections

  4. Sections of an Empirical Article • Abstract • Overview of the study (includes information) • Used to screen for relevant papers • Introduction • Background of an issue • Why the study is important

  5. Sections of an Empirical Article • Methods • How was the study conducted (the who and the what) • Results • Reports statistics- What happened (not why) • Discussion • Interpretation of the results

  6. Sections of an Empirical Article • References • Works cited • Tables • Figures • Graphs of results • Appendices • List of stimuli or surveys used

  7. Empirical vs. Literature Review Empirical Literature Review General overview of what is known on a topic Authors are reporting on others’ studies Secondary source Does not have major sections we discussed • Describe an experiment that the authors actually conducted • Primary source • Have major sections we just discussed

  8. How to find articles

  9. Where are empirical articles? Academic databases online, or at the library • PsychInfo/Ebsco Host • Available through WPU’s library’s website • Google Scholar • Wider selection of articles, but fewer full text documents. • Visit the Library! • The library is a wonderful place

  10. How do find databases • Go to peace.edu • Under quick links in “Menu” sidebar, click on “Library login”

  11. How to find databases • Once on the library’s page, scroll down • Under “Most popular databases”, click on “PsycINFO”

  12. Enter keywords here!

  13. Searching for Articles • Keywords • Words or phrases that will generate articles on a specific topic • Example: • Alcohol • Addiction • Alcohol abuse • Alcoholism • Binge drinking

  14. Searching for Articles You will use the following techniques to find your empirical articles: • Boolean operators • And • Or • Not • Truncation • * • Quotations • “ ”

  15. Searching for Articles - AND • Boolean Operator – AND • Both words should be present • Alcohol AND Addiction • Retrieves documents that contain both concepts ‘Alcohol’ and ‘Addiction’

  16. Searching for Articles - OR • Boolean Operator - OR • Either word should be present • Alcohol OR Addiction • Retrieves documents that contain either concept ‘Alcohol’ or ‘Addiction’

  17. Searching for Articles - NOT • Boolean Operator – NOT • The word should not be present • Alcohol NOT Addiction • Retrieves documents that contain information relating to ‘Alcohol’ but not ‘Addiction’

  18. Searching for Articles - Truncation • Creates search for all variants of a word stem • Example: Comput* • Computing, computer, compute, etc.

  19. Searching for Articles - Quotations • Searches for an exact phrase by using quotation marks • Example: I want to look up articles on alcohol abuse • Option 1: Alcohol abuse • Option 2: “Alcohol abuse”

  20. How to write an effective summary

  21. Summary • Only include information essential to understanding the study • Summary of entire experiment • Summarize each major section with a sentence or two • Approximately 200-300 words • Important to be concise! • Good skill to have generally

  22. Summary • Questions that should be answered: • Why was the study done? • How was the study done? • What did they find? • Why are these findings important? • Briefly touches on… • Rationale • Hypotheses/ Predictions • Method • Results • Discussion/ Conclusions

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