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Outline of Today’s Discussion
1.
Communication in Psychology: Pub Med
2.
Communication in Psychology: APA Style
Research Reports
Part 1
Communication in Psychology:
PubMed
Pub Med
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Please log into this web site
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
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Search for Saffell AND Matthews
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Search for Stanley AND Matthews
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Search (case study) AND (amnesia)
Part 2
Communication in Psychology:
APA Style Research Reports
APA Style Research Reports
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The American Psychological Association (APA) has
guidelines for writing research reports.
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When Denison Psych minors and majors enroll in a
200-level lecture-lab sequence, they learn to write APA
style reports.
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Here’s a preview….
APA Style Research Reports
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Title Page
2.
Title
3.
Authors
4.
Author Affiliation
5.
A brief (one phrase) heading called the running head.
This will appear on each page of the manuscript.
APA Style Research Reports
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Abstract - One Paragraph!!!
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The problem being investigated
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Brief summary of method and participants
4.
Brief summary of data (no numbers, just words). This
often includes a statement about statistical significance.
5.
Implications of findings
APA Style Research Reports
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Introduction
2.
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.
3.
Theoretical relevance of the study, and summary of
relevant literature (e.g., from PubMed). Science is not
done in a vacuum.
4.
Purpose, predictions, and hypotheses to be tested.
APA Style Research Reports
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Method
2.
Participants (including informed consent & money or
other compensation)
3.
Apparatus or Materials (or Stimuli)
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Procedure - Describe what the participants and
experimenters did. The level of detail should be sufficient
for replication.
APA Style Research Reports
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Results
2.
State the purpose of the analysis
3.
Descriptive stats
4.
Inferential Stats
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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.
APA Style Research Reports
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Discussion
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Very briefly restate the purpose of the study
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Summarize the findings, given your hypotheses
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Alternative interpretations of your findings, and
limitations of your work.
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Relevance of your findings to the literature
6.
Future directions
APA Style Research Reports
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References
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Acknowledgments
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Appendices