Reporting Psychological Investigation Flashcards
(7 cards)
What are the 5 sections?
1) Abstract
2)introduction
3)Method and results
4)Discussion
5)referencing
What is the Abstract?
When they give an overview of the study to see if they wish to read on.
Aim, hypothesis, procedure, findings
What is the introduction?
Gives background on relevant theories such as past research and how that links with current research end by saying the aim and hypothesis
What is a method?
SPEED
What goes into results?
Overview of the findings
differential statistics
inferential statistics
What would be included in the discussion?
-summerise there results
-compare with others
-identify limitations and modify
-how can it be used in the future
What is referencing?
When they mention the articles or books they used