One paragraph summary of the entire paper, and includes aims methods findings and conclusions
What is the introduction ?
Summarises current thinking on a topic, and outlines aims and hypotheses and shows the importance of and relevance of the study
What is the method?
Must be sufficiently detailed and specific so another researcher can replicate it exactly.
What is included in the method?
participants and how they were recruited
procedure
materials
research methods
experimental design
What is the results?
Gives the findings of the study, including any statistical tests and graphs. Tables of raw data may also be included.
What is the discussion?
Summarises and interprets the findings and refers back to the introduction, placing the findings in the context of previous research and discussing possible implications.
What are the references?
Gives credit to other authors and allows reader to fact check information by using the original source.
