Format of a psychological report

• Abstract:

  To provide a summary for other researchers in the area to help them decide if they wish to read whole report

  • less than 200 words
  • covers aim and hypothesis
  • covers methods
  • results section
  • conclusion
• Introduction:

  Gives background on relevant theories and studies to explain how aims and hypothesis developed

  • starts out general (background to research) and becomes more specific to current research (aims and hypothesis)
• Method:

  If a researcher wishes to replicate a piece of research the method section provides a guide to help them

  • Sample
  • Equipment
  • Procedures
  • Ethics
  • Design
• Results:

  To present the overall summary of the findings to the reader rather than reviewing the raw data

  • descriptive statistics
  • graph
  • inferential results
  • are they significant?
• Discussion:

  This section will discuss the findings and suggest possible uses and future areas of research

  • summary of results
  • compare with other results
  • limitation and modification
  • implications and applications and future researcg
• Reference

  A list of the full details of any journal, articles or books that are mentioned

  • alphabetical order
  • harvard referencing