Reporting

• How many sections are there?

  6
• What are the 6 sections?

  Abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and referencing
• What Is the abstract section?

  They key details of the research report
• What’s the introduction for?


  A look at last research (theories and/or studies) on a similar topic. includes the aims and hypothesis of current investigation
• What is the method section for?

  A description of what the researcher(s) did, including design, sample, apparatus/ materials, procedure, ethics
• What is the results section for?

  A description of what the researcher(s) found, including descriptive and inferential statistics
• What’s the discussion Section for?

  A consideration of what the results of a research study tell us in terms of psychological theory
• What’s the referencing section for?

  list of sources that are referred to or quoted in the article (e.g. journal articles, books or websites) and their full details
• What is the methods purpose?

  To include sufficient detail so other researchers are able to replicate the study
• What must be clearly stated in the method section?

  The design
• What about the sample needs to be included in the method section?

  Information related to the people involved in the study, sampling method & target population
• What needs to be said about apparatus/ materials in the method section?

  Stated what is used in the study
• What about the procedure must be included in the method?

  A verbatim record of what occurred from the beginning to the end; briefing, standardised instruction & debriefing
• What about ethics in the method?

  Must be stated how they were addressed in the study
• What should the results section include?

  Data analysis and key findings Summarised.
• What is the results section likely to include?

  Descriptive statistics; graphs, measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion
• What should inferential statistics include?

  Reference to the choice of statistical test, calculated and critical values, the level of significance and the final outcome
• What happens to the raw data?

  appears in the appendix of the report rather than in the main body
• What is included in the discussion section?

  The results are summarised in verbal rather than statistical, researcher suggests limitations of the present investigation may include how they’d address these in future studies and the implication of the research considered
• What is included in the referencing section?

  Citations, bibliography, footnotes