*Reporting psychological investigations

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Karishma Patel

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  • A report is designed to tell other psychologist everything they need to know about why a study was conducted how it was conducted what was found and what it means

    It also needs to get that information across as efficiently as possible for that reason reports are set out in a very predictable format
    1. Abstract
    Summary of the entire paper it includes what the aim and hypothesis of the research was , information of how the study was conducted so the method and who the participants were and the main results and conclusions in around two paragraphs
  • 2 introduction
    Acts as a guide to the academic background of the current study acting as a justification for why the current research is being conducted the introduction will explain the aim and give the hypothesis
  • 3 method
    The method is how the study was conducted for replication this is broken down into the design of the study and levels of the IV and how many participants used and sampling methods
    Materials used in the study and the procedure of how to carry out the study using standardized procedures
  • Results
    Summarises the data collected in the research study. There will be tables of descriptive statistics measures of central tendency and distribution key figures will be displayed on appropriate graphs

    Will also be a calculation using the appropriate statistical test to show if the results are significant
  • Discussion
    Explains the data analysis in the results section actually means such as should the alternate/ research hypothesis be accepted what does this finding support or counter previous research and what are other potential implications of these results
    It is also a opportunity for the researcher to criticise their own research, identifying potential extraneous variables
  • References
    An alphabetical list using surnames of the research studies that were used to inform the current research
    This provides credit for other researchers ideas avoiding claims of plagiarism
    Helps future researchers to identify the authors sources and find related studies