Reporting psychological investigations

Cards (1)

  • 1)Abstract: Short summary that includes aims, hypothesis, method, results, conclusions.

    2)Introduction: A look into relevant theories, studies that's essentially a literature review.

    3)Method: Includes details that allows other researchers to replicate study. (e.g. Design, sample, materials, procedure, ethics).

    4)Results: Summary of key findings from the investigations. May include descriptive, inferential statistics to display the data and analyse for statistical significance.

    5)Discussion/conclusion: Summary of finding in verbal form, limitations of the study, real-world implications of the research.

    6)References


    Journals -> Author, date, article title, journal name, volume, page number
    Books -> Author, data, title of book, place of publication, publisher