Reporting Psychological Investigations

• Abstract


  A short summary of the key points of the research in roughly 200 words. It should provide information to give a general overview of the study and allow the reader to make an informed decision about whether to read the rest of the article or not
• Introduction section


  About justifying the need for conducting research
• Method section 


  This section of a report is typically split into several sections to help ensure that each aspect of the procedure is written in sufficient detail so that the reader would be able to replicate the study
• Design


  Accurate information presented here will allow the reader to be able to follow the rationale of the study more easily. The experimental design should be stated here
• Sample


  The researcher explains the nature of the participants who made up their sample and their sampling method
• Materials 


  These refer to the stimulus itself, such as a questionnaire that the participants who asked to complete
• Procedure 


  the study should be presented from beginning to end with everything in the correct order as it occurred
• Ethics 


  It is important to acknowledge any ethical issues that arose within the study and how they were addressed
• Results


  Presenting the findings