What is the methods section in a psychological research write up
- Should include sufficient detail for other researchers to be able to precisely replicate
- Split into sub-sections:
* Design (independent groups, observations) and justification
* Sample (How many, context of them), sampling method and target population
* Apparatus (details of instruments used)
* Procedure (A "recipe" style list of every thing which happened including verbatim briefings, standardised instructions and debriefings)
* Ethics and explaining how these were dealt with