Unit 2

• Abstract


  Section of a research report at the very beginning that summarizes the entire study
• Citations


  Names and dates referring to the publications that are used
• Discussion


  Section of research report where the researcher considers the research results from different perspectives
• Generalization


  Applying the results of study to the target population
• Introduction


  Section of report when the researcher outlines the problem being investigated.
• Literature review


  A summary of past research on a topic
• Method


  Section of research report that provides information about how the study was conducted
• Parsimony


  Scientific principle stating that if two theories are equally effective at explaining a phenomenon, the similar of the two if preferred.
• Prediction


  A statement that tries to quest what is believed will happen
• PsycINFO


  American Psychological Association's searchable database of journal publications
• References


  A list of all the sources cited in the paper
• Research hypothesis


  Statement that some phenomenon exists within a population
• Results


  Section of report in which the researchers presents their findings
• Theory


  Organizes and explains various findings relate to a specific phenomenon, this generate a ne testable hypotheses about the phenomenon
• Web of Science


  A database that also allows for cited reference searches, finding articles that cite a certain article.
• Serendipity


  When an interesting finding is a result of accident or luck
• Primary Source


  First hand reports of results or observations written by the person that did the experiment
• Secondary Source


  Descriptions or summaries written by people that did not participate in the research being discussed
• Extraneous variables


  Any variable that is ot being looked at but can effect the outcome of research
• Operational Definition


  Statements about how variables in your study will be observed and measured