a summery of the study covering its aims, hypothesis, method, results and conclusion 150-200 words, used to give other researchers insight as to if they want to read the whole thin
what is the introduction?
review of previous research , so the reader knows why the study is being conducted
what is the method?
a detailed discription of what the researcher did, enough to enable replication including: design, pp, apparatus, procedure and ethics
what is the results ?
summarise the data and what was found including descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and conclusions drawn
what is the discussion?
researcher aims to interpret the results and establish any implications for future work and suggestions on how to improve it considering the methodology, results.
what are the acknowledgements ?
the process of recognising a psychologists work and findings within a piece of research or study
what are the references?full details of journals, articles or books that are mentioned in the report cited at the end
what is the structure of a reference ?
surname. initial (year)book title.location of publisher. publisher
