25. Sections of a report (A2)

Question 1

What are the 6 sections of a report?

Answer 1

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Method
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Referencing

Question 2

What is an abstract?

Answer 2

The key details of the research report - includes hypothesis, aims, methods, results & conclusions

Question 3

What is an introduction?

Answer 3

A look at the past research (theory and/or studies) on a similar topic. Includes the aims and hypothesis

Question 4

What is a method?

Answer 4

A description of what the researcher(s) did, including design, sample, apparatus, procedures & ethics

Question 5

What is the results section?

Answer 5

A description of what the researcher(s) found, including descriptive and inferential statistics

Question 6

What is the discussion section?

Answer 6

A consideration of what the results section of a research study tell us in terms of psychological theory

Question 7

What is the references section?

Answer 7

A list of sources that are referred to or quoted in the article and their full details

Question 8

How detailed would an appropriate method section need to be?

Answer 8

Sufficiently detailed so that other researchers could precisely replicate the study if they wished to

Question 9

How may the results section of a report display various statistics/data collections?

Answer 9

Descriptive Stats - tables, graphs, charts & measures of central tendency
Inferential Stats - inc. chosen stat. test, calculated & critical values + final lvl of significance
Raw Data - in appendixes not main report
Qualitative methods of research will need analysis of themes/categories

Question 10

What shld be included in a thorough discussions section?

Answer 10

Verbal summary of the findings
Compared to evidence from introduction & other studies
Discussion of limitations & how to deal with them in future
What are the real-world applications