APA Rapportering

Question 1

How do you rapport a t-test in APA format?

Answer 1

• test type and use
  Fx “an Independent samples t-test was conducted to compare (DV measure) ______ in (IV level/condition 1) ______ and IV level/condition 2) _______”
• significant differences between conditions with means/medians and standard deviation
  Fx “there was a significant difference between IV level 1 (M=____, SD=______) and IV level 2 (M=______, SD=______)

- test statistic, degrees of freedom and p-value
Fx t(\_\_\_)=\_\_\_\_, p=\_\_\_\_\_

Question 2

What are the standard things you should report when using APA format?

Answer 2

1: State the type of analysis you conducted
2: state the overall finding in normal words
3: report the DF and test statistic (F, t etc)
4: report the significance level (p)
5: report effect size (including direction) (fx r, d, OR)