Chapter 3 Ledford Flashcards
3 main functions of a literature review
1) improving plans for future studies
2) articulating what is known and not known about a topic
3) building a foundation and rationale for a study
general steps when reviewing the literature
- selecting a topic
- narrowing that topic
- finding the relevant sources
- reading and coding relevant sources
- sorting trustworthy and non trustworthy sources
- organizing the findings and writing the review
QUOROM (Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses) Statement
guidelines for reporting meta-analyses
PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses)
updated guidelines to address recent advances in the science of systematic reviews more broadly
PRISMA 4 phase flow diagram
- identifying potential articles
- screening articles for possible inclusion
- assessing eligibility of potential articles
- including articles for further analysis
demonstrative question
a common type of question
parametric question
focuses on the amount of the independent variable and the effects of those various amounts on behavior
component analysis question
acknowledges that many of our procedures and interventions have many different parts
comparative question
useful for making recommendations about which practices should be used and about which of a couple of procedures is more efficient under given situations
sections of a research proposal
- abstract
- introduction
- method
abstract of research proposal
- 120-150 words
intro section of research proposal
- 4-8 pages
- 3 tasks
- into to topic
- summary of existing literature while building rationale for the study
- state the purpose and lists the research questions
method section of research proposal
- detailed plan of the study
- future tense
- covers topics of
- participants
- setting
- materials
- response definitions and measurement procedures
- experimental design
setting section of research proposal
describes the location of all experimental procedures and conditions planned
procedures section of research proposal
- detailed description of study procedures beginning with how university and district approvals will be secured
materials section of research proposal
- description of materials, supplies, and equipment used
- equipment to collect data should include name, make, and model
response definitions and measurement procedures section of research proposal
complete description of the dependent variable
experimental design section of research proposal
paragraph describing the experimental design to be used
final report sections
- abstract
- intro
- method
- results
- discussion
method section of final report
should include modifications to sections:
- participants
- response definitions, procedures, reliability, experimental design
results section of final report
describes how the data paths changed or did not change with experimental manipulations
discussion section of final report
describes the relevance of the study’s data
- 3-5 pages
author should be included if they made contributions to a study in the areas of
- intellectual (providing conceptualizations and making decisions related to the design)
- material (provide funding, space, or resources)
- operational (conducting the research)
- descriptive (writing product or parts of product)
sections of a poster presentation
same as report
defensible online journals are similar to hard copy journals because
- they have an editor
- have editorial board of scientists
- review process if described
- use a peer-review process
