Reporting Inestigations

Question 1

What is the format of reporting and investigation

Answer 1

1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Method
5. results
6. Discussion
7. References

Question 2

What is the title

Answer 2

State what is being investigated

Question 3

Abstract

Answer 3

A summary of research aim, hypothesis, method, results and conclusion

Question 4

What is the introduction

Answer 4

• relevant background info on theories and studies
  Include info eg - nature of problem being investigated
  - review of previous research
  - justification for the aim
  - contain hypothesis

Question 5

What is included in the method

Answer 5

1. Design
   - justify choice of research
   - control varibles
   - ethical issues
   2.Ptps
   - sampling method
   - number and demographic
2. Apparatus/material
   - material researcher needs to conduct research
   - eg timers, word list, consent forms, recording equipment
3. Procedure
   - details so others an replicate the study
   - state each stage of experiment
   - what was done, timing and different conditions (repeated/independent)
   - ethical issues

Question 6

What is included in the results

Answer 6

What researcher found
Quantitive data - descriptive stats eg graphs and inferential stats

Qualitative data - include themes with Examples

Question 7

What is included in a discussion

Answer 7

• summary of results
• relationship to previous research
• consideration of methodology
• implications for psychology theory’s
• suggestions for future research

Question 8

What are included in a reference

Answer 8

• for a book = authors surname and initials, year, title of book place of publication publisher (if accessed online add available url [date accessed])
• journal article = authors surname and initials, year, title of article journal title volume number and page number (if accessed online add available url [date accessed])
• web page = web page/website author(year old publication) title available from url [date accessed]