Research Paper

Question 1

in contrast to empirical studies or theoretical articles, literature reviews

Answer 1

a. define and clarify a problem
b. summarize previous investigations
c. identify relations, contradictions, or inconsistencies in the literature
d. suggest steps for future research
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE *

Question 2

which of the following must identify the specific variables investigated and the relation between them?

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the title of the report

Question 3

an abstract for a research report should be about

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150-180 words

Question 4

journal article reporting standards were developed to

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a. make it easier to generalize across fields
b. provide a degree of comprehensiveness in the information routinely included in reports of empirical investigations
c. help decision makers in policy and practice understand how research was conducted
d. allow techniques of meta-analysis to proceed more efficiently
e. ALL OF THE ABOVE*

Question 5

when describing human participants you should state

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a. the number of participants who did not complete the experiment
b. the total number of participants
c. the number of participants assigned to each experimental condition
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE*

Question 6

conventionality and expectancy dictate that the method section should be written

Answer 6

in subsections

Question 7

on the basis of verb tense, in which part of a report is the following segment likely to appear?
COLLEGE STUDENTS JUDGE TIME DIFFERENTLY THAN DO COLLEGE FACULTY. FACULTY ARE MORE ACCURATE IN JUDGING THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED TO DO ACADEMIC TASKS.

Answer 7

a conclusion in a discussion

Question 8

in reporting tests of significance

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a. give the exact value of the statistic (F or t value)
b. state the relevant degrees of freedom
c. indicate the probability level
d. describe the direction of an effect
e. ALL OF THE ABOVE *

Question 9

if your study is simple and your discussion section is brief and straightforward, you can

Answer 9

discuss the negative findings, listing all of the possible causes

Question 10

approcimations of quantity such as major proportion of, colloquial expressions such as write-up, or informal verb use such as( it was her feeling that)

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reduce word precision and clarity

Question 11

in table headings and figure captions

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capitalize only the first word and proper nouns

Question 12

names of conditions or groups in an experiment should

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not be capitalized unless followed by numerals or letters

Question 13

use italics for

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introduction of key terms and labels

Question 14

use numerals to express

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numbers that immediately precede a unit of measurement

Question 15

edit the following expression of numbers:
-respondents in each of the age groups were asked to describe what they had eaten for dinner two and four weeks previously

Answer 15

Respondents in each of the age groups were asked to describe what they had eaten for dinner 2 and 4 weeks previously

Question 16

edit the following for the expression of numbers:

-EIGHTY NURSES VOLUNTEERED TO KEEP A DAILY RECORD OF THEIR STRESS LEVELS

Answer 16

leave as is

- ( because its at the beginning of the sentence so you spell out the number)

Question 17

words should be used to express numbers

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from zero to nine, not representing a precise measurement

Question 18

edit the following for the expression of ordinal numbers:

THE CRITICAL STIMULI WERE PLACED IN THE SECOND AND 10TH POSITIONS IN EACH BLOCK OF TRIALS

Answer 18

leave as is

because second is less than 9 so you spell it out and 10th is more than 9 so you don’t spell it out

Question 19

edit the following for the expression of decimal fractions:
THE CONTAINERS WERE MADE OF TRANSPARENT PLASTIC AND WEIGHED .6KG

-

Answer 19

the containers were made of transparent plastic and weighed 0.6kg.

Question 20

edit the following for the expression of numbers:

WHEN THE PAYOFF FOR FINDING AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IS SO HIGH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MINIMIZE TYPE 2 ERRORS.

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when the payoff for finding an effective treatment is so high, it is important to minimize Type II errors.
(use roman numerals for types)

Question 21

use commas between groups of three digit figures of 1,000 or more except when expressing

Answer 21

a. page numbers
b. serial numbers
c. degrees of freedom
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE *

Question 22

which statement applies to the use of metric measurement in the following sentence?
CONDUCTANCE AND INDUCTANCE WERE MEASURED IN SIEMENS (S) AND HENRYS (H), RESPECTIVELY.

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correct as is

Question 23

when you present statistics, cite the reference

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a. for less common statistics
b. for statistics used in a controversial way
c. when a statistic itself is the focus of an article
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE*
e. for any statistic and all uses of a statistic

Question 24

EDIT THE FOLLOWING FOR THE EXPRESSION OF FORMULAS:
-The participants were told their mean reaction times (M= total reaction time/number of trials) after each of block trials.

Answer 24

The participants were told their mean reaction times after each block of trials.

Question 25

which of the following is the correct way to present a statistic in text?

Answer 25

a. F=2.62(22), p

Question 26

edit the following for the presentation of statistics:
-The children were divided into two groups on the basis of which hand they used to hold the pen. The mean scores on the orientation task for the two groups were 34 and 142.

Answer 26

The children were divided into two groups on the basis of which hand they used to hold the pen. The mean scores on the orientation task for the left-handed and right-handed groups were 34 and 142, respectively.

(you need to mention which groups had which scores and respective to order it was in)

Question 27

tables should be numbered in the order

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in which they are first mentioned in the text

Question 28

Before constructing a table, you should consider that

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a. different indices should be segregated into different parts or lines of tables
b. tables with surplus elements are less effective than lean tables
c. data from a 2 x 2 design should be put in a table rather than in the text
d. adding space between columns of rows can make a table easier to read
e. ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCEPT C. *

Question 29

a good table

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is intelligible without reference to the text

Question 30

the left-hand column o f a table (the stub) should have a heading (the stub head) that usually describes

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• elements in that column

- independent variables

Question 31

when more than one level of significance is reported in a table,

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• assign the same number of asterisks from table to table within your paper
• report the exact probabilities to two to three decimal places

Question 32

from the following examples, select the correct way to refer to a figure in text

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• see Figure 2

Question 33

tables, including titles and headings, should be

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-double-spaced
or
-single-spaced

Question 34

the word figure refers to

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a. photographs
b. graphs and charts
c. maps
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE *

Question 35

figures can be used to

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a. illustrate complex theoretical formulations
b. show sampling and flow of subjects through a randomized clinical trial or other experiment
c. illustrate empirical results from a complex multivariate model
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 36

which of the following is correct in ordering of manuscript subsections?

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• Discussion, footnotes, References

Question 37

the title page of your manuscript includes

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a. running head
b. author byline
c. author note
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE *

Question 38

the abstract should

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begin on page 2.