Research Report Write Up Flashcards
1
Q
What are the requirements for a title?
A
- Approx 12-14 words.
- Include “effect of (IV) on (DV).
- Science word: Investigating, studying, etc.
2
Q
What goes in a method?
A
- Participants
- Materials
- Procedure
3
Q
What is included in ‘Results’?
A
- Visual representation of data: graph/table (title, labeled axis)
- State findings in words - not drawing conclusions, just describing data.
4
Q
What is part of a discussion?
A
- Discuss what was found (start specific, end broad)
- Did the results support the hypothesis? (Use data/evidence)
- Extraneous variables and their possible effects
- Controlled variables
- Future improvements to the study
- Generalisability
5
Q
Participants
A
- Who were they? (number/amount, age, where they came from)
- Sampling method.
6
Q
Materials
A
- What was used?
- Can be in dot points
7
Q
Procedure
A
- How was the experiment conducted?
- Step-by-step outline
- What were the conditions/groups?
- How are the participants allocated to the conditions/groups?
- What was done with the results?
8
Q
Introduction
A
- Introduce the topic (start broad, end specific)
- Define key terms and background knowledge/theories
- Aim
- Hypothesis
- Operationalised IV and DV
9
Q
Types of data
A
- Primary
- Secondary
- Qualitative
- Quantitative
- Objective
- Subjective
- Mean
- Outlier
- Median
- Mode
- Range
