scientific report

Question 1

what does an abstract include?

Answer 1

• key details of the research report = aim, hypothesis, method , results and conclusion
• 150-200 words long

Question 2

what does an introduction include?

Answer 2

• info of past research on a similar topic where relevant theories, studies and concepts are mentioned
• starts off broad then info becomes more specific

Question 3

what does a method include?

Answer 3

• a description of what the researchers exactly did when they undertook the study
• design, sample collected ( target pop, sampling method etc), materials used , procedure, ethics

Question 4

what do the results include?

Answer 4

• all the findings from the study, presented even with inferential + descriptive statistics

Question 5

what does the referencing include?

Answer 5

• list of all the sources used
• books: author, date, title of book (italics), place of publication, publisher
• journals: author, date, title of article, journal name, journal volume, issue number (italics), page range

Question 5

what does the discussion include?

Answer 5

• researcher considers what the findings mean for us and psychological theories
• ways of improving the study