The role of the scientific community Flashcards
What is reporting psychological investigations?
Once a study has been carried out and report will be written by the reasercher
This report is then submitted and then a reaserch journal who may decide to publish it
The structure of these reports tend to follow a particular pattern
What is teh acronym for section of report
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Abstract
Introduction
Methodology
Result
Discussion
References
Appendix
What is an abstract?
A short passage at the start of a report that gives an overview of the participant and procedures of the study’s
Aswell as the result and the conclusion allows reasercher to get a snap shot of info without having to read a report
What’s an introduction?
The introduction is an overview of previous reaserch and studies
Should start broadly and funnel to become a more specific study your conduction
Aims and hypothesis should read on logically from intro
What is method?
A detailed description of what the reasercher did providing enough detail so as that another reasercher could replicate the stufy to see if your results are reliable
Should include detail like design participants apparatus procedures and other ethical conditions
What are results?
Detailed account about what teh reasercher found
Can be qualitative or quantitative data
Should be analysed with both descriptive. and inferential statistics
What are discussions?
Detailed discussion of findings and what the reasercher concluded from them
Findings of study should be compared with findings of previous reaserch Nd states if the study supports of contradicts then
Methodical issue covered
And how they can be over line in further rest
What are references?
Full titles and details of out the journals and books referenced in the texts
What’s the appendix?
Found at the paper and contains information about that supplements texts but is to distracting to add to then main body of papers such as raw data or materials used (full questionnaires, observations changed and tally chart)
What is peer review?
Peer review involved a piece of psychological reaserch being scrutinised by a small group of usually 2 or 3 peers in the particular feild
Who are peers?
Experts in a specific field of our research
What’s the peer review process?
1 Scientists study something
2 Scientists write about their results
3 Journal editor receives and article and send it out for peer review
4 Peer reviewers read the article nd provide feedback to the editor
5 It the article finally meets editorial peer standards it is published in a journal
6 The editor may send reviewer comments to the scientists who may then revise and resubmit the article for future review and if this doesn’t maintain the diffidence high scientific standards, it may be rejected at this point
What are the 3 purpose of peer review?
Allocation of reaserch fundings
Publication in research journals and books
Assessing the research rating of univerity departments
What is allocation of reaserch funding?
Research is paid by various govt and charitable bodies
Overall budget for science reaserch in 2015 and 2016 was £5.8 billion
Organised spending money had adult to spend responsibly public bodies such as medical reaserch review to enable them to decide if it’s worthwhile
Publication of reaserch journals and books?
Scientific and academic journals provide scientific with the opportunity’s since the middle of the 20ty century ad a meaning it preventing incoet and fault fays entering the public domain
prior to the idea of peer review reaserch was simply published and it was assumed the burden of proof lay
