Writing up research and managing data

Question 1

what is the open science initiative

Answer 1

aims:
- open journals
- open reviewing
- shared copy of data produced
- sharing methodology/expertise
- sharing educational materials
- want equal opportunities, while maintaining public safety

Question 2

safely collecting and storing data

Answer 2

often stored on web based platforms, but could be personal drive

must be secure and password protected

anonymised and personal details removed

PPs can ask to have data removed if not summarised already

Question 3

what is the purpose of research reports

Answer 3

They describe the entire process by which psychological knowledge develops

Question 4

abstract

Answer 4

normally written after completing other sections

includes all parts of study in summary

Question 5

introduction

Answer 5

A brief description of the topic of the research

Key concepts and ideas explained in some detail or defined if this is possible

Criticisms given of aspects of the relevant research literature together with synthesis where the literature clearly leads to certain conclusions

Question 6

difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics

Answer 6

Descriptive statistics: describe the characteristics of your data, for example, the means and standard deviations of all of your variables, where appropriate

Inferential statistics: indicate whether your findings are statistically significant in the sense that they are unlikely to be due to chance. The correlation coefficient and t-test are examples of the sorts of inferential statistics that beginning researchers use.