PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Statistical Significance, Apa Style, Literature Review

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Eric Lundquist

Document Summary

Abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussion section. Abstract: is a brief summary of the research article. About 1 sentence for each section, and around 150 words total. Missing pieces: what is past research missing that the study is trying to clear. Description of study population (age, gender, # of subjects) Design of study (independent variable and dependent variable). The reader can judge for oneself if the methods were sufficient. Should be enough detail for researcher to study and replicate it. Product of measuring the dependent variable in an experiment. Discuss results giving reference to graphs,tables and including statistical analysis. Include statements of rejecting or failing to reject the hypotheses. Evaluate the hypotheses, can be directly based on experiment results. Aim to explain the occurrence and or significance of the results. May contain opinions that are supported by the results. Is a tool for deciding whether or not to reject or fail to reject your hypothesis.