PSYC207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Meta-Analysis, Scientific Journal, Impact Factor
27 Mar 2018
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Scientific journal articles: psychology"s most important repository of research scientific journals peer reviewed submitted by scientists to editorial boards then recruit reviewers to check writing two major types of scientific journals empirical articles and review articles. Empirical journal articles describe results of an original study, or series of studies for the very first time to address the gaps in knowledge and here"s the new ground we"ve broken. Written by the scientists who conducted the work. Aim is to present the theoretical basis for their work, as well as their methods, results, and conclusions here is what we knew, what we didnt know, and heres the work we did. Introduction lay out theoretical background (both generally and specifically) Empirical journal articles have 7 sections: abstract. 2: method who will be taking part in the study, how many subjects, what were u testing, what measures were u collecting.
