PSYCH211 Lecture 27: PSCYH 211_How to Read a Research Paper
2 Dec 2016
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Pscyh 211: how to read a research paper. Use a notebook and write down what you think the research question is, write down info to look for in the paper. I(cid:374)troduces topic a(cid:374)d tell you why it"s i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t. Might give an example of behaviour in real life, talk about the topic in general (ex. What previous work did not investigate well. Talks about what the hole is that this research is trying to fill. You should know what each experiment found and why it was conducted. Why it was conducted will either be: Intertwined in the methods (cid:862)this was do(cid:374)e to rule out(cid:863) or (cid:862)this was do(cid:374)e to e(cid:374)sure(cid:863) You can usually get his information from the discussions of results. Sometimes there will be a separate discussion section for each experiment. Other ties it will be included in the results look at the last few paragraphs of results for a summary.
