PSYC02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Style Guide, Sample Size Determination
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Psyc02 lecture 2: manuscript structure and content. Different publications have their own style guide (i. e. , new york times and guardians have different styles) Manuscript structure and content: walking through the elements of a manuscript (what should be in each section, guidelines for content and style of each manuscript element, also specific formatting guidelines. It provides specific details of what should be included in each section. Any empirical article should be organized like this. Very specific details about titles, abstracts (mention sample size and measures), and introduction. Title: summarize main idea of the manuscript, should be self-explanatory, recommended length: no more than 12 words. Guidance on coming up with a title it should be informative; the title is the first thing the person sees. It shouldn"t contain acronyms, only include words that, standalone and be understandable: shouldn"t include words that you would have to look up.
