PSY-0036 Lecture Notes - Descriptive Statistics
Document Summary
Goals of scientific writing: engage, describe, convince. Elements of a scientific paper: title page, abstract c. Introduction: method, results, discussions, references, footnotes (if any, tables and figures, appendix. Abstract: purpose: provides readers with an overview of the authors" research question(s), methods, major findings and implications of the work, 120-150 words max, goal: be concise! Each word should be carefully selected to maximize information and minimize text: write last. Introduction: common pitfalls: vague or overly verbose sentences, each statement should have a clear, easy-to-understand point, lack of rationale, why is this important, long, drawn out summary of literature. Vague sentences: this study will benefit society tremendously. , this research will contribute to the existing literature. , be specific about how the study will benefit society and contribute to the literature. To measure this perceptual distortion, we will compare participants" estimates of object size for objects that are more versus less valuable.
