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Describe the anatomy of a Research Article.
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(1) Abstract (2) Introduction (3) Method (4) results (5) discussion
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What is the abstract? Max number of words?
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The abstract is a body of paragraph that summarizes the research report and is no more than 120 words.
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What information does the abstract include? How much of discussion is included?
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Hypothesis, procedure and the broad pattern of results. Barely any info from discussion is included.
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In short, describe what goes into the introduction?
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The introduction should display the problem that has already been investigated, and this must be outlined by the researcher. The expectations are written down almost like an informal hyothesis. Thirdly, the researcher must show how past research and theory are connected to the current research problem and expected results
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How many subsections are there within the METHOD category of research article?
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It really depends on the author and how complex the research is. But usually about 3-4
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Generally, what would each subsection in the METHOD category describe, assuming it was the regular division of 3 to 4 subsections?
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The first subsection provides the reader with an overview of the design to prepare the reader for the material that follows. The second, describes the characteristics of each participant, like average age or whether or not both sexes were used. The subsection after (fourth) describes the procedure used in the study, as well as materials used to conduct it or confuse the participants (for good reason).This allows readers to understand how it was carried out. (notice how this is included in the METHOD category, it is the heart of it all) Any additional sub sections would be about materials.
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Describe the results section. 3 main things
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It is the section where findings are presented. First thing is that it needs to be in narrative form. Second the results gotta be in statistical language. Thirdly, the material is often in tables and graphs.
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What happens in the discussion section?
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The researcher takes a look and reviews the research from various different types of perspectives and discusses why 1 explanation is superior to another. You also explore what's wrong and what could've been improved on.
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*READ SOME JOURNAL ARTICLES TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE FORMAT AT /journals
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*yeah nothing here, just a lil tip to check the website all that's all*
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What is critical thinking?
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It is the ability and willingness to evaluate truth or and completion of ones knowledge. In addition, to critically think, one must seek evidence before declaring the truth, and and evaluate the evidence before accepting or rejecting it.
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How does quantitative research methods encourage critical thinking?
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It gives us a common language & set of tools to guide and encourage critical thinking
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How is Psychology scientific?
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Psychology is scientific because it understands behaviour by using the methods of science. Essentially, psychology is the data based scientific study of behaviour.
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What are the 3 key characteristics of Science?
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Systematic empiricism, production of public knowledge, and search for solvable problems.
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Describe systematic empiricism
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When you rely on observation that is structured so it will reveal important information. Also, making sure that research methods offer this structure.
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What are the 2 important things in production of public knowledge?
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Peer review and replication
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