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6. The title of a report should be no longer than...

  • 20 words
  • 40 words
  • 10 words

7. The appendices should contain.....

  • Questions for the peer reviewer
  • Any additional info
  • Mistakes in the report

8. When giving information about the sample in the method you must include the age range, sex ratio and?

  • How they were selected
  • Whether they got paid
  • Possible individual differences

9. In the Method the design used should be identified and justified, what else?

  • IV's and how they were operationalised and how DV's were measured
  • IV's and why they were chosen
  • IV's and whether they were naturally occurring

10. Should materials and apparatus be described in detail in the method?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe

11. Which of these should be part of the abstract?

  • Statistical analysis points
  • Participants investigated
  • Summary tables

12. Which of these should be in the title of a report?

  • The overall outcome of the report
  • Accurate reflection of content in report
  • Main points in a report

13. What should this information be? Give 3 examples

  • Raw data, copies of questionnaire and statistical calculations
  • Things they found hard, things that could be improved, things they did well
  • Background research and what they expect to happen with this research

14. Which of these should be part of the abstract?

  • Brief explanation of the meaning behind the research
  • Brief summary of main points
  • Brief summary of why they are researching this

15. In the method what should the procedure be describing?

  • Exactly what the researchers and participants did
  • Why the operationalised the IV's as they did
  • What the results were after the procedure

16. In the Introduction what should be there?

  • Account of the findings
  • Outline of the aim and hypothesis
  • Brief summary of results

17. A peer review allows judges to...

  • See if articles make a significant contribution
  • Tell the researcher if the article is bad
  • Tell the researcher what to improve about the article

18. The 4 things that should be contained within the results are...

  • In detailed description of the apparatus used
  • Summary table showing measures of central tendency and dispersion
  • Summary of the aim and hypothesis
  • Identification and justification of statistical analysis conducted
  • Value of statistic test, one tailed or two tailed, observed p value
  • Whether the null hypothesis was rejected

19. Which of these should be part of the abstract?

  • Topic being investigated
  • How the IV's were operationalised
  • How the DV's were measured