Description
Book SynopsisThis book will help undergraduate psychology students to write practical reports of experimental and other quantitative studies in psychology. It is designed to help with every stage of report writing and provides a resource that students can refer to throughout their degree, up-to and including when writing up a final year undergraduate project.
Now fully updated in its fourth edition, this book maps to the seventh edition of the APA guidelines and offers more comprehensive advice, guidelines and recommendations than ever before. Students will benefit from:
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Coverage of different forms of quantitative study, including online studies and studies that use questionnaires, as well as experiments
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A range of handy test yourself questions (with answers at the end of the book)
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Self-reflection questions to prompt deeper understanding
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Summary sections that articulate the main points and provide a useful revision
Table of ContentsPart 1: Writing ReportsChapter 1- Getting started
Chapter 2- The Introduction section
Chapter 3- The Method section
Chapter 4- The Results section
Chapter 5- The Discussion section
Chapter 6- The Title and Abstract
Chapter 7- References and Appendices
Part 2: Writing Advanced reports and Final Year Projects (NEW)
Chapter 8- Chapter Reporting studies that include questionnaires
Chapter 9- Reporting specific inferential statistics
Chapter 10- Things to consider in the RESULTS section of your later reports and projects
Chapter 11- Final Year Projects
Part 3: Writing up (NEW)
Chapter 12- Producing the final version of the report
Chapter 13- Final tips
Recommended reading
References
Index
