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Research Methods Rho
research methods
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Short summary at the beginning of a journal article that informs the reader about the results |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| APA format | The journal article format specified by the APA |
| Copy manuscript | The preprint version of a research report; that is, it is a manuscript that has not yet been printed in a technical journal |
| Discussion | A section of a technical paper in which the author draws theoretical conclusions by examining, interpreting, and qualifying the results |
| Figure captions | Descriptions of figures that appear on a page separate from the figures in a copy manuscript |
| Figures | Graphical presentations of data in the Results sections of a research report |
| Introduction | The portion of a technical paper that specifies the problem to be studied and tells why it is important |
| Materials | A part of the method section in which elements other than the apparatus used to test participants are described, including surveys, videos, words presented for memorization, and the like |
| Method | A section of a technical paper that describes in detail the operations performed by the experimenter |
| References | Found at the end of a technical paper; only articles cited in the text of the paper are included in the Reference section |
| Results | A section of a technical paper that tells what happened in the research |
| Running head | In a journal article, the heading that appears at the top of the page |
| Short title | In a journal article, the first few words of the title, which appear at the top of each page of the copy manuscript |
| Tables | A nongraphical way of summarizing data in a technical paper. Summary values of the dependent variable are presented under headings describing the levels of the independent variable |
| Title | Provides an idea of the contents of an article or technical paper and usually states only the dependent and independent variables |