A database specific to psychology journals and related references

The Annual Review of Psychology

is an edited volume that provides comprehensive reviews of trends and significant developments in the field

The Art of Reading Research Articles

search for key phrases and information (e.g., "The goal of this research is.. Our hypotheses were ")

A brief summary of a research article's purpose, methods, and major findings in about 150 to 300words

Introduction/Literature Review

articulating the problem or issue being studied, summarizing the previous work that has been done on the topic

problem areas that exist? Why does the topic matter? What are the central research questions? What is the research hypothesis?

The method section specifies how the research is conducted.

researchers describe in detail so other researchers can attempt to replicate the findings

The method section has three parts:

participants, materials, and procedures sections.

the materials section describes

what measures/instruments/techniques were used

How have the researchers operationalized

the variables (i.e., defined them in measurable terms)?

What methods are used to collect the data, and what sorts of controls are in place to deal with

potential error and false variables?

How do the methods allow for

distinguishing among various possibilities?

Because of the technical nature of the results section,

this is probably the section most often skipped by novice (or weary!) readers.

Broadly speaking, what are the methods of data analysis

—qualitative, quantitative, or both?

Based on the analyses, what did the researchers find

with respect to each of their hypotheses?

The discussion section of the article is where the authors give their interpretation of the findings and

how they believe the results should be understood and applied

Are the conclusions reasonable and

well grounded in the actual findings?

What are the caveats and

major limitations of the research?

the reference section should be used as a springboard

for finding additional materials

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Term	Definition
PsycINFO	A database specific to psychology journals and related references
The Annual Review of Psychology	is an edited volume that provides comprehensive reviews of trends and significant developments in the field
The Art of Reading Research Articles	search for key phrases and information (e.g., "The goal of this research is.. Our hypotheses were ")
Abstract	A brief summary of a research article's purpose, methods, and major findings in about 150 to 300words
Introduction/Literature Review	articulating the problem or issue being studied, summarizing the previous work that has been done on the topic
Questions to answer	problem areas that exist? Why does the topic matter? What are the central research questions? What is the research hypothesis?
The method section specifies how the research is conducted.	researchers describe in detail so other researchers can attempt to replicate the findings
The method section has three parts:	participants, materials, and procedures sections.
The participants section describes	who was studied
the materials section describes	what measures/instruments/techniques were used
the procedures section details	how it was done.
How have the researchers operationalized	the variables (i.e., defined them in measurable terms)?
What methods are used to collect the data, and what sorts of controls are in place to deal with	potential error and false variables?
How do the methods allow for	distinguishing among various possibilities?
Because of the technical nature of the results section,	this is probably the section most often skipped by novice (or weary!) readers.
Broadly speaking, what are the methods of data analysis	—qualitative, quantitative, or both?
Based on the analyses, what did the researchers find	with respect to each of their hypotheses?
Were their hypotheses	supported?
The discussion section of the article is where the authors give their interpretation of the findings and	how they believe the results should be understood and applied
What are the major	conclusions of the authors?
What are the implications	for this area of research?
Are the conclusions reasonable and	well grounded in the actual findings?
What are the caveats and	major limitations of the research?
the reference section should be used as a springboard	for finding additional materials

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