Mastering APA Style: Instructor’s Resource Guide, Sixth ...

1 ReseaRch RepoRt MasteR test File suppleMental QuestionsIn contrast to empirical studies or theoretical articles, literature reviewsa. define and clarify a summarize previous identify relations, contradictions, or inconsistencies in the suggest steps for future do all of the the following for typing the title page:Cultural InfluenCes on WIllIngness to seek treatment for soCIal anxIety In ChInese- and european-herItage studentslorena hsu and lynn e. aldenuniversity of British Columbiaa. leave as Influences on Willingness to seek treatment for social anxietyin Chinese- and european-heritage studentslorena hsu and lynn e.

2 Aldenuniversity of British Influences on Willingness to seek treatment for social anxiety in Chinese- and european-heritage studentslorena hsu & lynn e. aldenuniversity of British ColumbiaAPA CODES: : eRR-FAMILIARIZATIONM astering APA Style: instructor s Resource guide , Sixth EditionThe Master Test Influences on Willingness to seek treatment for social anxiety in Chinese- and european-heritage students lorena hsu lynn e. alden university of British Columbia university of British ColumbiaWhich of the following must identify the specific variables investigated and the relation between them?

3 A. the first sentence of the introduction sectionb. the conclusion of the Discussion sectionc. the title of the reportd. the first table that is cited Conventionality and expediency dictate that the Method section should be writtena. as a unified in without reference Answers a and c are None of the above is Results section should includea. dates defining the periods of recruitment and follow up and primary sources of the potential adverse events and/or side effects, if interventions were baseline demographic and/or clinical characteristics of each research all of the above except reporting your dataa.

4 Do not mention results that run counter to include all individual scores and raw do not discuss implications of the do not assume your reader has a professional knowledge of statistical sufficient set of statistics usually includesa. cell standard observed cell per-cell sample all of the CODES: : bRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODES: : cRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODES: : bRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODES: : eRR-PRACTICEAPA CODES: : cRR-PRACTICEAPA CODES: : dRR-PRACTICEWhen describing human participants, you should statea.

5 The number of participants who did not complete the the total number of the number of participants assigned to each experimental all of the b and c of the reporting tests of significance,a. give the exact value of the statistic (F or t value).b. state the relevant degrees of indicate the probability describe the direction of an do all of the your study is simple and your Discussion section is brief and straightforward, you cana. discuss the flaws of the study at spend most of your time discussing the next study you plan to combine the Results and Discussion discuss the negative findings, listing all of the possible do all of the the following by selecting the correct arrangement of headings: Experiment 1 Method Stimulus Materials Animal leave as isb.

6 Experiment 1 Method Stimulus materials. Animal Experiment 1 Method Stimulus materials. Animal EXPERIMENT 1 Method Stimulus Materials Animal CODES: : eRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODES: : eRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODES: : cRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODES: : bRR-FAMILIARIZATIONEdit the following by selecting the correct arrangement of headings:MethodSubjectsProcedureResultsD iscussiona. leave as causes the following segment of a student s research report to lack smoothness of expression?according to the research of savin-Williams (1988), how gay men publicly revealed their sexual orientation is correlated with the stability of their mental health.

7 He finds that well-adjusted gay men reveal early to trusted intransitive inferencesb. too much jargonc. abrupt changes in verb tensed. misplaced modifiersAPA CODES: : bRR-PRACTICEAPA CODES: : cRR-PRACTICEA pproximations of quantity such as a major portion of, colloquial expressions such as write-up, or informal verb use such as it was her feeling thata. reduce word precision and add warmth to dull scientific have a place in serious scientific can be used to enhance are more acceptable in written than in oral a verb concerns the action of the author experimenter, thea.

8 Third person and passive voice should be third person and active voice should be the first person, active voice should be third person should be used in all scientific writing to ensure the following for capitalization:When the hermit crabs listened to classical music, they were significantly more likely to retreat back into their shells than when they listened to rock-and-roll music. however, there was no music x shell interaction leave as isb. The interaction term music x shell should be Music x Statistical terms such as significantly should be Interaction effect should be Interaction of conditions or groups in an experiment shoulda.

9 Be not be not be capitalized unless followed by numerals or be designated by a italics fora. trigonometric introduction of key terms and Greek all of the CODES: : aRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODE: : cRR-PRACTICEAPA CODES: : bRR-PRACTICEAPA CODES: : cRR-FAMILIARIZATIONAPA CODE: : bRR-FAMILIARIZATIONA ccording to the APA style rules regarding italics,a. only Greek letters used as statistical symbols are all letters used as statistical symbols except Greek letters should be letters used as statistical symbols are never italicized in a and c of the above are should be used at all times fora.

10 Numbers in the abstract of a paper or in a graphical display within a ratios, arithmetical manipulations, and series of four or more fractional or decimal quantities, scores and points on a scale, and units of measurement of all of the the following for the expression of numbers:It would be wrong to estimate absentees for the week by taking the number of absentees on monday and multiplying by leave as isb. It would be wrong to estimate absentees for the week by taking the number of absentees on monday and multiplying by It would be wrong to estimate absentees for the week by taking the number of absentees on monday and multiplying by five (5).