Quiz 5: Chapter 16
begins the sentence
A number in a sentence should be spelled out when it:
running head
A shortened title that will appear at the top of each page in the published article is the:
from the specific to the general
According to your text, the Discussion section proceeds:
2 months or more
After you submit your paper to a journal for review, you may have to wait _______________ before you receive your first feedback:
120 words
An abstract for a research report should not exceed:
in alphabetical order according to the first author's last name
Entries in your reference section are listed:
from the oldest to the newest
If you have two articles to list in your reference section by the same author, you then list them:
discussion section
Interpretation of your results belongs in the:
for any occupation in which you will have to organize facts, draw logical conclusions, and present those facts and conclusions to others
Learning how to write a research report is valuable:
double spaced
Manuscripts that follow APA style must be:
x-axis
On a graph, the levels of the independent variable are usually represented on the:
provide enough information about your study that the reader could duplicate it in all its essential details
The Method section of your research report should:
were cited in the report
The Reference section of your research report should contain a listing of all the references that:
manuscript page header
The _________ is the first two or three words of your title and appears along with the page number in an APA-style manuscript:
theme
The _________ sentence (usually the first in a paragraph) conveys the topic of the paragraph to your reader:
F(l, 85) = 7.98, p < .05
The correct citation format for reporting the results from an analysis of variance is:
report the research results
The final step in the research process is to:
you can engage in meaningful conversations with other people who are doing research in your area
The main advantage of the poster session over an oral presentation is that:
justify the study described in the report
The primary function of the introduction is to:
materials section
The proper place to describe how your questionnaire was organized would be in the:
interpret the results and indicate how they fit with previous research and theory
The purpose of the discussion section is to:
from the general to the specific
The structure of the introduction proceeds:
concise yet informative
To be effective, the title of your article should be:
develop an outline of your talk and stick to it
When giving an oral presentation of your research results, you should:
state in sentence form what comparison is being evaluated, whether or not the difference was statistically significant, the critical statistic and its degrees of freedom, the value obtained for the statistic, and the level of significance achieved
When presenting the results of a statistical analysis of your data, you should usually:
the reader has some knowledge of the basic psychological concepts that underlie your study
When writing the introduction, you should assume that:
APA writing style
When you write a research report for submission to an APA journal, the report must conform to:
- a hanging indent style is used - the title of the journal is italicized and all major words are capitalized **Both of them Above**
Which of the following is true of how an APA style reference is formatted?
Non-APA journals usually follow APA writing style with minor changes
Which of the following is true?
- The independent variable was found to effect the dependent variable - The data from the experiment is presented in Figure 1 - The affect of the independent variable was minimal **All of the Above**
Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?