Chapter 21
Which of the following statements about constructing tables is not true?
The table should include whatever test of significance was used.
The results section is the most important section because it presents the study's findings.
True
Which of the following would be included in a grant proposal but not in a thesis proposal?
curriculum vitae of the author
According to the text, the proposal should be written in
future tense
Which of the following should be included in the discussion section of a research report?
implications of the results
In the results section of a research report, the author should include
information contained in tables and information concerning statistical significance and meaningfulness
A table of descriptive data should include which information for each group?
mean, standard deviation, and number
Which of the following is not included in a proposal?
methods
Which of the following should not be included in the results section of a research report?
raw data
Measurements are frequently made and then averaged across several participants. To what degree of precision should the average be reported in a research paper?
to the precision with which it was measured