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