Peer-Reviewed Articles
Brief description (150-250 words)
1-2 sentences on each section
What is an abstract?
Ranking of top college football teams
What is ordinal?
The degree to which a measure assesses what it claims to
Each member of the population is equally likely to be chosen as part of the sample
What is random sampling?
Describing, predicting, & explaining behavior
What are the goals of scientific research?
Description of participants
Materials (tests/instruments)
Research procedures (the “recipe” for the exp.)
What is the methods section?
Likert scales of measurement
What is interval?
The degree to which a measure is consistent
What is reliability?
Every participant has an equal opportunity of being placed in the experimental or control conditions
What is random assignment?
Reviews research proposals to ensure compliance w/ federal ethical regulations for human subjects
What is the IRB?
Products of statistical analyses
What is the results section?
The tentative proposition about relationships between variables within a study
Scientific theories must always be stated in such a way that the predictions derived from them could potentially be shown to be false.
What is falsifiability?
How do the findings fit in the “big picture”?
Restating predictions, which were (not) supported?
Interpretation of Results
“Tie in” with Introduction (past research, theory)
What is the discussion section?
Broad level description of topic
Literature review
Explicit purpose of the study
What is the results section?