Written Assignments
A paper where you relate your thoughts, opinion, and/or experience with the subject matter.
A Reflection Paper
In a paragraph, this follows the title of a published source or information mentioned according to that source.
An in-text citation
"You" is an example of...
Second-person perspective
-- OR --
What Grumpy Cat hates!
The mean and standard deviation are examples of these types of statistics
Descriptive statistics
The section in a research paper where info about participants should be found
The methods section
In this style paper, multiple sources are used to support a thesis concept.
Research synthesis
The proper format of this is italicized and the first letter of each word is capitalized in the references section.
The Journal Title
The perspective that uses words that include the speaker such as "I," "we," and "our."
First-person perspective
To know if P is low, you must compare it to this
The alpha level (aka significance level)
Gaps in the knowledge are part of the background information found in this section of a research paper
The introduction
The purpose of this style paper is to critique how the authors designed their study and presented information about it.
Critical analysis
The second line of a reference in the references section should begin with this
A hanging indent
The perspective you should write from in academic papers unless instructed otherwise.
Third-person perspective
A T-test is used to compare ______ in 2 groups
The mean value of a variable
This provides a brief summary of the entire research paper
The abstract
In a reflection or critical analysis paper, this paragraph is usually where article you are writing about should be introduced.
First / Introduction paragraph
In an APA essay, it's the only page that should not have a page number.
The title page
This entity hates second-person perspective!
GRUMPY CAT
When P is low...
The H0 must go!
-- OR --
Reject the null hypothesis
Tables and graphs representing the data will usually be found in this section of a research paper
The results section
An effective concluding paragraph will reiterate these
The ideas, points, and/or concepts you have previously written about
In the references section, multiple references should be organized in this way.
Alphabetically (by last name of the first author)
(then by year if duplicate last names exist)
Saying "it was seen..." instead of "according to the investigators..." is an example of using this undesirable writing technique
Passive voice
A significant value from a statistical test will be found in these regions of the probability distribution
The extreme ends
-- OR --
The tails
In this section of a research paper, the investigators provide an interpretation of their findings and may refer to other sources to support their interpretation.
The discussion section