Christina M. Leclerc and Elizabeth A. Kensinger Department of Psychology
The writing style of the American Psychological Association (APA) is contained in the This data can also be reported in the Results section.
The goal of the results section in an empirical paper is to report the results of the data analysis used to test a hypothesis The results section should be in condensed format and lacking interpretation Avoid discussing why or how the experiment was performed or alluding to whether your results are good or bad expected or
1) Discuss your results in relation to your hypothesis Did your results support your hypothesis? If so how? 2) Compare your results to those of the studies mentioned in your Lit Review 3) Identify and discuss limitations in the experimental design that may have reduced the strength of your results Were there any confounding variables?
THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY GUIDE TO WRITING RESEARCH REPORTS The following set of guidelines provides psychology students at Essex with the basic information for structuring and formatting reports of research in psychology During your time here this will be an invaluable reference
This book describes the distinctive elements of qualitative reporting and goes beyond what is presented in the American Psychologist article on qualitative reporting (Levitt Bamberg et al 2018) and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed ; APA 2010)
section which gives the full reference for each work mentioned in the text The final paragraph or so of the introduction should outline your proposed experiment and state (in an informal way) what you predict your results will be given your knowledge of previous research in this area Here's an abbreviated example of an introduction (in
Results Section General Advice Be nice to your audience Don’t throw numbers at your audience Walk them through your results holding their hand and explaining everything clearly Don’t hunt for a significant result Keep in mind that the statistical power of your study is likely to be quite low