PSY 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Apa Style, Scientific Writing
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Precautions: well defined behavior categories, more than 1 observer, measure inter-rater reliability. Anything you state as true must be supported by a reference. Brief summary, ~120 words, of the entire paper. Construct --> theory --> literature review --> hypothesis. Establish general relevance, capture interest(can cite popular media), describe constructs and theories(cite peer reviewed research), hypothesis (must match your survey questions) Provide sufficient information for a stranger to replicate the study exactly. If 2 or more articles have the same first author, then you move to the second author. If 2 or more have all the same authors, then you go chronologically. If 2 or more all have same authors and years, then go alphabetically by title. Always go at the end of the paper. Focus on content, structure(frame in hourglass shape), and clarity. Be clear about what ideas are yours and what ideas are not.
