Deck 14: Presenting Research Results

Question 1

Which section of a copy manuscript appears first?

A) Footnotes
B) author notes
C) References
D) Figures

Answer 1

References

Question 2

The typical acceptable manuscript gets published as a journal article ____ after it has been written and submitted.

A) in a few weeks
B) in a couple of months
C) after about a year
D) after two years or more

Answer 2

after about a year

Question 3

The abstract of a copy manuscript is usually on the ____ page.

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

Answer 3

Second

Question 4

As a general rule,verbal presentation of a poster should be:

A) as detailed as a written submission to a journal
B) about the same length as an oral presentation
C) very brief (2 minutes or less)
D) non-existent and driven solely by questions from the audience

Question 5

Which statement below is true of the publication process?

A) The ultimate decision for publication of a manuscript is the reviewer's.
B) Average rejection rates of journals are greater than seventy percent.
C) Authors retain copyright privileges once an article is accepted for publication.
D) Authors are paid by the journal for an accepted paper to appear in print.

Question 6

Which section of a copy manuscript appears on a separate page?

A) Method
B) Results
C) Procedure
D) References

Question 7

One of the major advantages of a poster presentation relative to an oral presentation is that posters tend to:

A) afford more time to present ideas to each member of the audience
B) reach more people in a single session
C) be more interactive and intimate
D) require less preparation by the author(s)

Question 8

In the method section you should:

A) state what variables you will be examining
B) state how you examined the variables
C) state what happened when you examined the variables
D) state what the effects of the variables mean

Question 9

Major headings,such as "Results" and "Discussion" are usually ____ in the copy manuscript.

A) centered headings
B) running headings
C) side headings
D) in quotations marks

Question 10

In the introduction section,you should:

A) state what variables you will be examining
B) state how you examined the variables
C) state what happened when you examined the variables
D) state what the effects of the variables mean

Question 11

Which section of the method typically discusses compensation for involvement in the study (e.g.,paid involvement versus partial fulfillment of course requirements)?

A) Participants
B) Methods
C) Apparatus
D) Procedure

Question 12

In scientific writing,it is generally important to:

A) include extra description to avoid boring the reader
B) use "he" as a default,or standard,pronoun
C) use consistent terminology
D) use only the active voice

Question 13

In the results section,you should:

A) state what variables you will be examining
B) state how you examined the variables
C) state what happened when you examined the variables
D) state what the effects of the variables mean

Question 14

Generally speaking,an oral presentation should have ____ a copy manuscript.

A) more detail than
B) less detail than
C) about the same detail as
D) none of the above

Question 15

In the discussion section,you should:

A) state what variables you will be examining
B) state how you examined the variables
C) state what happened when you examined the variables
D) state what the effects of the variables mean

Question 16

Footnotes appear on a separate page of the copy manuscript after the ____.

A) Introduction
B) Method
C) Discussion
D) References

Question 17

Accepted papers that are in the form that they will appear in the journal,but are not yet published,are called:

A) Submissions
B) editorial manuscripts
C) copy manuscripts
D) galley proofs

Question 18

The title of an APA paper typically contains:

A) 16-20 words
B) the words "a study of"
C) the primary finding of the study
D) the independent and dependent variables

Question 19

Which subsection of a manuscript lacks a heading by the same name?

A) Introduction
B) Method
C) Results
D) Discussion
E) Abstract

Question 20

Which type of heading appears in capital letters on the first page of the copy manuscript,and will eventually appear at the top of a published article?

A) Title
B) short title
C) running head
D) keyword for PsycINFO

Question 21

It is customary to divide the "method" into three subsections.

Question 22

The introduction section often contains just a review of the most relevant literature.

Question 23

You should never use the active voice while writing a paper to be considered for publication (e.g.,when emphasizing the agent of an activity or the reason for an action).

Question 24

In an oral presentation,it is advisable to use visual aids such as a PowerPoint presentation.

Question 25

Scientific writing demands the consistent use of terminology.

Question 26

Usually the title of an article states the independent and dependent variables.

Question 27

In an oral presentation,a good rule is to define any terms that are not known by all psychologists.

Question 28

Inferential statistics appear first in the results section,and then the statistics are described verbally.

Question 29

Your results section should end with a summary of the purpose and results of your experiment.

Question 30

It is important that you be somewhat redundant in having each section of a paper build on the previous one.

Question 31

It is important not to get bogged down in detail when giving an oral presentation.

Question 32

"These data are..." is correct,but "This data are..." is not correct.

Question 33

To avoid making mistakes,it is probably best to read your talk.

Question 34

The discussion section typically indicates the broad,general implications of the results.

Question 35

Every section of a copy manuscript has a title.