Deck 26: Writing the Research Report

Question 1

According to the American Psychological Association, titles of articles should be no more than:

A) 16 words long
B) 20 words long
C) 12 words long
D) 24 words long

Answer 1

12 words long

Question 2

The American Psychological Association recommends that an abstract be no longer than:

A) 120 words long
B) 150 words long
C) 250 words long
D) 350 words long

Answer 2

120 words long

Question 3

The following should be included in the Procedure section:

A) An explanation of the materials used for the study
B) An explanation of the instrumentation
C) An explanation of the statistics used for the study
D) Step-by-step details of how the study was done so that replication can occur

Answer 3

Step-by-step details of how the study was done so that replication can occur

Question 4

The design and analysis section should include:

A) Key results of the study
B) An explanation of the instrument being used
C) A list of the step-by-step procedures being used
D) The approach and statistics being used

Question 5

Which of the following is true according to The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010) for a "final" document or manuscript like a dissertation or thesis?

A) Tables must be double-spaced
B) References must be double-spaced
C) Single space references
D) References are left justified

Question 6

Before conducting inferential statistics, the researcher should:

A) Perform "data snooping"
B) Calculate the effect sizes or confidence intervals
C) Report the degrees of freedom
D) Examine the descriptive statistics

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a "guest" author?

A) Someone who writes in secret
B) A person who runs a laboratory but did not do substantial work on the piece
C) The person who did the most work
D) The person who wrote less than half the article

Question 8

A masked review is which of the following:

A) A blind review
B) An editor's review
C) A review where the author is known to the reviewers
D) A review where the reviewers know the author, but the editor does not

Question 9

In a dissertation, abstracts are usually:

A) Shorter than for an article
B) About the same length as articles
C) Longer than for an article
D) Over 500 words in length
E) Under 150 words in length

Question 10

Blind (masked) reviews mean that the article has been:

A) Reviewed by the editor of the journal
B) Reviewed by peers in the field with knowledge of who the author(s) are
C) Reviewed by peers without knowledge of who the author(s) are
D) Reviewed for publication in popular journals or magazines (e.g., Time)

Question 11

One factor in the integrity of data analysis is selecting the appropriate statistic.

Question 12

Once statistical significance is determined, the researcher needs to report the effect size and the direction of the effect.

Question 13

Direction of the effect of a significant finding is not important.

Question 14

Titles of articles should be around 15-20 words long.

Question 15

Abstracts for articles should be limited to less than 50 words.

Question 16

Abstracts for articles should be at least 350 words.

Question 17

The methods section of an article is usually divided into participants, instrumentation, procedures, and design and analysis.

Question 18

According to APA the references in a "final" document should be double-spaced.

Question 19

When interpreting results of a comparative study, if the researcher has rejected the null hypothesis at the .01 level and there is a large effect size, the researcher should make the causal connection.

Question 20

Strong associational studies have a causal relationship.

Question 21

Publishing in a refereed journal is the key to disseminating results.

Question 22

In general, authorship is reserved for those who make a substantial professional contribution to the study.

Question 23

A masked review indicates that peer experts reviewed an article without knowing the author.

Question 24

Articles in popular magazines have been peer reviewed.

Question 25

"Apparatus (or instrumentation/materials)" is a section commonly found in the Methods section of a research article.

Question 26

The participant section should include a section on the sampling procedure used.

Question 27

According to your text, the design and analysis section should be the first subsection in the methods portion of an article.

Question 28

In the thesis or dissertation process, the methods section should not be changed from the time the proposal is accepted through the publication of the thesis or dissertation.

Question 29

In regard to misconduct, how is the researcher to know what is acceptable advocacy and what crosses the line?

Question 30

In your own words, define plagiarism.

Question 31

What should be included in the procedure section?