List all the sections in order as suggested by APA starting with title page and edning with figures
Title Page
Title
Author's Name and Institutional Affiliation
Author's Note
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Multiple Experiments
Meta-Analyses
References
Footnotes
Appendices and Supplemental Materials (Figures)
What format of an APA-style manuscript start on separate pages?
Title Page
Abstract
Introduction
References
Footnotes
Appendices and Supplemental Materials (Figures)
What format of an APA-style manuscript DOESN'T start on a separate page?
Title
Method
Results
Discussion
Multiple Experiments
Meta-Analyses
Provide one reason why an author would choose to abbreviate terminology in a manuscript.
Abbreviations are useful for long, technical terms in scientific writing.
Subsections in the Method Section
Materials
Participants
Procedure
5 types of information that should appear in a Participants subsection
Age
Sex
Ethnic and/or racial group
Level of education
Sexual orientation
Information presented in the results section
Recruitment
Statistics and data analysis on the aspects of conduct of research
Ancillary analyses
Participant flow
Intervention or manipulation fidelity
Baseline data
Statistics and data analysis on results of experimental manipulation
Adverse events
Discuss when to use a figure and when to use a table.
Figures are used to display graphs, charts, drawing, etc. Tables are used for displaying analyses, numbers, percentages, etc.
In what order should references be listed in the reference list?
Alphabetical order by author's last name
Elements of a title page, indicating the order in which they appear
Running head
Title
Author's name
Institutional affiliation
Author Note
What is an abstract and why is it important?
The abstract is a brief summary of the contents of the article. It is important in allowing the reader to see a quick overview of what the article is about before reading its entirety
What is the purpose of the introduction section?
The introduction presents the scientific problem and describes the research strategy.
What should be discussed in an introduction?
Explore importance of the problem
Describe relevant scholarship
State hypothesis and their correspondence to research design
Goal of discussion section
Examine, interpret, and qualify the results and draw inferences and conclusions from them with respect to the original hypothesis.