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The final step in the research process is to |
| | A) | conduct a statistical analysis of the data. |
| | B) | report the research results. |
| | C) | dismantle the apparatus. |
| | D) | clean the laboratory. |
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Learning how to write a research report is valuable |
| | A) | only if you are going to become a scientist. |
| | B) | only if you are going to become an experimental psychologist. |
| | C) | only if you are planning to become a writer. |
| | D) | for any occupation in which you will have to organize facts, draw logical conclusions, and present those facts and conclusions to others. |
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When you write a research report for submission to an APA journal, the report must conform to |
| | A) | APA writing style. |
| | B) | the style of the American Physical Society. |
| | C) | the factual and ethical standards of the National Enquirer |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is true? |
| | A) | All psychology journals require strict adherence to APA writing style. |
| | B) | Only APA journals follow APA writing style. |
| | C) | Non-APA journals usually follow APA writing style with minor changes. |
| | D) | Non-APA journals usually follow a style very different from APA writing style. |
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Manuscripts that follow APA style must be |
| | A) | single spaced. |
| | B) | double spaced. |
| | C) | triple spaced. |
| | D) | trimmed in gold leaf. |
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To be effective, the title of your article should be |
| | A) | long so that all important details of the study can be indicated. |
| | B) | short and cute. |
| | C) | concise yet informative. |
| | D) | peppered with long words. |
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A shortened title that will appear at the top of each page in the published article is the |
| | A) | article title. |
| | B) | running head. |
| | C) | byline. |
| | D) | abstract. |
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An abstract for a research report should not exceed |
| | A) | 50 words. |
| | B) | 120 words. |
| | C) | 150 words. |
| | D) | 25 lines. |
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The primary function of the introduction is to |
| | A) | provide an exhaustive review of the literature on the topic covered by the research. |
| | B) | entertain the reader. |
| | C) | justify the study described in the report. |
| | D) | describe the conclusions drawn from the results of the research. |
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The structure of the introduction proceeds |
| | A) | from the general to the specific. |
| | B) | from the specific to the general. |
| | C) | from the general to the specific and back to the general again. |
| | D) | from the general question to the results of the research. |
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When writing the introduction, you should assume that |
| | A) | the reader knows nothing about the topic. |
| | B) | the reader knows everything about the topic. |
| | C) | the reader has some knowledge of the basic psychological concepts that underlie your study. |
| | D) | the editors of the journal will fill in any missing details for you. |
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The proper place to describe how your questionnaire was organized would be in the |
| | A) | introduction. |
| | B) | procedure section. |
| | C) | materials section. |
| | D) | discussion section. |
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The method section of your research report should |
| | A) | describe everything that you can think of concerning your participants, apparatus, and procedure. |
| | B) | provide enough information about your study that the reader could duplicate it in all its essential details. |
| | C) | tell what mistakes you made in your pilot study that you eliminated in the actual study. |
| | D) | discuss the results of your study. |
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When presenting the results of a statistical analysis of your data, you should usually |
| | A) | put them in a table showing the sources of variance, sums of squares, mean squares, F ratios, and probability values. |
| | B) | indicate which differences in treatment means were statistically significant but not describe what the means actually were. |
| | C) | state in sentence form what comparison is being evaluated, whether or not the difference was statistically significant, the critical statistic and its degrees of freedom, the value obtained for the statistic, and the level of significance achieved. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The correct citation format for reporting the results from an analysis of variance is |
| | A) | F(85) = 7.98, p < .05 |
| | B) | F(1, 85) = 7.98, p> .95 |
| | C) | F(l, 85) = 7.98, p < .05 |
| | D) | F=798 p< .O5 |
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Interpretation of your results belongs in the |
| | A) | introduction. |
| | B) | method section. |
| | C) | results section. |
| | D) | discussion section. |
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The reference section of your research report should contain a listing of all the references that |
| | A) | were cited in the report. |
| | B) | you read when preparing to write the report. |
| | C) | you believe the readers of your report would find useful. |
| | D) | have anything at all to do with the topic of your report. |
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The purpose of the discussion section is to |
| | A) | explain why the results of your study don’t really mean anything. |
| | B) | interpret the results and indicate how they fit with previous research and theory. |
| | C) | justify the study. |
| | D) | list all the things that went wrong as you attempted to carry out the study. |
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On a graph, the levels of the independent variable are usually represented on the |
| | A) | x-axis. |
| | B) | y-axis. |
| | C) | ordinate. |
| | D) | figure caption. |
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Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect? |
| | A) | The independent variable was found to effect the dependent variable. |
| | B) | The data from the experiment is presented in Figure 1. |
| | C) | The affect of the independent variable was minimal. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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After you submit your paper to a journal for review, you may have to wait _______________before you receive your first feedback. |
| | A) | as much as two weeks |
| | B) | a month |
| | C) | two months or more |
| | D) | several years |
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When giving an oral presentation of your research results, you should |
| | A) | provide an informal description, organized on the spot. |
| | B) | read your paper from typed notes. |
| | C) | develop an outline of your talk and stick to it. |
| | D) | give all the details of your methodology. |
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The main advantage of the poster session over an oral presentation is that |
| | A) | you can engage in meaningful conversations with other people who are doing research in your area. |
| | B) | you can communicate to a larger number of people in a short time. |
| | C) | you do not have to spend as much time preparing. |
| | D) | you are limited to less than 15 minutes. |
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The ______________________ sentence (usually the first in a paragraph) conveys the topic of the paragraph to your reader. |
| | A) | support |
| | B) | theme |
| | C) | limiting |
| | D) | transitional |
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A number in a sentence should be spelled out when it |
| | A) | begins the sentence. |
| | B) | is 10 or under. |
| | C) | appears in a hyphenated expression. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Entries in your reference section are listed |
| | A) | in order according to the date of publication |
| | B) | in alphabetical order according to the first name of the first author. |
| | C) | in alphabetical order according to journal title. |
| | D) | in alphabetical order according to the first author’s last name. |
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If you have two articles to list in your reference section by the same author, you then list them |
| | A) | from the oldest to the newest. |
| | B) | from the newest to the oldest. |
| | C) | alphabetically according to the first word of the journal title. |
| | D) | alphabetically according to the first word in the title of the article or book. |
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