APA Style Talk

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APA Style Talk

• About 15 minutes
• Each group member should speak
• 5 minutes for questions
• Same format as APA paper
• Fewer details
• Simpler more repetition
• listener cant go back and reread passage

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Introduction

• What is the general topic?
• What are the real world connections?
• Any terms that need defining?

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IntroductionHow does this study fit in to the
larger context just addressed?

• Brief history of related studies
• What new question does this study address?

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Introduction Summary of present study

• What is the general technique you will use to
  answer the question?
• Why is this a good approach?
• What is your theoretical hypothesis IV, DV?
• What is your operational hypothesis, IV, DV?

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Method

• Who are the participants (a.k.a. subjects) in
  your study?
• How were participants selected?
• What apparatus was used in the experiment?
• What stimuli were used?

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Method What was the general experimental design?

• Within or between subjects?
• How many IVs, what were they, levels?
• Type of design
• 2 x 2 full factorial
• single factor 2 levels
• single factor multilevel
• What was the DV?

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MethodWhat steps made up the experiment?

• Were there practice trials?
• What instructions were given to each subject?
• Where was the experimenter while the participant
  performed the task?
• Can you generate a block diagram of the steps in
  the procedure in chronological order?

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Method Can you generate an example of a
stimulus sequence for use in a presentation?

• How many trials?
• Potential carryover effects?
• Were trials randomized?
• Some sort of counterbalancing?
• Were the trials divided into blocks?