Keyton: The Research Report

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Keyton The Research Report

• General Process
• 1. Conceptualization
• 2. Planning and designing the research
• 3. Use social science methodology to conduct
  research
• 4. Analyze and interpret data
• 5. Reconceptualization

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The Research Report

• Title
• Author(s)
• Abstract
• Introduction / Problem statement
• Literature Review
• Statement of Hypotheses / Research Question
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• References

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Abstract

• Short accurate summary
• Purposes / objectives
• Methods
• Results

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Introduction / Problem Statement

• Introduces problem involving variables
• Why the problem is important
• How the study addresses the problem

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Literature Review

• Provides framework, foundation, context,
  rationale for the study
• Analyzes, synthesizes, assesses what was done,
  what is known
• Points out gaps in research
• Points out contradictions in past research
• Includes past thinking/theorizing and past
  research reports

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Building the Literature Review

• Identify authors, important studies
• Differentiate logical assertions from empirical
  findings
• Organize past literature to build rationale for
  current study
• State hypotheses and/or research questions based
  on literature review

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Methods Section

• Describes study in detail
• Participants, Procedures, Measures
• Participants number, sampling procedure,
  demographics, type as related to study
• Procedures research design, detailed procedures
• Measures description of measures for each
  variable, reliability and validity for each
  measure, descriptive statistics for each variable

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Results Section

• Results of analysis for each hypothesis and
  research question
• Descriptive statistical display or results
• Statistical tests used, results from test,
  significance level, written statement of whether
  results support hypothesis

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Discussion Section

• What do the results mean, given the framework,
  context, foundation, rationale in the literature
  review
• Summary of results, interpretations, limitations,
  future directions

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References

• Includes all direct and indirect citations
• Alphabetical order by last name
• Reader should be able to find the source
• APA academic style