Chapter Summary
Your research is not finished until you have made it available to the rest of the scientific community. Therefore, when the study is completed and the data are in and analyzed, it is time to prepare a research report (Step 9 in the overall research process). Briefly, a research report describes what was done, what was found, and how your research study is related to other knowledge in the area.
The current guidelines for the formal style and structure that are the convention for research reports in the behavioral sciences are presented in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6yh edition, 2010). The Publication Manual provides detailed information on properly preparing a manuscript to be submitted for publication.
Although the Publication Manual contains hundreds of guidelines and suggestions for creating a clear, precisely written manuscript, four elements of writing style help you get a good start: using an impersonal writing style, past-tense verbs, unbiased language, and appropriate citations. We also describe elements of format, including general guidelines for word processing, and order of manuscript pages.
The contents of each part of a research report are described in detail. Submitting a manuscript for publication and writing a research proposal are briefly discussed as well.
Chapter Summary
Your research is not finished until you have made it available to the rest of the scientific community. Therefore, when the study is completed and the data are in and analyzed, it is time to prepare a research report (Step 9 in the overall research process). Briefly, a research report describes what was done, what was found, and how your research study is related to other knowledge in the area.
The current guidelines for the formal style and structure that are the convention for research reports in the behavioral sciences are presented in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6yh edition, 2010). The Publication Manual provides detailed information on properly preparing a manuscript to be submitted for publication.
Although the Publication Manual contains hundreds of guidelines and suggestions for creating a clear, precisely written manuscript, four elements of writing style help you get a good start: using an impersonal writing style, past-tense verbs, unbiased language, and appropriate citations. We also describe elements of format, including general guidelines for word processing, and order of manuscript pages.
The contents of each part of a research report are described in detail. Submitting a manuscript for publication and writing a research proposal are briefly discussed as well.
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