PSY 300 - Research Methods

A short (300-word) summary of the research presented in the manuscript, including sufficient context, key design properties, summary of results, and broader implications.

• About Education: How to Write An Abstract
• University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Writing an Abstract for Your Research Paper

Presents the results of a focused literature review on relevant previous research, in order to motivate the rationale and importance of the proposed research, concluding with explicit statement of your hypotheses.

• About Education: How to Write an Introduction
• University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Invest in Your Introduction

A detailed description of how you propose to conduct the research (including, where necessary, justification of key design decisions), sufficient to allow another researcher to replicate your study on the basis of this description alone.

• About Education: How to Write a Method Section
• George Mason University Writing Center: IMRaD Method Section

A formal presentation of the anticipated descriptive results from your research, as well as the appropriate analyses to specifically test your hypotheses.

• About Education: How to Write a Results Section
• George Mason University Writing Center: IMRaD Results Discussion

Typically involves a summary of the key results as they relate to your hypotheses, how these results may contribute to the literature summarized in the Introduction, broader implications of the work, and limitations, improvements, and extensions.

• George Mason University Writing Center: IMRaD Results Discussion

A list of the references that are cited throughout the main text.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab: Reference List

Tables, graphs, and appendices to support the main text.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA Tables and Figures