Monday, October 20, 2008

Content question

For Major Findings, do we only have to report findings that are related to the hypotheses only? The authors of the article I have chosen included data about the scale they used in the research study, do I have to include them in my article review? Thanks.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The Major Findings section should show what the study contributed to the field of psychology. It is helpful to relate the findings to the hypotheses because the point of the study is (or should be) to explore and test the hypotheses. If there is another contribution (such as creating a new scale), you may want to mention that as well because it is interesting and likely important. The analyses used by the researchers should be briefly mentioned in this section as well.