what is the content order of the method section?
Participants
materials
procedures
data analysis
what type of heading should “Method” be?
Level 1,, it should be centered and bolded
what type of heading should “participants” be?
a level 2 heading,, should be left and bolded
which headings are level 2 headings?
participants, materials, procedures, and data analysis
what is included in the methods section?
who, what, where, how to your study
your methods section should contain a lot of
detail
your method should show other researchers how
to replicate your study
what should the participants section include?
- number of participants
- age or other pertinent information of your subjects
what should your materials section inclde?
-description of what equipment was used
- description of how equiptment was used
- description of what questions or surveys were used
what should your procedures section include?
- step by step instruction about what the participant did or experienced
- you do NOT describe the equiptment or survey materials here only what the participants did with them
what is included in your data analysis section?
- what did you do to the data between when you collected and graphed it
- how the data was organized
- how the data was analyzed and scored
