Module 3: Communicating Science

Question 1

Peer review

Answer 1

A process where the manuscript submitted to scientific publications are critiqued by other scientists working in the relevant area of study

Question 2

Lay people

Answer 2

Someone who is not an expert in a particular field of study

Question 3

Methods utilized to help the file drawer problem:

Answer 3

1. Recent surge of open acess journals
2. Free online publications

Question 4

Longitudinal studies

Answer 4

Studies that follow the participants across a length of time

Question 5

Abstract (7)

what is it+contains what

Answer 5

• Follows the tittle and author’s name
• brief summary of a research report
• Contains info about a study’s goal, hypoethesis, variables, methods and findings

Question 6

Web of science

Answer 6

allow you to search beyong psycology pubs similiar to google scholar

Question 7

meta-analysis

Answer 7

statistical technique of combining and analyzing the result from multiple studies

Question 8

Sections of a research article in APA style

Answer 8

• abstract
• introduction
• methods
• results
• discussion
• reference

Question 9

introduction includes (4)

Answer 9

• review of prior research
• current research rationale
• hypothese
• signifigance of the study

Question 10

Result includes (3)

Answer 10

Statistical analysis
tables
figures

Question 11

Disccussion includes (4)

Answer 11

• explanatin of the findings
• evaluation of the study
• Suggestion for the future
• Intrepretation of the findings in light of the resessrch disscussed in the intro ( expected to connect the dots between your research outcomes and the prior knowledge or theories presented in the introduction, explaining how your findings contribute to the understanding of the subject matter.)

Question 12

Methods include (3)

Answer 12

• how they selected their participants
• describe their relevant demographic characteristics (e.g age, race, gender)
• identify and operationally define all variables and describe experimental manipulation and all measurement procedures

Question 13

Fact

Answer 13

something that is real and not something with which one can disagree

Question 14

Curse of knowledge

Answer 14

Question 15

what do style manuals like publication manual of APA exist to provide?

Answer 15

a common framework for both readers and writers within a particular field

Question 16

CHosing “I” instead of the author is a

Answer 16

valid use of pronoun in research paper

Question 17

hedging+ex (2)

Answer 17

Nothing is ever absolute in science, therefore scientist us softer language to convery tehir findings

Ex: results support…, its is likely that….

Question 18

APA recommend using which type of vioce? + ex (2)

Answer 18

Active
- EX: “Today we performed observataions” is better then “the observation was performed”

Question 19

quotations are the only acceptable way of

Answer 19

reproducing the work of others directly

Question 20

running head (3)

Answer 20

abbreviated tittled, uppercase, left at the top of every page

Question 21

APA style abstract (3)

Answer 21

• 1 paragraph
• first line not indented
• tittle abstract in center of page

Question 22

effect sizes

Answer 22

a measure of the strength of a particular finding

• Effect size is a measure that quantifies the strength or magnitude of the relationship or difference between variables in a study.
• ex:

Question 23

confidence interval

Answer 23

likelihood that a statistic will fall between a range of values around the variable’s mean
- It gives you a range of values for the estimate rather than a single value so you have an idea of how precisely the estimate has been made.
- elephant example

Question 24

Hedging

Answer 24

Using “softer” language that indicate support without being absolute.