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subsections in the Method although there can be more. These subsections are separated by
headings which are described in sections 3.02 and 3.03 of the APA manual (APA, 2010).
Participants
This brief section describes the people who participated in your study. (They should be
called “participants,” not “subjects,” by the way.) Mention the number of participants, the
percentage of female and male participants, the mean age (where “mean” is abbreviated M), and
their ethnicity or cultural background. Any other demographic information would be appropriate
here.
Research Design
Experimental studies often have a section in the Method describing the design of the
study. Typically the independent variables in the study would be described here. For example, the
study might involve a 2-by-2 design with one independent variable being treatment/control
conditions and the other independent variable being biological sex. It would be helpful to
describe dependent variables in this subsection as well.
Measures
This section describes the tests or instruments used to collect data. It would be
appropriate to describe any questionnaires that you used. For example, if you used the Marlowe-
Crowne Social Desirability Scale in your research, you may say that the Marlowe-Crowne Social
Desirability Scale (MCSD; Crowne & Marlowe, 1960) comprises 33 true-false items that
measure social desirability. You would also provide the reader with information regarding the
MCSD scores’ reliability and validity. Do this for each and every measure used in the study. In
the event that the purpose of your paper is to develop a new questinnaire, you may wish to
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