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APA STYLE FOR RESEARCH REPORTS

your hypotheses. Do not simply state your hypotheses and assume the reader will know

why you are making them.

Method

In the Method section, you should describe the details of how the study was

conducted. You should provide the reader with enough information to be able to replicate

your study. Details that are not important for replication should not be included (e.g.,

what type of pencils the participants used, etc.). The reader should also be able to

evaluate the appropriateness of your methods for the hypothesis you made. Method

sections may vary in the number of sections the authors include, but the most common

sections are described below. The entire Method section should be written in past verb

tense.

Participants

Describe who participated in your study. How many participants were in the study

and how were they selected/recruited? In what way were the participants compensated for

running in the study? Were any data sets deleted? If so, why were they deleted? Describe

any demographics of the participants that important to the study. If you’ve conducted an

experiment, indicate how many participants were assigned to each condition.

Design

The design may appear separately in a journal article or it may be combined with

another section (e.g., Materials section). Either way, it is important to explain the design

of the study. What variables were manipulated and/or measured? How were they

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