Sample Apa Research Paper Page 7
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Results
The writers
Perseverance data from one control-group participant were
summarize
eliminated because she had to leave the session early. Concentration data
their findings,
from another control-group participant were dropped because he did not
including
problems
complete the test correctly. Three manipulation-check questions indicated
encountered.
that each participant correctly perceived his or her deprivation condition
and had followed the rules for it. The average concentration score was
77.78 (SD = 14.21), which was very good considering that anything over
50 percent is labeled “good” or “above average.” The average time spent
on the puzzle was 24.00 minutes (SD = 10.16), with a maximum of 40
minutes allowed.
“See Figure
We predicted that participants in the 24-hour deprivation group
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would perform worse on the concentration test and the perseverance task
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than those in the 12-hour group, who in turn would perform worse than
photograph,
chart, or
those in the control group. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
drawing)
showed no significant effect of deprivation condition on concentration,
contained in
the paper.
F(2,46) = 1.06, p = .36 (see Figure 1). Another one-way ANOVA indicated
Figure 1.
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illustrations
(other than
tables) are
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numbered
in the order
that they
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are first
mentioned in
the text.
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No deprivation
12-hour deprivation
24-hour deprivation
Deprivation Condition
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