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How to write an article? Suggestions based on APA manual

How to write an article? Suggestions based on APA manual. M. JUNGER. 1. Goal APA guidelines. Standardize the description of research -> and the research itself! To monitor  quality For al sorts of articles For all behavioral sciences.

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How to write an article? Suggestions based on APA manual

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  1. How to write an article?Suggestions based on APA manual M. JUNGER Presentatietitel: aanpassen via Beeld, Koptekst en voettekst 1

  2. Goal APAguidelines • Standardize the description of research -> and the research itself! • To monitor quality • For al sorts of articles • For all behavioral sciences [APA08] APA Publications and Communications Board. Reporting standards for research in psychology: Why do we need them? what might they be? American Psychologist, 63(9):839-851, Dec 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.63.9.839 [APA09] APA Publications and Communications Board. APPENDIX - journal article reporting standards (JARS), Meta-Analysis reporting standards (MARS), and flow of participants through each stage of an experiment or Quasi-Experiment. In Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, pages 245-253. American Psychological Association, Jul 2009. http://www.apastyle.org/manual/related/JARS-MARS.pdf How to write. APA guidelines

  3. Think of it as a table How to write. APA guidelines

  4. Structure manuscript – APA style • Title page • Abstract • Introduction – includes literature review • Method • Results • Discussion • References • Appendices How to write. APA guidelines

  5. 1. Title • Write a title in the same style as other titles for your chosen journal. • Mistakes to avoid • trendy and cutesy titles are soon dated and will be embarrassing to have in your CV.

  6. 2. Abstract • This summarizes how you carried out your research and what you learned. • Consider structured abstracts (i.e., BMJ) • Mistakes to avoid: • Don’t go beyond what you establish in your paper, no non-significant results, no speculation, no telegraphic style, stay within the word count limit.

  7. 3. Introduction • Background, introduce problem • Describe 1 solution from literature • Describe problems/omissions in (1). • Formulate goals study in relation to (1) • Describe 2, etc…. • Conclusion: goal study • Emphasize originality How to write. APA guidelines

  8. Literature review in Introduction • The conflicting goals • comprehensiveness versus brevity • Include all relevant citations • Methods, Procedures & Results. • Mistakes to avoid: personal favorites How to write. APA guidelines

  9. 4. METHOD • Goal: duplication your research with another sample. • Mistakes to avoid: • Any suboptimal aspect of your methods should be followed by “see the Limitations section” and deal with it there. • Do not try to hide or disguise poor methods; experienced reviewers will pounce! How to write. APA guidelines

  10. 4. METHOD • Design, sample, participants • Sampling procedure/Experimental procedure • Measures • Dependent variables • Independent variables • Co-variates • Analyses How to write. APA guidelines http://www.apa.org/pubs/authors/jars.pdf

  11. 5. RESULTS • Structure according to hypotheses • Present findings, and only the findings • Mistakes to avoid: • This section lends itself to over-writing, to underwriting, and to giving undo weight to non-significant results How to write. APA guidelines

  12. 6. Discussion - conclusion • Brief summary of problem & goal study • Evaluate and interpret the results, especially with respect to the original research question • Implications of the results (policy) • Limitations of study (design/method) • Strong points of study • Conclusion of main finding(s) How to write. APA guidelines

  13. 7. References • According tot APA style or another system • Try a reference manager, like Endnote How to write. APA guidelines

  14. Language • Objective writing style • No sexist, racists language • Impersonal style How to write. APA guidelines

  15. Check with this table How to write. APA guidelines

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