So I have a statistics for psych paper and I don’t have any idea what experiement or anything to write about. So as long as its related to psychology, I don’t mind whatever topic you choose. Here are the requiremnts given (I will give a sample paper as well):
So the paper should be at minimum 5 pages long (I imagine most of them will be closer to 7). Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman – APA style formatting.
The first page is your title page, which has your projects name, your name, and your institution and what class
The second page is your abstract, which you should probably write last because the abstract is the 200-400 word summary of your whole project. You probably have seen abstracts in the work that you have looked up, it is the preview of the film so to speak.
On a new page then you start your introduction. Your introduction is the background information related to the topic that you are working in. What previous work has been done, what does the literature say, what is the general tone of what the related work is. You should include 2-3 citations, and don’t forget to do in-text citations. For example, “Fitzgerald’s research group discovered _______ which shows that _____ (Fitzgerald, 2024). When you cite, you do the authors last name and then what year it was published. Refer to your text though for more examples because it changes when more than one author is on the publication that you are citing. Your introduction should then flow into a part where you address what is “missing” or what would be helpful for more insight (a transition for your work). You then end your introduction with your formal hypothesis. In this project, it is predicted that ______ will occur, thereby providing evidence that _______. Sort of thing. This is generally around 3+ paragraphs.
Next, right after the introduction is your methods, which is how you went about collecting your data. What tools were used, what procedures, etc. This part is generally pretty short, so don’t fret if it is not much more than half a page.
Results is next, you don’t start a new page. This is where your report your data. You can do graphs, type it out, charts, whatever you feel will help summarize your findings. You just report what happened, not what you think it means, that is for the discussion.
Next is the discussion. No new page, but here you revisit your results, but now you discuss what the implications of the data means. Here you also talk about how your data compares to the literature like from the intro. Here your paper comes full circle meaning, how does your work compare to what is out there, does it “fall in” or “fall out”? Why do you think that is? Here you are allowed to share your thoughts and opinions on what you think your work means. You should also cite at least 2 more references (new ones) to help round out your work. Generally, I find 5-7 resources that I would use in the intro, but save a couple to relate to for the discussion. Your discussion will probably be the meatiest part of the paper, I would expect at least 3-5 paragraphs, but you are more than free to write more.
Next, on it’s own new page is references. In total you should have at least 5 resources minimum. APA style, the sample paper should help break down the formatting.
