Parts of A Research Paper

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Parts of A Research Paper

• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusion/Discussion
• References and Citations

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Introduction

• Title
• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• General Statement of Problem
• Introduction
• Review of Literature
• Specific purpose

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Title

• Direct and to the point limitation on length.
• Name of author/s
• Affiliation

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Abstract

• Problem
• Brief description of subjects
• Succinct description of methodology
• Results
• Conclusions and implications

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Table of Contents

• Also table of figures and table of graphs.

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Introduction/Review of Literature

• Author starts in a broad statement of the problem
  and begins to narrow the topic.
• Review of literature is in this section.

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Specific purpose

• Purpose
• Question
• Hypothesis
• Null and experimental

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Methods

• Subject
• Sample size
• Criteria for subject selection

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Methods (cont.)

• Instrumentation/Materials
• Instrumentation and calibration
• Standardized and non-standardized instruments and
  materials

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Methods (cont.)

• Procedures
• Analysis of Data

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Results

• Tables
• Figures
• Summary Statistics
• Analysis of Data

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Conclusion/Discussion

• Conclusion
• Previous research
• Theoretical and clinical implications

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Conclusion/Discussion (cont.)

• Limitations of the study
• Implications for further research

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References and Citations

• All citations must be references. All references
  must be cited.
• APA and other styles.

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Poster Sessions

• Purpose of posters
• Differences between posters and other formats

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Poster Sessions (cont.)

• General design and layout
• Introduction and statement of problem
• Methods
• Results/Conclusions

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Last Slide