1. Presenting your Research

2. APA Style Talk: Overview  Should be 10 minutes  with another 5 minutes for questions  Each group member should speak  Same format as APA paper Fewer details Keep it simple, provide repetition  listener can’t go back and reread passage

3. Introduction  What is the general topic?  What are the real world connections?  Any terms that need defining?

4. Introduction: How does this study fit in to the larger context just addressed?  Brief history of related studies  What new question does this study address?

5. Introduction: Summary of present study  What is the general technique you will use to answer the question?  What is your theoretical hypothesis IV/DV or PV/CV?  What is your operational hypothesis, IV/DV or PV/CV?

6. Method  Who are the participants in your study? How were participants selected?  What materials were used in the study?

7. Method What was the general study design?  Correlational or Experimental? If Experimental, within or between subjects?  How many PVs or IVs, what were they, levels?  What was the DV?

8. Method: What steps made up the experiment?  Were there practice trials/pilot test?  What instructions were given to each subject?  What was the procedure?

9. Results  Condensed format  Description of data only  NO INTERPRETATION- i.e. stick to the facts!  Were any data discarded? If so, why?

10. Results  What was the general pattern of the data relating to the hypothesis? Descriptive statistics A simple chart with  both axes labeled  means

11. Results  What inferential statistics were employed?  Were the differences statistically significant?

12. Discussion  Were your hypotheses supported?  How do your results relate to your hypotheses?  Why do you think you got the results you did? especially important if results were unexpected  Can you explain your results in terms of other studies or theories?

13. Discussion  Can you generalize your results to other groups?  Were there any substantial problems or flaws in your study’s design?

14. Discussion  Do the results suggest new studies?  What is the next question that should be asked?

15. Questions?