Presenting your Research

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

Introduction

What is the general topic? What are the real world connections? Any terms that need defining?

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?

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?

Method

Who are the participants in your study? How were participants selected?

What materials were used in the study?

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?

Method:What steps made up the experiment?

Were there practice trials/pilot test? What instructions were given to each

subject? What was the procedure?

Results

Condensed format Description of data only NO INTERPRETATION- i.e. stick to the

facts! Were any data discarded? If so, why?

Results

What was the general pattern of the data relating to the hypothesis? Descriptive statistics A simple chart with

both axes labeled means

Results

What inferential statistics were employed?

Were the differences statistically significant?

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?

Discussion

Can you generalize your results to other groups?

Were there any substantial problems or flaws in your study’s design?

Discussion

Do the results suggest new studies? What is the next question that should

be asked?

Questions?