Select Questions

Chapter 13

1. In the introduction of an APA paper, after stating the research problem the writer next presents the __________.
        
2. Which of the following information is provided in the reference for a journal article?
        
3. When Marsha Dutton discussed the gratefulness of train passengers wishing to move from their seats to the dining car for the overlapping pieces of metal between cars, she was explaining the importance of __________ in writing.
        
4. The process of __________ protects the credibility of science and its practitioners.
        
5. According to the Royal Society, knowledge accepted as science had to be demonstrable and __________.
        
6. Results are discussed in the present tense:
        
7. The following material would belong in which of the following parts of an APA report? "This research was supported by a National Science Foundation Grant #R023684 to the senior author."
        
8. The following information would be found in which of the following parts of an APA report?
"Subjects were undergraduates at Radcliffe University (N = 120). All were female psychology students, who were enrolled in introductory courses and received course credit for their participation."
        
9. Indicate what is INCORRECT in the following general format for citations in a reference list: Author(s), (Year), Title, Publishing data.
        
10. You have designed a new device to test the concept formation abilities of rhesus monkeys. A description of this would be placed in the __________ section of an APA report.
        
11. Your text suggests three common ways to structure the presentation of the research findings. Which of the following was NOT one of the suggested formats?
        
12. Writing up your research is part of __________ ; conducting the original research is part of __________.