Exam 9: Reading, Evaluating and Summarizing Research Reports

Although the nature of the research problem will largely determine the content of the results section, which of the following elements should not be presented in the results section of a research report?

Searching of specific databases and using precise search terms are part of the data collection process in:

Which of the following elements would most likely not be included in the introductory section of a published research report?

The content of a published research report typically would include which of the following main sections?

The meta-analysis is often used with:

Which of the following would generally not be included in the methodology section of a research report?

A brief summary of a research study that typically precedes the beginning of a published article is called what?

The primary purpose of the background information presented in a published research report is to:

Which form of review synthesizes numerical information from multiple separate studies to reach an overall summary of empirical knowledge on a given topic?

The reference section of a published article includes which of the following?