Deck 15: APA Communication Guidelines

Question 1

Identify which of the following sentences is grammatically correct.

A)The affect of alcohol on driving performance was studied.
B)Alcohol significantly effected driving performance.
C)Alcohol had a significant effect on driving performance.
D)Based on the results, a change in the alcohol policy has been affected.

Answer 1

Alcohol had a significant effect on driving performance.

Question 2

What are the three basic components of an introduction?

Answer 2

The introduction has three basic parts. The first section introduces the problem under study. The second section contains a literature review. The final section involves stating the purpose and rationale for the study.​

Question 3

Which list below represents the correct ordering of the sections of an APA paper?

A)Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results
B)Introduction, Abstract, Method, Results
C)Discussion, Abstract, Introduction, Method
D)Title page, Introduction, Abstract, Method

Answer 3

Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results

Question 4

The _____ section summarizes the data collected and the type of statistics used to analyze the data.

A)Method
B)Results
C)Introduction
D)Discussion

Question 5

Imagine that the following sentence is from a Results section. Identify what is wrong with it.

Question 6

Identify which of the following sentences is grammatically correct and follows APA style recommendations.​

A)I went to the park and than went home.
B)He is better at this then I.
C)The boys performed poorly on the task while the girls performed well.
D)We analyzed the data using a two-way ANOVA.

Question 7

The _____ section describes exactly how the study was conducted in sufficient detail that a person who read it could replicate the study.

A)Method
B)Results
C)Introduction
D)Discussion

Question 8

Identify the major sections of an APA style manuscript and indicate the order in which they should appear.

Question 9

Based on APA style, what is wrong with the following reference? Karau, S. J., & Williams, K. D. (1993). Social Loafing: A Meta-analytic Review and Theoretical Integration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 681-706.

A)The name of the journal should be underlined.
B)The reference should not be double-spaced.
C)Only the first letter of the first word and the first letter of the first word following the colon in the title of the paper should be capitalized.
D)Nothing is wrong with the reference.

Question 10

In the _____ section, the results are evaluated, interpreted, and related to past research and theories.

A)Method
B)Results
C)Introduction
D)Discussion

Question 11

A description of prior findings in the area of study is to the _____ and a description of how the study was designed and conducted is to _____.

A)Abstract; Method section
B)Method section; Introduction
C)Introduction; Method section
D)Results; Method section

Question 12

Which of the following would not be included in the introduction of a paper?

A)an introduction of the problem
B)a review of past research on the topic
C)a statement concerning the purpose and rationale for the study
D)a description of the sample used and how it was selected

Question 13

A summary of the entire research project is to _____ and a description of the findings, using statistical language, is to _____.

A)Abstract; Results
B)Method section; Results
C)Abstract; Discussion
D)Results; Discussion

Question 14

The _____ is a very brief description of the entire paper.

A)Method
B)Results
C)Introduction
D)Abstract