Sections of a report

What is an abstract?

• Where cited evidence is listed

• introduces reader to background of study

• A brief summary of the report

• Contains the findings of the study

In which section would descriptive statistics be included?

• Introduction

• Method

• Results

• Discussion

Which of the following would not be included in the method?

• Procedure

• Participants

• Design

• Past research in the area

Which section contains the hypotheses?

• introduction

• Method

• Results

• Discussion

Which system is used for writing references?

• Stanford

• Harvard

• Yale

• oxford

Roughly how many words is the abstract?

• 50-100

• 100-150

• 150-200

• 200-250

Which of the following would you find in the appendices?

• Title

• Ethics

• Graphs

• Raw Data

What is the first section of a report?

• References

• introduction

• Method

• Title

what is the purpose of the introduction?

• To summarise the report

• To introduce the reader to the background of the study

• To describe how the study was conducted

• To explain what the findings mean

In which section would you find graphs and tables?

• Abstract

• Results

• Discussion

• appendices