APA style lab report template and self assessment PDF

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[Author] Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

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4 Optional Self-Assessment Form Read through the assessment criteria and assess your own performance. Select the option you believe best represents how well you satisfied the criteria. Your tutor will not base your mark on this self-assessment in any way. This task is intended to help you better gauge your own progress and to identify your own personal strengths and weaknesses. Note that this form counts as supplemental material and therefore should not be counted in the final word count. Overall Impression In your judgment, what is the overall quality of the current work? P ☐

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Your rating: A. Title and Abstract A1. Title Content

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B. Introduction B1.

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Your rating: B2. Literature Review (Relevance and Understanding)

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 Provides a succinct and focused review of literature relevant to the problem.

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 Summarises key background information accurately and in appropriate detail.

B3. Literature Review (Rationale)

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Your rating: B4. Aims and Hypotheses

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number of participants in total and in relevant subgroups

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 Outlines the purpose and scope of the study and generates specific hypotheses for testing.

Your rating: C. Method C1. Participants

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C2. Materials and Measures

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other major demographic characteristics as warranted by the study

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 Describes the procedures that were carried out in the study, including a detailed outline of how participants were allocated to groups or conditions and the specific steps involved in collecting and analysing data.

D. Results D1. Statistical Information Your rating:

descriptive statistics for years of age

 Describes all outcome measures, and the materials used to derive them, with sufficient detail to facilitate reproducibility.

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 Describes the results of each analysis appropriately and presents statistical and mathematical information in correct APA Style format.

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 Presents results in an organised manner, following the structure set by the study’s design and the order of the aims and hypotheses.  Avoids making interpretive comments that are better suited for the Discussion (e.g., interpreting what the result means for the hypotheses stated in the Introduction). Your rating:

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 Presents at least one table or figure which is referred to and described appropriately in text.

D3. Tables and Figures

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 Tables/figures conform to the requirements of APA Style.  Each table/figure serves a purpose and does not merely duplicate information contained in the text or in another table or figure. Your rating: E. Discussion

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Interpretation

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 Considers how the study’s findings are similar to or different from relevant prior work.

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 Considers what the results mean for the problem under investigation, particularly with regard to the specific issues raised in the Introduction.  Reflects on how the study advances scholarship in the field without overstating the importance of the study and its findings. Your rating:

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 Demonstrates clarity and conciseness in written expression.  Demonstrates continuity and flow within and across all sections of the report.  Exhibits a professional tone suitable for academic writing.  Word choice is appropriate and sentences are wellconstructed, with no errors in spelling, grammar, or usage.  Contains an appropriate amount of original material.

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F2. Report Formatting

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