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Results 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Summary statistics What tests were used Subgroup demographics (extra demographic information) Assumption checking – met/not met Results of statistical analysis Summary

3, 2, 4, 6, 1, 5 Write in order that study was conducted in procedure - Results should follow similar structure First what participants looked like, to address hypothesis these tests were completed, check assumptions, statistical significance summary, summary of data & results of statistical analysis -

Won’t need any demographic groups in our

Discussion - Begins specific ends broad o Specific results of your findings and then broaden it by linking to others & practical implications etc - Begins recapping the focus and outlining whether the study’s results supported the hypotheses o First paragraph should be this o Reiterate research questions, clear statements on hypotheses were supported by results of the study o Copy and paste like in introduction - Interprets these findings o Generalising from specific results about contrasts in the populations o In uni population context o What does significant correlation mean?? o E.g. Self-reflection … nui setting those participating in self-reflection are likely to have academic resilience, if students were aiming for higher resilience … they could engage in self-reflective writing. - Relating results to previous findings & outlining contribution of results o Similarities and differences, between study’s and how reliable your study compared to theirs, consistent or inconsistent with past findings o Discuss why we found something different e.g. methodology or context differs  Experimental compared to holdworth interview  difference in methodology differing results  Cran et al  army population vs university population  context  Trying to understand why we got the results we got  Consistent with x&y studies and what that means??  Means  increases the reliability and validity of the results, strengthening the effect that has previously been identified - Strengths & Limitations

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o 3 each is good to aim for but more important to do in depth and detail o Don’t list and identify, but explain why they are strengths & limitations?  What is the strength, why is it a strength, how does it strengthen results?  E.g. Addresses something other study’s don’t establish causation where others cannot, avoid using proof, confident that there is a positive effect …  Don’t use sample size as limitation  E.g. sample size, not representative of population, unable to link/generalise it to the wider population Suggestions highlights areas for future research o Do not list them off o DO NOT USE EXAMPLE  E.g. replicated with bigger sample size  What it is? Why should we do this next step of research? What you might find? o Based on … (our finding) future research should look to … How results can be applied o Employ self-reflection interventions more to increase resilience in students Summaries finishes with a concluding statement/paragraph o Statement or two, reiterate findings and what it means o A reiteration of the actual findings

Critical evaluation throughout discussion Tokenistic writing  shallow comments about different things, - D  not tokenistic How many paragraphs? – 5? APA Academic Writer...