what is expected to be in he lab report
1) introduction
-definition of the key terms (cognitive performance and sleep)
-review literature on sleep andmemory (support hypotheses)
-rationale for study
*why this study is needed e.g. past study have gaps so hence this study
what is different about my study
-TWO hypothesis because have 2 sleep Independent variables
* it can be positive or negative relationship but must have
2) MEthod
-participants (age and gender)
– materials
* memory span task-how we came up with this- explain how the number list was derived
* sleep and how the data derived
-procedure
*overview of what was done in class which is -students were briefed on the nature of the study- 1st given
demographic and sleep data
3) RESULTS
– TWO correlations
-associated descriptive (M,SD)- found in the page with 2 tables!!
– no need graph, just half a page and straight to the point
4)DISCUSSION
– interpret result (no relationship between sleep and cognitive performance)
– discuss my results with past results
* tell what was not same (dissimilarities) e.g they found dissimilarities between A and B but i didint
– explain reasons for why there is no relationship between sleep and cognitive performance
*non statistical results/relationships
FOR EXAMPLE- COFFEE
-coffee is a stimulant so it’s confounding the results
*NEED TO LINK IT, THE ARGUMENT HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN POINT
– next para = limitations of the research
– next paragraph = areas of future research
– next paragraph = implications * how the importance of results apply to real world
5) CONCLUSION (one paragraph)
6) REFERENCING – APA style, also citation APA style
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