Report Writing - Practicals Methodology and Statistics - Lecture Slides, Slides of Statistics

Download Report Writing - Practicals Methodology and Statistics - Lecture Slides and more Slides Statistics in PDF only on Docsity! Results Sections - General format Report Writing Docsity.com 2 Docsity.com 5 Subjects Design Equipment Procedure Method Docsity.com 6 Descriptive Statistics Inferential Statistics Results Docsity.com 7 Explain study results > Fit to other research > Implications Discussion Docsity.com 10 • Should always report – Symbol or name for the statistic used (r, t, T, U) • Note statistical symbols should always be italicised – Degrees of freedom or n – Value of test statistic; t = – Whether the probability is greater or less than the alpha value; p < or > .05 – Whether the test was one-tailed or two-tailed • A few of the more complicated analyses that you will encounter next year do not have tails e.g., ANOVA. Step 2 – Inferential statistics Docsity.com 11 – This is the job of the discussion – Helps the reader to clearly distinguish what you found from the interpretation you give to it Step 3 – Do not interpret the results Docsity.com 12 Step 4 – Summarise the results at the start of your Discussion – Without reference to results of statistical tests e.g., group A was found to be larger than group B – Indicate whether your hypothesis was supported or rejected Docsity.com