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Week 2: Finding and reading a paper
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◦ See StudyDirect for the names of your tutors
◦ Please remember our first names for submission of your course work
◦ Only email us for personal issues (e.g. to inform us of absence etc.)
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1 hour practical Autumn term weeks 2-9
Please attend allocated sessions or negotiate a change directly with the Psychology office
◦ Week 2: Finding and reading papers◦ Week 3: Designing a questionnaire◦ Week 4: How to write a research proposal◦ Week 5: SPSS – data entry and analysis◦ Week 6: Excel – how to make graphs◦ Week 7: How to write a lab report◦ Week 8: How to make a PowerPoint presentation◦ Week 9: Lab report Q & A
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Autumn term coursework submissions
◦ Week 6: Research Proposal (based on your questionnaire study)
◦ Week 9/10: Presentation of questionnaire findings to your personal tutor (by arrangement with them)
◦ Week 10: Lab report (write-up of questionnaire findings)
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Course material - Graham Hole’s resources page:
◦ Google > Graham Hole
Questions about the course/coursework:
◦ Forum: Study Direct > Research Skills > Forum
◦ Office Hour: (to be announced)
◦ Emails: Do not email tutors directly about coursework, use the forum.
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The Research Process
Research Proposals and Lab Reports
Scientific Writing Style
Research Proposal – Step-by-Step
Original Article vs. Textbook
How to Find a Paper
How to Read a Paper
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Subject area Read around the subject Research question Design the study Research proposal Obtain ethical approval Conduct the study Data analysis Lab report
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Write concisely
Write in a formal tone
Avoid Jargon
Focus on relevant literature
Top tip: Read and look at published journal articles to get an idea of what you should be aiming for
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1. Select a subject area ◦ Keep it simple◦ Check availability of literature on topic
2. Read around the subject◦ What has been examined by others?◦ What were their findings?
3. Justifying your study◦ Find a gap in literature OR◦ Find contrasting results from different studies◦ Not so important for this term
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4. Research question◦ What will you examine in your study?◦ For this term: Focus on differences between 2
groups (e.g. men vs. women/ meat consumers vs. vegetarians/ undergraduates vs. graduates/ etc.)
For example: Do men have different exercise habits than women?
5. Developing your hypotheses◦ What do you expect to find?◦ How do you expect that the groups will differ
from each other?◦ Predictions should be based on previous
findings from other authors (Step 2)
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6. Design the study
◦ For this term: Questionnaire study◦ Again, keep it simple ◦ You should be able to test your hypotheses with
the questions you choose to use◦ We’ll get back to this step next week
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From a textbook citation... “Stanley Milgram’s (1963) study of destructive
obedience highlighted the dilemma facing a person ordered by an authority figure to perform an immoral act”
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But why would I want to look at the original? And if I did, how would I find it?
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One simple reason:
When a textbook/paper author (or anyone else) summarises a study, they can get it wrong...
The more people between you and the study, the more chance something is wrong
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At the end of textbook chapters (or sometimes the whole book) and journal articles you will find the reference section
Reference sections are ordered by first author’s surname:
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371–378.
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If you know the reference for a paper:-
◦ Go to the library website:
www.sussex.ac.uk/library
◦ Electronic Library > Online Journals > Type in journal name > Find the correct volume, issue and page numbers
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If you want to do a search on a topic:- ◦ Go to the library website:
www.sussex.ac.uk/library
◦ Electronic Library > Online Resources > Choose ‘PsycARTICLES’ or ‘PsycINFO’ > Simple or Advanced
◦ Electronic Library > QuickSearch◦ Google Scholar
Top tip: be specific!
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Papers are laid out in this order:
◦ Abstract
◦ Introduction
◦ Methods
◦ Results
◦ Discussion
◦ References
Easier to read them in this order:
◦ Abstract
◦ Discussion
◦ Introduction
◦ Methods
◦ Results
◦ (References)
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Abstract
◦ Summary of everything that’s in the paper
◦ Order: Past research, methods, results, conclusions
◦ Approx. 150 words
Discussion
◦ Summary of purpose and results
◦ Comparison to previous research
◦ Possible faults
◦ Wider implications
◦ Future directions
◦ Conclusions
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Introduction
◦ Quick explanation of research area
◦ Summary of relevant past research (and perhaps its flaws)
◦ Purpose of study
◦ Brief description of methods
◦ Hypotheses
Methods
◦ Usually split into four sections: Participants Materials Design Procedure
◦ Technical language
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Results
◦ Point-by-point breakdown of findings
◦ Descriptive statistics
◦ Inferential statistics
◦ The magic word ‘significant’
References
◦ Don’t need to worry about these too much when reading
◦ If you find past research in the paper that sounds interesting, look for a full citation here
◦ And use your new skills to find that paper
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Get into groups of 4
Pick a topic, e.g.:◦ Healthy lifestyle (for example):
Exercise Smoking Eating habits Alcohol consumption
◦ University lifestyles◦ Environmentally friendly behaviours
Check with one of us that it’s okay
Start finding and reading papers about the topic
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Read up to 5 papers on your chosen topic◦ Try to read the same papers as others in your
group◦ Or read one or two papers and summarise to your
group before next week
Come to class next week with some ideas for questions you can ask people
Keep it simple!
Next week: Construct the questionnaire in class