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Abstract

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contact wit" an article #+ seeing /'st t"e a#stract% 's'all+ in comparison wit" se$eral ot"er a#stracts% as t"e+ are

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1. Introduction

1.1 Introduce the Problem

T"e #od+ o( a man'script opens wit" an introd'ction t"at presents t"e speci(ic pro#lem 'nder st'd+ and

descri#es t"e researc" strateg+* &eca'se t"e introd'ction is clearl+ identi(ied #+ its position in t"e man'script% it

does not carr+ a "eading la#eling it t"e introd'ction* &e(ore writing t"e introd'ction% consider t"e (ollowing

,'estions 5&ec 8 Sales% 2 17:

17 3"+ is t"is pro#lem important9

27 ow does t"e st'd+ relate to pre$io's wor in t"e area9 ( ot"er aspects o( t"is st'd+ "a$e #een reported

pre$io'sl+% "ow does t"is report di((er (rom% and #'ild on% t"e earlier report9

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State w"+ t"e pro#lem deser$es new researc"* For #asic researc"% t"e statement a#o't importance mig"t in$ol$e

t"e need to resol$e an+ inconsistenc+ in res'lts o( past wor and>or extend t"e reac" o( a t"eoretical (orm'lation*

For applied researc"% t"is mig"t in$ol$e t"e need to sol$e a social pro#lem or treat a ps+c"ological disorder*

3"en researc" is dri$en #+ t"e desire to resol$e contro$ersial iss'es% all sides in t"e de#ate s"o'ld #e

represented in #alanced meas're in t"e introd'ction* A$oid animosit+ and ad "ominem arg'ments in presentingt"e contro$ers+* 0oncl'de t"e statement o( t"e pro#lem in t"e introd'ction wit" a #rie( #'t (ormal statement o(

t"e p'rpose o( t"e researc" t"at s'mmarizes t"e material preceding it* For literat're re$iews as well as t"eoretical

and met"odological articles% also clearl+ state t"e reasons t"at t"e reported content is important and "ow t"e

article (its into t"e c'm'lati$e 'nderstanding o( t"e (ield*

1.3 Describe Relevant Scholarship

isc'ss t"e rele$ant related literat're% #'t do not (eel compelled to incl'de an ex"a'sti$e "istorical acco'nt*

Ass'me t"at t"e reader is nowledgea#le a#o't t"e #asic pro#lem and does not re,'ire a complete acco'nting o(

its "istor+* A sc"olarl+ description o( earlier wor in t"e introd'ction pro$ides a s'mmar+ o( t"e most recent

directl+ related wor and recognizes t"e priorit+ o( t"e wor o( ot"ers* 0itation o( and speci(ic credit to rele$antearlier wor s are signs o( scienti(ic and sc"olarl+ responsi#ilit+ and are essential (or t"e growt" o( a c'm'lati$e

science* n t"e description o( rele$ant sc"olars"ip% also in(orm readers w"et"er ot"er aspects o( t"is st'd+ "a$e

#een reported on pre$io'sl+ and "ow t"e c'rrent 'se o( t"e e$idence di((ers (rom earlier 'ses* At t"e same time%

cite and re(erence onl+ wor s pertinent to t"e speci(ic iss'e and not t"ose t"at are o( onl+ tangential or general

signi(icance* 3"en s'mmarizing earlier wor s% a$oid nonessential details; instead% emp"asize pertinent (indings%

rele$ant met"odological iss'es% and ma/or concl'sions* Re(er t"e reader to general s'r$e+s or researc" s+nt"eses

o( t"e topic i( t"e+ are a$aila#le* emonstrate t"e logical contin'it+ #etween pre$io's and present wor *

e$elop t"e pro#lem wit" eno'g" #readt" and clarit+ to ma e it generall+ 'nderstood #+ as wide a pro(essional

a'dience as possi#le 5&ec 8 Sales% 2 17* o not let t"e goal o( #re$it+ lead +o' to write a statement

intelligi#le onl+ to t"e specialist*

1.4 State !potheses and "heir #orrespondence to Research Desi$n

A(ter +o' "a$e introd'ced t"e pro#lem and "a$e de$eloped t"e #ac gro'nd material% explain +o'r approac" to

sol$ing t"e pro#lem* n empirical st'dies% t"is 's'all+ in$ol$es stating +o'r "+pot"eses or speci(ic ,'estion and

descri#ing "ow t"ese were deri$ed (rom t"eor+ or are logicall+ connected to pre$io's data and arg'mentation*

0learl+ de$elop t"e rationale (or eac"* Also% i( +o' "a$e some "+pot"eses or ,'estions t"at are central to +o'r

p'rpose and ot"ers t"at are secondar+ or explorator+% state t"is prioritization* ?xplain "ow t"e researc" design

permits t"e in(erences needed to examine t"e "+pot"esis or pro$ide estimates in answer to t"e ,'estion*

2. Method

T"e .et"od section descri#es in detail "ow t"e st'd+ was cond'cted% incl'ding concept'al and operational

de(initions o( t"e $aria#les 'sed in t"e st'd+% i((erent t+pes o( st'dies will rel+ on di((erent met"odologies;

"owe$er% a complete description o( t"e met"ods 'sed ena#les t"e reader to e$al'ate t"e appropriateness o( +o'r

met"ods and t"e relia#ilit+ and t"e $alidit+ o( +o'r res'lts% t also permits experienced in$estigators to replicate

t"e st'd+% ( +o'r man'script is an 'pdate o( an ongoing or earlier st'd+ and t"e met"od "as #een p'#lis"ed in

detail elsew"ere% +o' ma+ re(er t"e reader to t"at so'rce and simpl+ gi$e a #rie( s+nopsis o( t"e met"od in t"is

section*

3. Results

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n t"e Res'lts section% s'mmarize t"e collected data and t"e anal+sis per(ormed on t"ose data rele$ant to t"e

disco'rse t"at is to (ollow* Report t"e data in s'((icient detail to /'sti(+ +o'r concl'sions* .ention all rele$ant

res'lts% incl'ding t"ose t"at r'n co'nter to expectation; #e s're to incl'de small e((ect sizes 5or statisticall+

nonsigni(icant (indings7 w"en t"eor+ predicts large 5or statisticall+ signi(icant7 ones* o not "ide 'ncom(orta#le

res'lts #+ omission* o not incl'de indi$id'al scores or raw data wit" t"e exception% (or example% o( single-casedesigns or ill'strati$e examples* n t"e spirit o( data s"aring 5enco'raged #+ A!A and ot"er pro(essional

associations and sometimes re,'ired #+ ('nding agencies7% raw data% incl'ding st'd+ c"aracteristics and

indi$ld'al e((ect sizes 'sed in a meta -anal+sis% can #e made a$aila#le on s'pplemental online arc"i$es*

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Co' ma+ also consider t"e (ollowing iss'es:

3"at is t"e t"eoretical% clinical% or practical signi(icance o( t"e o'tcomes% and w"at is t"e #asis (or t"eseinterpretations9 ( t"e (indings are $alid and replica#le% w"at real-li(e ps+c"ological p"enomena mig"t #e

explained or modeled #+ t"e res'lts9 Are applications warranted on t"e #asis o( t"is researc"9

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