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    This document outlines the typical sections of a research paper, including the title page, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, tables and figures, and appendix. The title page includes identifying information about the paper and authors. The abstract provides a brief summary. The introduction describes the topic and relevance of research. The methods section details how the study was conducted. The results section outlines findings. The discussion analyzes results and implications. References provide citations. Tables and figures display data. An appendix offers supplementary materials.

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    This document outlines the typical sections of a research paper, including the title page, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, tables and figures, and appendix. The title page includes identifying information about the paper and authors. The abstract provides a brief summary. The introduction describes the topic and relevance of research. The methods section details how the study was conducted. The results section outlines findings. The discussion analyzes results and implications. References provide citations. Tables and figures display data. An appendix offers supplementary materials.

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    This document outlines the typical sections of a research paper, including the title page, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, tables and figures, and appendix. The title page includes identifying information about the paper and authors. The abstract provides a brief summary. The introduction describes the topic and relevance of research. The methods section details how the study was conducted. The results section outlines findings. The discussion analyzes results and implications. References provide citations. Tables and figures display data. An appendix offers supplementary materials.

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    This document outlines the typical sections of a research paper, including the title page, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, tables and figures, and appendix. The title page includes identifying information about the paper and authors. The abstract provides a brief summary. The introduction describes the topic and relevance of research. The methods section details how the study was conducted. The results section outlines findings. The discussion analyzes results and implications. References provide citations. Tables and figures display data. An appendix offers supplementary materials.

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    vTitle Page

    What is this paper called and who wrote it?-the first


    page of the paper; this includes the name of the paper, a

    "running head", authors, and institutional affiliation of


    the authors. The institutional afiliation is usually listed
    in an Author Note that is placed towards the bottom of
    the title page. In some cases, the Author Note also
    contains an acknowledgment of any funding support
    and of any individuals that assisted with the research
    project.

    Abstract

    One-paragraph summary ofthe entire study typically


    no more than 250 words in length (and in many cases it
    is well shorter than that), the Abstract provides an
    Overview of the study.

    Introduction

    What is the topic and why is it worth studying?- the


    first major section of text in the paper, the Introduction
    commonly describes the topic under investigation,
    summarizes or discusses relevant prior research (for
    related details, please see the Writing Literature
    Reviews section of this website), identifies unresolved
    issues that the current research will address, and
    provides an overview of the research that is to be
    described in greater detail in the sections to follow.
    Methods

    What didyou do?- a section which details how the


    research was performed. It typically featuresa
    description of the participants/subjects that were
    involved, the study design, the materials that were used,
    and the study procedure. If there were multiple
    experiments, then each experiment may require a
    separate Methods section. A rule of thumb is that the
    Methods section should be sufficiently detailed for
    another researcher to duplicate your research.

    Results

    What did you find?-a section which describes the data


    that was collected and the results of any statistical
    tests that were performed. It may also be prefaced by a
    description of the analysis procedure that was used. If
    there were multiple experiments, then each experiment
    may require a separate Results section.

    Discussion

    What is the significance of your results ?- the final


    major section of text in the paper. The Discussion
    commonly features a summary of the results that were
    obtained in the study, describes how those results
    address the topic under investigation and/or the issues
    that the research was designed to address, and may
    expand upon the implications of those findings.
    Limitations and directions for future research are also
    commonly addressed.
    References

    List of articles and any books cited - an alphabetized


    list of the sources that are cited in the paper (by last
    name of the first author of each source). Each
    reference should follow specific APA guidelines
    regarding author names, dates, article titles, journal
    titles, journal volume numbers, page numbers, book
    publishers, publisher locations, websites, and so on (for
    more information, please see the Citing References in
    APA Style page of this website).

    Tables and Figures


    Graphs and data (optional in some cases) - depending

    on the type of research being performed, there may be


    Tables and/or Figures (however, in some cases, there
    may be neither). In APA style, each Table and each
    Figure is placed on a separate page and all Tables and
    Figures are included after the References. Tables are
    included first, followed by Figures. However, for some
    journals and undergraduate research papers (such as
    the B.S. Research Paper or Honors Thesis), Tables and
    Figures may be embedded in the text (depending on the
    instructor's or editor's policies; for more details, see
    "Deviations from APA Style" below).

    Appendix
    Supplementary information (optional) - in some cases,

    additional information that is not critical to


    understanding the research paper, such as a list of
    experimet stimuli, details of a secondary analysis, or
    programming code, is provided. This is oftern placed in
    an Appendix.

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