OK so once you've decided how to structure your results section and for what you want to use figures
and tables, the next step is to write it out.
And again, the results section is very individual and very dependent on your research.
But just to inspire you, I have created another outline and writing template, this time for the results
section. So on the first page, you find a sample of an outline for a fictional study.
So here for example, before the analysis it is mentioned that two participants dropped out during the
treatment and therefore they are not included in the analysis.
Then, this outline moves to the main analysis, starting with a research question.
:Does the refocus treatment work?" The analysis is a simple independent samples t test with groups as
independent variable and the depression score as dependent variable. Then, the results, here reported in
APA format, is that the difference was significant and that the depression score was lower in the treatment
group.
So this is how you outline could look like. And for turning it into text, you can also find some examples
of expressions on the next page.
For example: "Before we analyzed the data we removed all reaction times that were larger than 2000 milliseconds
which is 2 percent of all observations." Or "The data of 2 participants were excluded from the analysis
because they did not complete the whole study." Or for the main analysis, you can start by saying: "First,
we investigated whether X"... which is the research question. And this - especially using the expression "first" -
can make sense if you have several research questions and then you may say something like: "We used an
independent samples t test." And then: "The results showed that the difference between the groups was significant.
Specifically, the average depression score was lower in the treatment group."
So this is what it could look like and hopefully it inspires you a little bit. And you can download this
PDF from the resources of this lecture.
All right.
That is what this lecture and I see in the next one.