Psychological Science--Jechura--Finding Scholarly Articles of Empirical Studies

Anatomy of a Scientific Paper. Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References

Purdue University Library.  "How to Read a Scientific Paper."

Evaluation checklist for Identifying a Scientific Article:

  • Publication:  Is it in a scholarly journal?
  • Is it organized in the IMRaD structure?

    I—Introduction
    M—Methods
    R—Results
    And
    D—Discussion
     
  • Is there a references section?

If you answered no to any of these questions 

🛑 and start over. 

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