DQ: Focusing on evidence-based
experimental articles
DQ: Focusing on evidence-based experimental articles
This week we will discuss one of the requirements of the course
Integrative Project Literature Review, that only evidence-based
articles that report on experiments conducted by the article
authors be used. This is a requirement of many an MA in Psych
paper assignment. Why do you think that is the case? Think from
the perspective of psychology as both a profession and an
academic discipline. What is gained by focusing on evidencebased experimental articles? What may be lost as a result of this
requirement?
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Why do you think that is the case? Think from the perspective of
psychology as both a profession and an academic discipline.
I think that it is important that only evidence-based articles that
report on experiments conducted by the article authors is a
requirement to use in our paper because it shows that the person
who is conducting the research can actually be a reliable source
rather than just the author who is writing about it. In my annotated
bibliography review, it was brought to my attention that results
cannot find something, but a study can, which eventually made
sense to me after I pondered on it for a few errors on my returned
document. My revisions needed for the paper opened my eyes,

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