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Review and improve your understanding of the material	Quiz yourself	Get tips on how to apply this information
Study this concept map to see the connections between key terms	Quick matching test Review using our flashcards	Get a better idea of the steps involved in conducting a study by reading "Web Appendix: Conducting a Study." Know what to include in your paper by downloading APA's tables that will help you know what you should include in a research report What to include in any research report Additional information to include if your study was an experiment Additional information to include if your study was not an experiment If you want help on writing the introduction section, download this tutorial. If you want help writing the method section, download this tutorial.
Review by Studying the key terms Studying the key issues Testing yourself on the chapter objectives. Don't take a quiz or test over Chapter 15 material until you understand the answers to these review questions.	Take the Practice Quiz (a short, general quiz over the entire chapter). Take 9-item quizzes over the introduction and method sections (the first part of the chapter). Quiz A Quiz B Take 11-item quizzes over the results, discussion, abstract, and references (the second part of the chapter). Quiz A Quiz B	To find, cite, or reference relevant articles, using this literature search link. To understand APA style Go through an APA's tutorial on APA style Look at a Sample APA paper from Purdue's OWL site Read APA's tips on APA style 6th edition tips 7th edition tips Quickly find answers to your grammar questions. Grammar bytes (Quick list of rules that address common student problems) Guide to grammar and writing (many resources so it has what you need, and it has a great search feature so that you can find what you need) Whatever your question about writing a paper is, you can probably find the answer at the Writing for Psychology site.

Review and improve your understanding of the material

Quiz yourself

Get tips on how to apply this information

Study this concept map to see the connections between key terms

Get a better idea of the steps involved in conducting a study by reading "Web Appendix: Conducting a Study."
Know what to include in your paper by downloading APA's tables that will help you know what you should include in a research report

If you want help on writing the introduction section, download this tutorial.

If you want help writing the method section, download this tutorial.

Review by

Studying the key terms
Studying the key issues
Testing yourself on the chapter objectives.
Don't take a quiz or test over Chapter 15 material until you understand the answers to these review questions.

Take the Practice Quiz (a short, general quiz over the entire chapter).

Take 9-item quizzes over the introduction and method sections (the first part of the chapter).

Take 11-item quizzes over the results, discussion, abstract, and references (the second part of the chapter).

To find, cite, or reference relevant articles, using this literature search link.

To understand APA style

Go through an APA's tutorial on APA style
Look at a Sample APA paper from Purdue's OWL site
Read APA's tips on APA style

Grammar bytes (Quick list of rules that address common student problems)
Guide to grammar and writing (many resources so it has what you need, and it has a great search feature so that you can find what you need)

Whatever your question about writing a paper is, you can probably find the answer at the Writing for Psychology site.

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