Students are required to write a laboratory report, not exceeding 2,000 words in accordance with APA
(American Psychological Association, 7th edition) formatting requirements.
The word limit is 2,000 words. This word limit applies to your Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. Your abstract should be no longer than 180 words.
Title No more than 12 words outlining the relationship between the principal variables. Abstract 180 words or less summarising the aims, methods and findings of the study. Introduction this should define key terms and provide enough of a literature review to justify the current study as well as a rationale for the hypotheses. At the end of this section you should provide some aims and hypotheses for the research. The Methods and Results section of the lab report will be provided. Discussion this section should restate and discuss all of your findings. You will need to discuss and interpret the results in line with the literature. You should provide some directions for future research as well as highlighting any limitations you identify in the study. You should end this section with an overall conclusion. You should provide references in line with APA conventions.