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INTRODUCTION-(JOYCE)
(single space)
Write introduction here.
Write your review of related literature about mental health during a pandemic
here.
State the OBJECTIVES of the study in paragraph form. Use objectives that show
what the researcher shall do with the data and not words to indicate what the
researcher intends to do as a research process. Write the objectives in paragraph form
setting one from the others by a number in close parenthesis. Do not use problem
statements/questions.
METHOD
This is a presentation of the research design used in the study. This would
normally include the variables used in the study.
This brief section describes the people who participated in your study. Mention
the number of participants and where they come from. The demographic profile of the
participants may be included here, if such profile will not be used in any way in the
analysis of the other variables. If there is no sampling done because the entire
population is used, the heading Participants of the Study is used. However, if the
population is very large and sampling had to be done, this section may be referred to as
“Sampling and Sampling Design”. If sampling is done, the details of how the participants
are selected should be presented. The criteria used in the selection of the participants
should be explained here.
Data Analysis
This section presents the methods of analysis done on the collected data. If
statistical tests are used, the reason why they are used, and the formula should be
presented with the specific variables of the study identified in the symbols used.
Ethical Consideration
The Results section contains the findings of the study. The findings may be
presented in paragraph form or as narrative. Normally tables and graphs may be used
to summarize data. It is often helpful to use tables (see Table 1) to help describe your
results, especially when you have a lot of data to report, such as means and standard
deviations. Description and analysis of the data should be done. Do not repeat
information presented in a table by simply enumerating the frequencies and the
percentages. An analysis should be done when making the description of the tables or
the graphs.
All tables should be numbered (e.g. Table 1, Table 2, Table 3). Each table should
have an individual title and presented with only the first letter of the word capitalized.
For example: Correlations between age and test scores. Discussion always precedes
the table. Do not split a table unless it is too large to fit on one entire page. If a table
must go over to the next page, then type (table continues) under the table, flush right.
Repeat column headings at the top of the continuation. Horizontal lines can be used to
separate information and make it clearer. There should be three horizontal lines for an
APA format table. All elements of the table should be double-spaced. All tables should
be referenced in the text of the paper. Tables have titles on top. Figure number and title
is placed at the bottom of the figure. Sample is shown below.
Interpret the tables and analyze the results. Try to explain why you found what
you did in your study. Is it what you predicted? If not, why? You may have to think about
your results in a theoretically meaningful way. Also, how do your findings fit in with
previous theory and literature? Are your results consistent or inconsistent with what has
been found in the past? If they are inconsistent, how can you explain this? The
explanation and interpretation of results will probably be the biggest part of the
discussion.
CONCLUSIONS
This section provides a generalization of the findings gathered from the study, its
implications and contribution to the body of knowledge. Conclusions should briefly
answer the objectives of the study. They are no repetitions of the discussions but are
judgments of the results obtained.
Recommendations
This section presents suggestions for further improvement of the results. This
contains the limitations of the present study and provides an avenue for further studies
in similar field.
REFERENCES
The reference list is presented in alphabetical order, with no groupings of the sources. It
should be presented with the APA format: Author. (year). Title of article. Source. If there
is no author, start with the title of the article followed by the year and the source. Each
reference should be presented with hanging indention.