Reporting Quantitative Research in Psychology

This updated edition offers practical guidance for understanding and implementing APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) and Meta-Analysis Reporting Standards (MARS) for quantitative research. These standards provide the essential information researchers need to report, including detailed accounts ofthe methods they followed, data results and analysis, interpretations of their findings, and implications for future research. This revised editionreflects updates to the original JARS and the MARSthatmeet developing needs inthe behavioral, social, educational, and medical sciences. Harris Cooper analyzesexamples from APA journals, offering readers advicefor implementing these revisedstandardsin their own writing while also conforming with the APA Style guidelines in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Updated chapters offer more detailed guidelines for reporting statistical analyses and unique elements ofdifferent types of research, including replication studies, clinical trials, and observational studies. This book is essential reading for experienced and early career researchers alike, as well asundergraduate and graduate students in research methods classes.