Discussion
There are no limits to the length of the Discussion but use approx.1250-1500 words as a rough guide. The Discussion is often the most neglected section of research reports, largely because lecturers tend to concentrate on the technical parts of the report such as the Method and Results. However, a good Discussion can bail you out of a study that went wrong, and a bad Discussion can cost you a marking grade if you do not understand your findings.
• Summary, in non-statistical language, of the key findings in the Results section • Link data and findings back to the predictions, literature and models/theories reviewed in the Introduction (add some “colour”, perhaps, by considering a single case or two, or some qualitative observations about the study) • Implications of your findings for psychological theory. • Suggestions for modifications to the design, alternative methodologies, or different applications, in further research
• Failure to discuss results • Tedious, long-winded summary of results, with statistics presented again • Failure to draw any conclusions from your findings, or to apply them to psychology • Gratuitous explanations for findings (e.g., “time of day may have affected performance”) without any evidence provided from the data • Gratuitous suggestions for future research (e.g., “it would be interesting to study the effects of gender”) without any rationale provided • Review of lots of new literature not considered in the Introduction, or repetition of earlier review material • Inclusion of quantitative data not reported in the ResultsUse the references in the literature review and you add refences but must be recent and from google scholar