Statistical Methods with R

Reporting Results

Unit E · Chapter 15 · Lecture 15a

Developed by Jeffrey M. Girard

Overview

Goals for each section

This chapter focuses on section 3 (the others are a writing topic). Interpretation belongs in the discussion, not the results.

  1. Introduction
  • Motivate the research goals and questions
  • Contextualize the work in the literature
  1. Methods
  • Transparently describe the data and variables
  • Transparently describe and justify the analyses
  1. Results
  • Clearly, accurately, and fully report the results
  • Facilitate communication with nice tables and figures
  1. Discussion
  • Draw reasonable and justified conclusions
  • Contextualize the results regarding limitations

Results section (part 1)

Concerns as a methodological reviewer / co-author

  1. Did it report all model coefficients (in text or table)?

  2. Did it report effect sizes and confidence intervals?

  3. Did it clarify whether the coefficients are standardized?

  4. Did it describe the checking of model assumptions?

Results section (part 2)

Concerns as a methodological reviewer / co-author

  1. Was the model appropriate given the assumption checks?

  2. Did it correctly interpret zero-order and partial effects?

  3. Did it correctly interpret interaction and simple effects?

  4. Did it plot the model’s predictions and uncertainty?