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Professor Ralph L. Rosnow is Thaddeus Bolton Professor Emeritus at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, where he taught in the Psychology Department for 34 years and directed the doctoral program in social and organizational psychology. He also has taught research methods and social psychology at Boston University and Harvard University, and was a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Maryland, an M.A. from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in psychology from American University in Washington, D.C. He has served on editorial boards of journals and encyclopedias and (with Robert E. Lana) was the general editor of Oxford University Press's RECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY series. He has been a fellow of AAAS and APA since 1970, and a charter fellow of APS since 1988. He and his wife, Mimi Rosnow, reside in Radnor, PA.

Mimi Rosnow has a background that includes editing at a national magazine.

This guide provides frameworks, tips, and examples for college students writing research reports or literature reviews that are expected to conform to style recommendations of the fifth edition of the APA manual. This seventh edition contains a new chapter explaining recent changes in the APA's recommendations on reporting confidence intervals, and has been revised to reflect current changes in literature retrieval. Ralph Rosnow is professor emeritus at Temple University. Mimi Rosnow is a freelance editorial consultant. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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A guide to the writing of psychology papers that takes its recommended style (with small departures) from the (1994, Fourth Edition). The chapters cover finding and using reference materials, drafting proposals, organizing essays, planning research reports, writing and revising, and producing a final draft. Samples are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1. GETTING STARTED. Where to Begin. Focusing on Your Objective. Three Types of Essays. Three Types of Research Reports. Scheduling Time. Choosing a Topic. Shaping the Topic. Knowing Your Audience and Topic. Cultivating a Sense of Understanding. 2. FINDING AND USING REFERENCE MATERIAL. Using the Library. Looking Over Eric's Shoulder. How Material Is Cataloged. The Library Stacks. Using Reference Sources. PsycINFO, PsycLIT, and Psychological Abstracts. Social Sciences Citation Index. The Fugitive Literature. Taking Notes in the Library. Additional Tips. Library Etiquette. 3. DRAFTING THE PROPOSAL. Purpose of the Proposal. The Essay Proposal. The Research Proposal. Ethical Considerations. Tempus Fugit. 4. ORGANIZING THE ESSAY. Where to Start. Making Ideas Parallel. Putting Ideas in Order. Template for Writing and Note Taking. Outlining After the Fact. 5. PLANNING THE RESEARCH REPORT. The Basic Structure. Abstract. Introduction. Method. Results. Discussion. References. End Material. Organizing Your Thoughts. 6. WRITING AND REVISING. Sorting Through Your Material. The Self-Motivator Statement. The Opening. Settling Down to Write. Ethics of Writing and Reporting. Avoiding Plagiarism. Lazy Writing. Tone. Nonsexist Language. Voice. Verb Tense. Agreement of Subject and Verb. Common Usage Errors. Numerals. Punctuation. Quotations. Revising. 7. PRODUCING THE FINAL DRAFT. General Pointers. Title Page Format. Headings. Underlining. Citations in Text. Tables and Figures. List of References. Proofing and Correcting. APPENDIXES. A: Sample Essay. B: Sample Experimental Research Report. C: Sample Archival Research Report. Index.