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The abstract is important because many journal readers first read the abstract to determine if the entire article is worth reading. The abstract should describe all four parts of an empirical paper (i.e., Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion) . Consider writing one or two sentences summarizing each part of the paper, and you will have a nice abstract. This section may not be required for your assignment.  \nKeywords: APA, students, sample template  \nSample APA Paper for Students Interested in Learning APA Style  \nBefore getting started, you will notice some things about this paper. First, everything is double-spaced. Second, margins are 1-inch wide on all sides, this is the default setting in Word and Google Docs. Third, there are several headings used throughout to separate different parts of the paper; some of the headings are in bold. Try to pay attention to all of these details as you look through this paper.  \nNow that those details are out of the way, you should know that this first part of the paper is called the “Introduction” section, yet it does not have a heading that says“Introduction.” Instead, the title of the paper is typed at the top of the first page (be sure to center the title, but do not put it in bold) . In this section, you would often start with a topic paragraph that introduces the problem under study. The importance of the topic should be pretty clear from the first paragraph or two of the Introduction. Section 2.11 of the APA manual  \n(APA, 2020) will help give you some ideas about how to write this.  \nThe bulk of the Introduction section is background literature on the topic. A literature review is often included, and is very helpful to provide a theoretical or empirical basis for the research. Try to provide the reader with enough information on the topic to be able to conclude that the research is important and that the hypotheses are reasonable. Any prior work on the topic would be useful to include here, although prior work that is most directly related to the hypotheses would be of greatest value.  \nThe last section of the Introduction states the purpose of the research. The purpose can usually be summarized in a few sentences. Hypotheses are also included here at the end of this section. State your hypotheses as predictions (e.g.,“I predicted that...”), and try to avoid using passive tense (e.g.,“It was predicted that...”) .  \nMethod  \nThe Method section is the second of four main parts of an empirical paper. Be aware that some papers are reviews of the literature and therefore would not have a separate Method section. There are typically three or four major subsections in the Method although there can be more. These subsections are separated by headings which are described in sections 2.26 and 2.27 of the APA manual (APA, 2020) .  \nParticipants  \nThis brief section describes the people who participated in your study. They should be called “participants,” not “subjects.” Mention the number of participants, the percentage of female and male participants, the mean age (where “mean” is abbreviated M), and their ethnicity or cultural background. Any other demographic information would be included here.  \nResearch Design  \nExperimental studies often have a section in the Method describing the design of the study. Typically the independent variables in the study would be described here. For example, the study might involve a 2-by-2 design with one independent variable being treatment/control conditions and the other independent variable being biological sex. 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