THOMAS R. SMYTH held academic appointments at many of Australia's foremost universities, including Charles Sturt University, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of Canberra. He also authored The Psychology Thesis: Research and Coursework and Writing in Psychology: A Student Guide.

'A bible for psychology students when preparing coursework...I would heartily recommend it to any student sensible enough to care about writing and communication skills.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

• A Note to StudentsIntroductionPART 1: ACADEMIC PAPERSWriting and ThinkingScientific WritingStyleAcademic StandardsPART 2: SOURCESEvaluating SourcesCiting SourcesQuotationsThe Reference ListPART 3: WRITINGWriting a PaperDrafts and EditingPART 4: ESSAYS AND LITERATURE REVIEWSAn Overview of Essays and Literature ReviewsPreparation and Planning of a PaperWriting an Essay or Literature ReviewPART 5: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHAn Overview of a Research ReportPreparation and Planning pf a Research ReportWriting a Research ReportReporting StatisticsUsing Figures and TablesPreparing Figures and TablesPART 6: QUALITATIVE RESEARCHQualitative Research ReportsPART 7: RESOURCE MATERIALGrammarPunctuationSpelling and CapitalizationAbbreviations and NumbersTyping and PresentationMarking PapersAPPENDICESRecommended Presentation Style Requirements for Student PapersExamples of Citing Common SourcesExamples of Presentation of Publication Details in a Reference ListCommon Standard AbbreviationsAbbreviations Commonly used in StatisticsTyping Format for Headings and SubheadingsHeadings and Subheadings for a Simple Research ReportHeadings and Subheadings for a Multiple Experiment Research ReportAn Example of a Research ReportAn Example of a Poorly Written Research ReportChecklist.

THOMAS R. SMYTH held academic appointments at many of Australia's foremost universities, including Charles Sturt University, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of Canberra. He also authored The Psychology Thesis: Research and Coursework and Writing in Psychology: A Student Guide.

'A bible for psychology students when preparing coursework...I would heartily recommend it to any student sensible enough to care about writing and communication skills.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

• A Note to StudentsIntroductionPART 1: ACADEMIC PAPERSWriting and ThinkingScientific WritingStyleAcademic StandardsPART 2: SOURCESEvaluating SourcesCiting SourcesQuotationsThe Reference ListPART 3: WRITINGWriting a PaperDrafts and EditingPART 4: ESSAYS AND LITERATURE REVIEWSAn Overview of Essays and Literature ReviewsPreparation and Planning of a PaperWriting an Essay or Literature ReviewPART 5: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHAn Overview of a Research ReportPreparation and Planning pf a Research ReportWriting a Research ReportReporting StatisticsUsing Figures and TablesPreparing Figures and TablesPART 6: QUALITATIVE RESEARCHQualitative Research ReportsPART 7: RESOURCE MATERIALGrammarPunctuationSpelling and CapitalizationAbbreviations and NumbersTyping and PresentationMarking PapersAPPENDICESRecommended Presentation Style Requirements for Student PapersExamples of Citing Common SourcesExamples of Presentation of Publication Details in a Reference ListCommon Standard AbbreviationsAbbreviations Commonly used in StatisticsTyping Format for Headings and SubheadingsHeadings and Subheadings for a Simple Research ReportHeadings and Subheadings for a Multiple Experiment Research ReportAn Example of a Research ReportAn Example of a Poorly Written Research ReportChecklist.

THOMAS R. SMYTH held academic appointments at many of Australia's foremost universities, including Charles Sturt University, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of Canberra. He also authored The Psychology Thesis: Research and Coursework and Writing in Psychology: A Student Guide.

'A bible for psychology students when preparing coursework...I would heartily recommend it to any student sensible enough to care about writing and communication skills.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

• A Note to StudentsIntroductionPART 1: ACADEMIC PAPERSWriting and ThinkingScientific WritingStyleAcademic StandardsPART 2: SOURCESEvaluating SourcesCiting SourcesQuotationsThe Reference ListPART 3: WRITINGWriting a PaperDrafts and EditingPART 4: ESSAYS AND LITERATURE REVIEWSAn Overview of Essays and Literature ReviewsPreparation and Planning of a PaperWriting an Essay or Literature ReviewPART 5: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHAn Overview of a Research ReportPreparation and Planning pf a Research ReportWriting a Research ReportReporting StatisticsUsing Figures and TablesPreparing Figures and TablesPART 6: QUALITATIVE RESEARCHQualitative Research ReportsPART 7: RESOURCE MATERIALGrammarPunctuationSpelling and CapitalizationAbbreviations and NumbersTyping and PresentationMarking PapersAPPENDICESRecommended Presentation Style Requirements for Student PapersExamples of Citing Common SourcesExamples of Presentation of Publication Details in a Reference ListCommon Standard AbbreviationsAbbreviations Commonly used in StatisticsTyping Format for Headings and SubheadingsHeadings and Subheadings for a Simple Research ReportHeadings and Subheadings for a Multiple Experiment Research ReportAn Example of a Research ReportAn Example of a Poorly Written Research ReportChecklist.