Summary: Describe the Study

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Let us recap the goal Describing the Study or Providing Details. Remember that the goal of Describing the Study is to communicate how the data were acquired for the study, including a description of the data and any variables that may or may not be considered. This goal also contains experimental procedures and tools/instruments/materials/equipment as well as rationales for some or all experimental procedures, and brief statements of preliminary results may be provided as well.

There are three key writing Strategies that are used to Describe the Study. Describe Data Acquisition is utilized to present the process of collecting/recording and describing the data. Data can be described using quantitative features (e.g. measures, units, scales) or the qualitative features (e.g. abstract elucidation). Delineate Procedures is the step-by-step actions taken in the study, along with tools/instruments/materials/equipment and techniques. It provides other scholars with the how-to instructions to replicate your study in different contexts and/or with different participants. Rationalize Study Decisions justifies choices  made during data acquisition and study procedures.