Reporting Excluded Data in APA Reports

In an APA results section, what information is typically addressed first before tackling the primary research questions?

Although an APA-style Results section typically lacks standard subheadings, it must follow a logical organizational progression. Arrange the following components in the order they should typically appear in a manuscript, from first to last.

A researcher is organizing the Results section for a study on the relationship between stress and social media use. Match each specific task from the researcher's reporting process to its appropriate role in the logical organization of an APA-style Results section.

In an APA-style Results section, the absence of standardized subheadings implies that researchers have the flexibility to present their primary research findings first to capture the reader's attention, provided they address participant exclusions and manipulation checks later in the section.

In an APA-style Results section, the primary research questions are typically organized starting with the most specific question and progressing to the most general ones.

Which of the following best summarizes the standard logical progression of an APA-style results section?

A researcher argues that because the APA Results section has no standard subheadings, they should present their most 'impactful' significant findings first to engage the reader. When evaluating this decision against standard APA organizational progression, a critic would point out that this approach is incorrect because the section must first address _____ issues—such as participant exclusions and how variables were computed—to establish the necessary foundation for interpreting the findings.