Although the APA results section lacks standard subsections, it must follow a logical organizational progression. It typically begins by addressing preliminary issues, such as clarifying whether any participants or responses were excluded from the analysis and the rationale for doing so. It also explains how multiple responses were combined to compute the primary variables and reports the outcomes of any manipulation checks. Once these preliminary issues are established, the section systematically tackles the primary research questions, often organizing them from the most general question to more specific ones.