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Method: Heading in American Psychological Association (APA) research paper in which you present your Participants, Materials/Measures/Instruments, and Procedure.

Participants: Section of your Method in which you describe the “who” of your study.

Vulnerable populations: Populations (e.g., children, prisoners, or those with impaired decision-making ability) for whom a full institutional review board (IRB) review is typically required for research involving these individuals.

Amazon MTurk: Online paid crowdsourcing platform to acquire participants.

Convenience sample: Participants gathered through their mere availability and accessibility to the researcher.

The Method section of articles you read is particularly important because novice researchers often struggle with the “who” (the participants), the “what” (the measures), and the “how” (the specific steps) in a research project. Following APA style, the Method section is divided into subsections involving participants, materials or measures (also called instruments), and procedure. Pay attention to the particular approach that is used in a given area of study. What is the typical approach: Observation? Interviews? Self-report surveys? Is the research correlational (no manipulation of variables), is there experimental manipulation, or a combination? You might try an approach to the research question different from the one typically used.