"Thomason's set-point theorizations explain, in part, why patients in chemotherapy who reported high levels of apprehension and anxiety prior to initiation invariably reported more severe average symptomatology levels
In addition, their symptoms were ameliorated less completely by standard therapeutic interventions, such as antiemetics and soporifics." Where in the research report would this quotation be located?
a. Introduction
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Discussion
ANS: D
In the discussion section, the researcher's major findings, which are generated through an interpretation of the results, should be discussed in relation to the overriding conceptual framework as well as the research problem, purpose, and questions, or hypotheses.
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