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Student Learning Outcomes
1. Students will demonstrate sufficient writing skills by (a) communicating research in writing using the tone, grammar, and organization appropriate to professional work in psychology.
2. Students will demonstrate effective collaboration with team members through group activities (e.g., recruiting
research subjects, collecting data, and/or working in research labs).
3. Students will demonstrate competence in electronic and information technologies by (a) using computational and
statistical software, (b) using computers to review abstracts appearing in relevant databases and obtaining full-text
versions of the literature relevant to a research topic, (c) paraphrasing, quoting, and citing appropriate sources to
avoid plagiarism and (d) sufficient use of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style Manual.
4. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills and skeptical inquiry by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of
current research literature and/or their own research using psychological research methodology.
5. Students will demonstrate sufficient use of statistical analysis, interpretation, and presentation of psychological data.
6. Students will demonstrate appropriate and ethical use of subjects by going through the process of subject
recruitment.
You must do your paper individually. Each paper will have one dichotomous independent variable (IV)
(e.g., gender), one categorical IV with at least three levels (e.g., ethnicity), and one continuous IV (e.g.,
discrimination). The dependent variable will be continuous (e.g., depression). The variables will be selected
from the research conducted as a class.
The APA-formatted paper/report (10-15 pages including title page and references) will include the
following components:
1. Title page (1 page)
2. Abstract (1 page)
3. Introduction (3-4 pages)
a. Purpose
b. Hypotheses (usually in the form of an alternative hypothesis)
c. Review of literature (at least 10 articles from peer-review journal)
i. Cite appropriate literature (see “References” below)
ii. Address each independent and dependent variable in the study
4. Methodology (2 pages)
a. Participants/Sample Characteristics (< 1 page)
b. Measurement/Procedure (used for your measurement) (< 1 page)
c. Procedures (< 1 page)
5. Results (1-2 pages)
a. What analyses were conducted and why?
b. What were the significant and non significant findings?
c. Provide test statistics (e.g., t value, F value), effect sizes (e.g., r value), and significance level (i.e., p
value). Present statistics in APA style.
6. Discussion (2-3 pages)
a. Summarize and explain each finding, such as…
i. Is the finding consistent with previous literature or theory? Why?
ii. Is it different than other studies? Why?
b. Provide at least three limitations to the study
c. Provide at least two research implications
d. Provide at least one implication for practice … IF you do not find significant results, implications for
practice may be difficult. In which case, you can provide additional implications for research.
7. References – minimum of 10 references in APA style. References must be peer-reviewed journal
articles. No books, textbooks, webpages, magazines, or newspapers will be accepted. Published research
reports will be allowed with prior instructor approval.
8. Include one table and one figure in APA style.
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