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THE WRITER SHOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES
What goes in the project summary? (1 page)
Research question: THE EFFECT OF STRESS LEVEL ON AGE AND LIFE SATIFACTION
Identify the following
2 IVs (e.g. Self-esteem, risk taking)
The levels of the IVs (e.g., higher/lower self-esteem)
1 DV (specify unit of measurement e.g. 1-7, cms, hours)
Level of measurement for each variable (categories or scale?)
Design (e.g. 2×2) and stats (e.g. independent ANOVA)
Design
Identify two independent variables:
*Grouping variables, e.g.:
– Self-esteem (high/low)
– Extroversion (high/low)
– Risk taking (high/medium/low)
*Can be repeated measure if appropriate, e.g. heart-rate (t1/t2)
*Look beyond using just demographic variables as your IVs (e.g., gender, age etc
Project summary
In essence you are ‘selling’ the idea of your research to the ethics panel, and making the case for the need for your study.
Why are you studying the variables you are studying? You must justify your choice of variables with clear reference to theory (this is where selection of demographic variables such as gender can be problematic for you unless you can demonstrate that there is a clear rationale for looking at gender differences for a given topic).
You will need to do a literature review and read papers on your research interests
Look for connections between topics – you may well be merging two different research areas, so do not expect to find a paper looking at exactly what you intend to look at!
If you can’t find a close match look for similar topics (e.g., if you can’t find much research on body esteem, look up research on self-esteem and try to draw parallels).
Skill is to look for potential connections between one area (e.g., risk taking), and another area (e.g., personality).
Recruiting
Sample
Who?
*Psychology students
*Preferably fellow students on the RMP2 course
*You may also recruit non-psychology students, relatives & friends
Not
*Children
*Vulnerable adults
*NHS staff
*Patients
Recruitment
You can:
Data collection and entry
Sample size:
*Aim for at least 10 per cell (e.g. N = 40 in the sample example)
*Equal cell sizes more important than overall sample size
*You must address the issue of inadequate power if necessary
Analysis
MUST BE a 2-way ANOVA – because you will have 2 IVs and 1DV
*Type of 2-way ANOVA depends on your design (2×2 or 2×3 or 3×3 etc.)
*You will need to decide whether it is Independent or Repeated Measures or Mixed ANOVA
*You will need to test the necessary data screening & assumption tests.
*You will interpret 2 main effects and one interaction effect
*You will also need to run appropriate multiple comparisons tests (with adjustment for number of comparisons)
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