literature review.
In your final paper for this course, you will need to write a Methods section that is about 4 pages long where you will assess and evaluate the methods of research.
In preparation for this particular section, answer the following questions thoroughly and provide justification/support. The more complete and detailed your answers for these questions, the better prepared you are to successfully write your final paper.
Please submit your answers as a single 4- to 6-page document as a numbered list; this will ensure you do not inadvertently miss a question.
Additionally, please submit a title page and a reference page in proper APA format.
1.What is your research question?
2.What is your hypothesis or hypotheses? What is the null hypothesis?
3.How many participants would you like to use and why? What are the inclusion characteristics, i.e., what must they have in order to be included in your study (for example, gender, diagnosis, age, personality traits, etc.)? Are there any exclusion characteristics, i.e. are there certain characteristics that would exclude them from being in your study? Does the sample need to be diverse? Why or why not?
4.What sampling technique will be used to collect your sample? What population does your sample generalize to?
5.What are the variables in your study? HINT: Refer back to your hypothesis or hypotheses.
6.Provide operational definitions for each variable.
7.How will you measure each variable? Discuss the reliability and validity of these measures in general terms.
8.What technique will be used for data collection (e.g., observation, survey, interview, archival, etc.)?
9.What type of research design is being used?
10.Briefly discuss the procedure that would be followed when conducting the research.
11.What are some POTENTIAL ethical issues? How might they be addressed
M4-assaignment
In this assignment you will update the methods section for your research paper and add your introduction and literature review.
The introduction and literature review should address your research question: why it is important, and how prior research does or does not support your hypothesis, as well as providing a background on what we know about this topic.
Please refer to the material on the components of a research paper provided in Module 1 as you work on this document.
Your methods section, in addition to covering the subheadings of participants, instruments, and procedure, must include a fourth subheading called ethical issues and note any ethical issues that need to be considered, as well as how they would be handled.
Be sure to include a title/cover page and a reference page formatted in APA style.
Submit your response to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Your response should be at least four pages, double spaced, long. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources. Confirm the latest edition number with your instructor.
M5-assaignment
Submit your final research paper to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. It should include a cover page, abstract, intro/lit review, method section, results (simply report what statistics you propose to use), discussion section, and reference page.
Your final paper should be double-spaced, 8 to 10 pages in length, and properly edited.
Please use the following information to help you with each section:
1.Cover page: Pay attention to APA style and refer to the example in your textbook.
2.Abstract: Is written on its own page and is a very brief summary of your study. Think in terms of one sentence stating your research question, one or two sentences regarding background and what we already know about it, one or two sentences regarding your methodology (e.g., how many participants were used and how were your variables assessed), and one or two sentences about your findings.
3.Intro/lit review: incorporate the feedback and make revisions to the introduction and literature review submitted in Week 4.
4.Method section: incorporate the feedback and make revisions to the Method section submitted in Week 4.
5.Results section: in one paragraph, state what statistical test would have been used and why it was chosen.
6.Discussion section: broken down into the following paragraphs:
◦paragraph 1: statement of your results/findings (or what you imagine might be your results).
◦paragraph 2: what might have affected those results (i.e., threats to internal and external validity). Include flaws in your design and confounding variables.
◦paragraph 3: implications for your findings including the significance and impact on the field as well as future research directions.
