To complete Lab 1, you will be required to compose a comprehensive report based on the survey research that was conducted during class. The report will mainly focus on two significant aspects: a thoro

Criteria for Grading Research Paper

Student’s Name ________________________________

(brief overview of our study,

couple of sentences summarizing

each of the four sections of paper: intro,

method, results, and discussion)

(purpose for the study, reason why

the study is important)

Review of literature 10 12 14 16 18 20

(utilize your articles to develop the rationale

for your research question, where appropriate,

review details on the sample, method and results

of your articles)

Summary paragraph of literature 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 3

(summarize the trends in the articles,

focusing on methods and findings, relate

findings to theory, and lead into rationale

for your study)

Clear hypotheses 2 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 4

(make a specific prediction about how you

expect the variables to relate, that is,

what prediction(s) are you asserting about the

findings. Make sure to hypothesize both a statistic

and the nature of the finding. Be sure to clearly

detail your rationale for each

hypothesis.

(total N, any demographic information)

Materials/ Questionnaire 3 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.6 6

(all materials needed to complete the study,

for questionnaire; how materials were created

and by whom)

Design and Procedure 5 6 7 8 9 10

(clear and concise description of the procedure

from beginning to end)

(explain which type of statistics were used to

test hypotheses. Describe the nature of the statistics)

including reliability analyses, if they were significant,

(repeat what was stated at end of intro.

to remind the reader what you predicted)

(for hypotheses that were confirmed, explain

why this is important, for hypotheses that

were not confirmed, explain why you think they

were not, using articles to defend your reasoning)

(any possible alternative explanations? Things

that should have been controlled? Any threats

to the validity of your study?)

Critical thinking 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 3

(if you get what you expected, what does that

mean for the big picture – lit. review? Where

should research go from here? That is, suggest

directions for the future/other variables to look at)

(looking for clear and concise wording, but be careful

about using informal language, correct title page,

section headings, citation of sources, use of participants/

men and women, references, numbers

versus numerals, spacing, and citation of sources)

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