the research question is has the replacement of face-to face lectures to virtual lectures let students procrastinate in school? https://campbellcollaboration.org/escalc/html/EffectSizeCalculator-SMD-m

Psy. 50 Guidelines to Report #2

Spring 2020

Rough Draft is due on May 29th

Final Draft due June 12th

• Use the template and guidelines on canvas

• Attach the informed consent to the Appendix section of your paper.

Your paper should be in APA style (see template given and the slides on APA style)

You must cite AT LEAST 6 empirical research papers. The citations can be in your introduction and/or your discussion section

I. Title page

• All the APA requirements:

• Title name institution

II. Abstract

• About 120 to 200 words

• Summarizes the problem, purpose, and results of the study

III. Introduction (about 1.5-2 pages)

• Start with big topic paragraph

  • Be sure your topic and why it is important is clear

  • For example, why is memory important?

    • Whatever you name your variable (the construct), be sure it is consistent throughout your paper. For example, if you choose self-esteem as your construct, call it the same thing throughout your paper.

• You must have at least three themes

  • These themes must have their own headers (Subheader 2 for each theme)

    • Theme 1: What is your Topic and why is it important?

      • Cite studies

• • • Theme 2: What is the your first (main) IV and how does it relate to your DV (Topic)

      • Cite studies (be sure to briefly describe studies that are important and most relevant)

• • • Theme 3: What is your second IV? How does it relate to your DV?

      • Cite studies (be sure to briefly describe studies that are important and most relevant)

• Be sure to use APA style internal citations as needed

• Use the inverted pyramid model

  • Start broad (your topic/DV)

• • Discuss what the research says about your topic

    • Three themes

• • Talk about your specific study

    • What is the missing part of the existing research that you are trying to fill or clarify? What are you adding to existing research?

    • At the end of your introduction, please state your research question clearly.

IV. Methods (about 1 to 1.5 pages)

• • Participants

    • How many, who are they, what do you know about them

    • How were they recruited (found)

  • Instrument

    • Talk about each variable in a separate paragraph.

    • For each variable share the construct, the tool that was used, and how it was measured.

      • Variable 1 (Main DV)

      • Variable 2 (your main IV)

      • Variable 3 (your second IV)

      • Variable 4 (if you choose to include more)

• • Procedures

    • How were the data collected

    • The steps that we took

    • You don’t need talk about details of each task but rather the process/steps that we took in the entire study

V. Results (About 2 pages with tables graphs)

You are required to have at least three APA-style tables and at least one APA-style graph in this section

Table 1: Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviations, min-max range, for all relevant variables)

• Table 2: Results of your first analysis (correlation or t-test)

• Table 3: Results of your second (must include interactions) analysis (Multiple Regression or 2-way ANOVA)

• Graph: This should be a bar graph, histogram, or scatterplot depending on your data and research question

1. Present descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) for your variables (Table 1)

   • Start with a narrative (not a table)

   • Describe your means descriptive statistics in words

   • Provide a table that describes the mean, standard deviation, min-max range, for the DV, and all IVs…you can do it by group as well ...see below for example.

Example of Descriptive Table:

Table 1

Descriptive Statistics of Key Variables (N=28)

Note: blah blah blah about what the variables are measuring

Example of another Descriptive table (this one is interesting because it is grouped by a variable)

Table 1

Descriptive Statistics of [Recall] by [song] (N=____)

Note: Mean scores on the x task are reported. blah blah blah about what the variables are measuring: †p<.10 * p<.05, **p<0.01, ***p<.001,

1. Discuss the results of your first analysis (Main IV  DV)

   • Reiterate the purpose of the study (for your first IV)

   • Describe the statistical method (T-test, correlation, or ANOVA depending on the number of levels and types of variables) used to answer this question

   • Describe the actual means between the groups (for your first IV)

   • If results were significant for ANOVA, discuss the TUKEY post-hoc test

   • Discuss the results

   • Describe the actual means between the groups (for your first IV)

   • Talk about the bar graph too.

   • Describe if the differences were significant. State the t, r, or F value and the p-value for the results.

     • For example…“the results of an independent samples t-tests suggest that…. t(22)=1.23, p=.22

Example of Correlation table:

Table 2

Pairwise Correlations among Variables (N=xx)

Note: * p<.05 , **p<0.01

Example of t-test table:

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of [Recall] by [Color] (N=xx)

Note: blah blah blah about what the variables are measuring. Note: †p<.10 * p<.05 , **p<0.01, *p<.001,

1. Talk about the bar graph too.

2. Describe if the differences were significant. State the t or F value and the p-value for the results.

   • For example…“the results of an independent samples t-tests suggest that…. t(22)=1.23, p=.22

   • If you did an Post-Hoc test, report the findings it as well

Second Analysis with Interaction Analysis (Multiple Regression or Two-Way ANOVA)

• Describe Table 3 and the results.

• Describe the fact that you are looking for interactions (two factors)

• Describe why you did a two-way ANOVA

• Describe if the results were significant. Report F value and the p-value for the results.

  • For example…“the results of an independent samples t-tests suggest that…. t(22)=1.23, p=.22

Example of Multiple Regression Table with Interactions:

Table 3

Multiple Regression Analysis Predicting [insert DV] (N=25)

Note: * p<.05 , **p<0.01, ***p<.001. R2 = .22

Example of Two-Way ANOVA with Interactions:

Table 3.

Results of a Two-Way ANOVA predicting _________ (N=xx)

Note: †p<.10 * p<.05 , **p<0.01, *p<.001,

Figure 1. (This should be a bar graph, histogram, or scatterplot depending on your data and research question)

V. Discussion (15 points) (about 1 to 1.5 pages)

• Restate the purpose of the study

• Restate the main results of the study

  • What is what you expected? If not, what do you think made a difference?

  • How does it compare to prior studies?

• What are the implications of this study (why are the results important?)

• What were the limitations of this study

• What are some future directions for this study

VI. Reference list (one separate page)

• APA style

• Alphabetical order by last name

• At least 6 articles

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