PSY-260 Introduction to Psychological Research and Ethics From Journal to Journalism: Analyzing popular descriptions of psychology or psychological research For this assignment, you will find and anal
PSY-260 From Journal to Journalism
Scoring Guide
| Grading category | Points | Comments |
| Accurate, brief, nonplagiarized summary of the journalist’s article and a correct classification of the journalist’s claim as frequency, association, or causal | 15/___ | |
| Accurate, brief, nonplagiarized summary of these key points of the original journal article: Was the study correlational or experimental? What were the main variables? What was the key finding or findings? What theory do the findings support? You must demonstrate that you have read the whole article, not just the abstract. | 15/___ | |
| An analysis, containing at least three significant points, of how well the journalist covered the journal article. | 10/___ | |
| Your paper is formatted in perfect APA style. The APA style components I will be looking for include:
I will take off one to two points per error! Triple check your work. | 10/___ | |
| Total | 50/ |
Research Methods in Psychology, 2e © W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
By Beth Morling
