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What is the average number of months in treatment Abstract— A summary of your project

• • The Purpose of your project- What you are trying to find out

• • Quick overview of what has been found in previous literature

• • Quick overview of research design and participants

• • Hypothesis

• • Results-was your hypothesis supported

Introduction (Use at least 3 sources)

• • Give background info. on your project

  • o Ex/ If testing a theory, discuss who developed it and what it is based on

  • • Define your variables

  • o Ex/ Permissive Parenting style-involves high emotional responsiveness, but low discipline/rules

  • • Discuss previous research with an emphasis on how it influenced the development of your hypothesis

  • • State your hypothesis

Methods

• • • Participants: (Frequencies from demographic information)

  • o total # of participants

  • o percent males-females

  • o Percents of where they were recruited from [ex / IVC (45%), and SDSU (55%)]

  • o Age range: ex/ 18-59 (M=28, SD=9)

  • o Other stats. on demographic info.

  • • Instrument (Not a necessary section)

  • o If you developed a new instrument, discuss what kind of questions you asked, and the rating scale used.

  • o If modeled after an existing Scale or Instrument give credit to person who developed it

  • • Procedure

  • o Discuss how data collection went

    • ♣ Ex/ went into 4 different classes, and asked for volunteers to complete questionnaire, they were given candy for participating, etc.

    • ♣ If an experiment, discuss the design of your experiment

Results

• • • • What your data analysis yielded, stated in the proper format

Discussion (use at least 3 sources)

• • • • Discuss your results in words; was your hypothesis supported?

    • • Discuss previous literature with an emphasis on whether it supports your findings or if it suggests something else

    • • Limitations of your project: ex/ not enough participants, convenience sample, confounds, etc.

    • • Discuss Implications of your findings- It’s the “So What?” of your project, why is what you found out important? How can this information be used in the future?

  • o Ex/ to develop or modify programs

  • • Future directions-What other research should be done in this area of study? What other variables can be studied?