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Understanding Research Assignment - Final

Instructions:

Please write your responses in blue font so that it is easier for me to grade.

Read the article on your own and answer the following questions.

A. Variables

1. Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable for an experimental study. For a non-experimental study, what were the variables of interest? (What were the levels of the independent variable – there has to be at least two. The IV = the variable that differs between the groups. It is often the treatment. The DV = what the experimenters used to determine if the IV had an effect. These are often formal assessments.)

a. IV =

b. DV =

OR for non-experimental research designs

c. The variables of interest =

2. Summarize the statement of the problem. (This is the researcher’s justification of the why the experiment is needed. Typically, this will be in the Introduction.)

3. Identify the research question (The hypothesis. This should be a question. What did the experimenter’s want to know? The title of the article can be a shortened version of the research question. Typically, the research question is in the Introduction.)

B. Method Section

1. Summarize the Method Section. (Read the entire Method Section. You should describe what happened to the participants at the start of the study, the treatment, and the end of the study.)

C. Research Design

1. Identify the research design. (First, identify the overall category. Was this a descriptive study? A correlational study? An experimental study? A quasi-experimental study? A single-subject design?) Once you have identified the overall category, you need to specify the exact type. For example, “This was a descriptive study and used naturalistic observation.”

a. Type of research =

b. Specific research design =

D. Results/Discussion

1. How were the results recorded? Did the authors use a table or figure? If so, what was in it? What formal tests did they use to measure the variables? For example, “The researchers used the Vinland Adaptive Behavior Scales to measure the participants overall level of functioning in daily life and the pre and post scores were displayed in a table.) If applicable, what statistical tests were used? (Was it a t-test? An ANOVA?)

2. Summarize the results. (Read the entire Results section. What happened?)

3. What is a conclusion you can take from the study? (What is the take-home message from this study? How can the findings be used by non-researchers?)

4. Based on reading this study, what is a needed, future research topic? (Hint: many authors towards the end of the Discussion section talk about their view of needed future research. You can use one of theirs or a research question that is your own.)