Select an article from The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and summarize it using APA format. Summaries of papers published in any other journal will not be accepted. Use the guidelines below.
Articles from 1968-2012 can be found here
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/309/
This is a guide for what should be in the paper. USE APA FORMAT
Title page with your info
Introduction (one page, double spaced)
What have previous studies found?
What is the specific purpose of this study?
Method (two pages, double spaced)
Description of participants and setting
Experimental Design used (single subject/group, etc). Name the design?
What was DV?
What was IV?
Summarize what was done
Results (one page, double spaced)
Summarize what was found. Did the IV affect the DV? (One page)
Discussion (one page, double spaced)
What is the main conclusion of the study and how does this fit with previous work
on the topic?
What are the implications?
What is the take-home point?
References
List the reference of the article summarized (the article itself) and any references you may have used when summarizing the article.