You will need to submit a paper using APA citations and written in formal college style and in a technical style. The paper should be about 900 words (of text, excluding references and title page) and include:
A title page
Abstract (for the proposal)
new page
heading is Abstract (centered)
less than 250 words
1–2 sentences per topic
key aspects of the literature review
problem under investigation or research question(s)
clearly stated hypothesis or hypotheses
methods used (including brief descriptions of the study design, sample, and sample size)
study results
implications (i.e., why this study is important, applications of the results or findings)
The Introduction section
heading is not “Introduction” but the title of the paper (bold, centered, and Title Cased)
An opening paragraph
This should prepare the reader for what you will be discussing.
What is your research problem?
Bem has some good advice on this (so do I)
Write this last!
The literature review:
You stated the research problem, now answer it!
Work backwards from your hypotheses: the lit review section needs to contain the information to support your hypothesis.
Describe the literature you wish to present:
usually one article at a time … one article per paragraph
The closing paragraph:
reintroduce your research problem
answer the problem with the research from the articles you presented
state your hypotheses
give an brief overview of your research methods
The Methods section
heading is Methods (centered)
subheadings are bold and flush left
Participants subsection
characteristics of the participants
results of a priori sample size analysis
Materials subsection
description of materials (DV measure).
Procedure subsection
Basic description of your research method (e.g. correlation, between-subjects)
Description of procedure from the perspective of the participants (but be objective in your description)
Additional information needed about your IV manipulation
Results section
heading is Results (centered)
remind the reader of the conceptual hypothesis
remind the reader of operation performed and behavior measured
state the answer to the hypothesis in English
present the statistics
Discussion section
heading is Discussion
review hypotheses
were they supported?
compare your results to previous research
why supported or not?
Supported:
one competing hypothesis
discredit
Not supported:
one suggestion
overall conclusion
Reference section
new page
heading is References
Appendixes.
This is for my finals
My paper is basically replicating the paper I have provided but adding the abstract, results ( which have no actual data so no numbers just predictions but it will be described as if we’re actually doing the data) and discussion. Any unclear info is found in the presentation slides along with the hypothesis, IV and DV. Overall the paper just need to polish and be very detailed within the method section, how the 3 resources connect.
