For this assignment, you will be asked to create your research question and then answer some questions regarding how you will go about developing your study (see Rubric). The research question must be based on psychology. Additionally, it should be study making a causal claim (ex. My independent variable causes my dependent variable to change) For example, your research question can be does hair color cause a change in whether are perceived as a leader or not? It can’t be something like what materials make the best spaceship. I am
lenient on what I consider a psychology-based research question so odds are I will be ok with your idea. Also try to keep the research question somewhat realistic. I am all for being creative, but I will prefer if you don’t base your project around opening living people’s brains if that makes sense! For the writeup, I strongly prefer for it to be done under each question in the rubric as opposed to essay form.
Method Project Rubric.
1) What is the research question that you are interested in? (2 points)
2) Why are you interested in answering this research question? (2 points)
3) Formally write your research question as a hypothesis. So make a prediction of what you
believe will happen (2 point)
4) What is the IV in your hypothesis? (2 point)
5) What is the DV in your hypothesis? (2 point)
6) What is 1 possible confounding variable or control variable that you can think of that can interfere in your study and why is it that (3 point)
7) What type of research method will you use to collect data to answer your question? Explain in 1-4 sentences how you can use it to answer your question. For example, if you say lab experiment what are you manipulating? Or if it’s a survey, what questions are you asking on the survey (8 points)
8) Name one strength and 1 weakness for the methodology you selected above (6 points)
9) Name and explain one probability sampling technique that you can use to recruit participants for your study. (4 points)
10) Name and explain one non-probability sampling technique that you can use to recruit participants for your study. (4 points)
11) What is one specific type of validity that you will be concern about for your study? Why? (4 points)
12) What is one threat to the internal validity of your experiment and explain how it can impact your results. (4 points)
13) What is one possible ethical concern you might have regarding running this study? (2 point)
14) How will you address this concern? (2 point)
