INSTRUCTIONS
For this final assignment, you will bring together the previous steps of your research project into a single cohesive report. Your final research project report will require some rewriting and potentially a bit of reorganization.
This report should not be a copy-and-paste of previously submitted assignments; although you may use the content of previously submitted assignments, your final report should follow the organization of an APA formatted manuscript containing the following parts:
Title page
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
References
Appendix (if applicable)
Your report should be written using appropriate language (e.g., formally written, no use of the first person or contractions, Method and Results sections written in the past tense). Your report should also reflect use of correct font style, size, and spacing (12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins). Format your report using APA guidelines as you would in a manuscript of an empirical study for submission to a journal. Finally, three peer-reviewed journal articles are required. Be sure each article cited is published within the last 10 years. It is strongly recommended that you utilize the APA format resources that have been provided as well as others readily available online.
Submit your final research project report to your mentor for grading. Consult the Course Calendar for due dates.
WRITING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES
The following links provide online writing and research aids to help you with your paper assignments.
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University
Writer’s Handbook, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
APA Guidelines
NOTE:
Make make the provided hypothesis more specific. You were to select either presence of passengers or type of vehicle. “Level of adherence to regulations” is far too broad to define and to code. You mention a traffic light at the end of the assignment. If you are going to be using a traffic light, then this variable as well as either presence of passengers or type of vehicle both need to be included in the hypothesis as well as the predicted relationship between them.
Great job in your consideration of potential obstacles.
Proofread for typos and spelling errors.
As APA formatting is a part of all of the research project scoring rubrics, you will want to be in the practice of using a Title page and page numbers.
