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Assignment - Research method for behavioral science
Please read the Bushman (2005) article in this week's homework folder. Then read it again, answering the following questions. You may also want to re-read the sections in the text on characteristics of between subject designs (pg 187) and holding variables constant (pg 195).
1. How would you reference this article in APA style on a reference page?
2. What is this research all about? What is the general problem they are trying to solve?
3. What is the hypothesis? What theory does the researcher use to support his hypothesis?
4. What is the research design?
5. What is/are the independent variable(s)? How was it manipulated (what were the levels)?
6. What is/are the dependent variable(s)?
7. Describe the participants (number of participants, age, gender). How were they recruited?
8. What materials/procedure are used?
9. How do the researchers interpret the data? What were the results?
10. Does the data support the hypothesis or not? How so? Is it in line with the theory they were testing?
11. What do the researchers say are the implications of their study?