Reference no: EM133764135
Question: What problem have you decided to solve?
What will your intervention entail?
What do you think your independent variables will be (you need two)?
What do you think the dependent variable will be?
The first part of the paper you will submit will be the Method section (see rubric for grading details) and an outline of the Introduction that includes your 3 hypotheses).
Secondly, The Method section (2-5 pages in length)
The Method section describes how the study would be conducted. It should be detailed enough that a complete stranger could read it and replicate what you did exactly. Describe the anticipated participants, materials, and procedure according to APA guidelines. Be specific. If you say that you are going to give participants a questionnaire, include the items of that questionnaire.
Describe the basic information about the participants you expect to recruit/have, you should report any demographic questions (e.g., gender, ethnicity, etc.) included in your survey and the breakdown you expect to have. I know this seem strange, but it is very common. You can use prior papers that you have written to estimate the % breakdown for gender and ethnicity, don't forget to include age range.
In the materials section, thoroughly describe the questions you would ask (if you were giving a survey), including response scales and examples. If you have special equipment (e.g., a polygraph or an interrogation room setup in a certain way), then you would describe it here. This needs to be very detailed; after reading your method section I should be able to replicate your research.
In the procedure section, describe how participants were recruited or selected to particpate and what they will do. Again, I should be able to replicate exactly what you did after reading this section. Describe any other relevant information about how data were collected