effects of social media

The pu
rpose of this research project wa
s to teach you the entire process of conducting a thorough
literature review, crafting a hypothesis based on a reading of that literature, designing an experiment to
test that hypothesis, analyzing the data, and discussing how those data support or refute
what we know
about our research topic. In short, this assignment
wa
s designed to teach you how to be a researcher. In
class we have discuss
ed
the background for our study and
by the time you finish this paper you will have
read at least four (ideally man
y more) research articles related to
y
our study
.
As a class we designed our
study and collected our data. Those data have now been analyzed and discussed in the classroom and it is
time to put together a formal report on these findings. Thankfully, you
have already written most of the
background and proposed method for this study. As such, the first job you have is to make changes,
corrections, and revisions to the Introduction and Method section (and any other sections) of your graded
Research Proposal
. You will be turning this in, along with the grade sheet, with your Final Research
Paper. The next step is to report your findings, evaluate both their impact as well as the generalizability
and limitations of your study, and make plans for future resea
rch directions that follow from these data.
The assignment:

Complete the second research article analysis assignment on
relevant
articles of your choosing.

Make revisions, corrections, changes to your Research Proposal.

Write an APA style Results section
describing the pattern of effects we observed in our data.
Remember this requires a graphical form (you are required to create both a Table and a Figure
and to include these in the Appendix), a statistical form (reporting the results of hypothesis tests)
,
and narrative form (describing the patterns in plain English).

Write a thorough Discussion that addresses the importance of the findings, their relevance to
existing theory discussed in the Introduction, and potential limitations of the research design,
participants, etc. The Discussion (and possibly your Introduction) should include reference to
research that you have found in your second article analyses as well as independent research.

Turn in a
Final Research Paper with Title Page, Abstract, Introduc
tion, Method, Results,
Discussion, References, and Appendix (with at least one Table and at least one Figure).

Collect a full set of data from at least 8 participants. Collected more? Extra credit is likely.
More Details

No specific page requirement
maximum
but as a guideline,
12
–
16
pages of written text is a good
target length (that does not include title page
, abstract,
or references)

Both the Research Proposal (Introduction and Method) and Final Paper will be submitted via
Canvas and checked for pl
agiarism.

Times New Roman or Calibri, 12pt font, double
–
spaced, 1” margins.

Use APA
7
th
ed. for all references, section headings, and other formatting
and language
.

Absolutely no quotations are allowed!!
Experimental Psychology
Final
Research
Paper
Grading Rubric
SECTION OF PAPER/PROJECT
POINTS
Revisions to Previous Paper
All necessary corrections to the
Introduction
have been made without adding new errors.
/20
All necessary corrections to the
Method
have been made without adding new errors.
/20
All necessary corrections to
APA Style
have been made without adding new errors.
/10
Total for Revisions:
/50
Abstract
Summarizes importance of research, including important methodological and data details, and
major impacts in less than 250 words.
Total for Abstract:
/
1
5
Results
Remind reader of hypotheses.
/5
Conduct and report all appropriate statistical tests for all hypotheses.
/15
Clearly summarize main effects and interactions, avoiding theoretical interpretation.
/15
Make clear reference to table(s) and figure(s)
/5
Total for
Results
:
/
4
0
Discussion
Theoretical conclusions
. How do your data (dis)agree with existing research? For example,
what theories are supported or called into question?
/25
R
eal
–
world implications
. Obviously we conducted this study to learn about real
–
world
behaviors. What have we learned from this study about those behaviors?
/20
Identify any limitations of your study, participants, setting, and generalizability.
/15
What future directions are there for your study? No study answers all questions. What
questions remain to be answered in future research on this topic?
/15
/
75
Writing Style & APA Format
References Page is in correct APA
7
th
ed. format.
/3
Structure, headers, in
–
text citations are in correct APA 6
th
ed. format.
/7
Paper is free from grammatical and spelling errors.
/5
Overall writing is concise, informative, clear, and generally well
–
written.
/5
Total for Style &
Format:
/20
Experimental Psychology
Final
Research
Paper
Grading Rubric
Additional Details
Table(s) and Figure(s) are clear
/
10
Tasks were voted on to determine research project design.
/10
Data were collected from all eight participants and turned in on time.
/
2
0
Second research article analysis completed and on
–
time.
/10
Total for
Additional Details
:
/5
0
Total for
Revisions
:
/50
Total for
Abstract
:
/
1
5
Total for Results:
/40
Total for Discussion:
/75
Total for Style & Format:
/20
Total for
Additional Details
:
/5
0
Total Grade on
Final
Research
Paper