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Word limit: 2000(not including title or references)
Section Max. marks Content
Title 2 IV and DV (precise and no more than 15 words)
Introduction 20 Past research; rationale; hypotheses
Methods 20 Participants; materials; design; procedure – in enough detail for someone else to replicate the study
References 6 Full APA-style references for all citations in main text
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Straightforward and informative (not more than 15 words) Enough to explain your study without going into too much
detail
Examples:› Too little detail: Fast food purchases› Too much detail: Differences in the fast food purchasing habits of men
and women in the last month in Brighton› Just right: Differences in the fast food purchasing habits of men and
women
Independent Variable = the value being manipulated or changed
Dependent Variable = the observed result that is dependent on the independent variable
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What is the IV and DV in the following titles?
› Differences in the fast food purchasing habits of men and women
› The impact of a sensation-seeking personality trait on alcohol consumption
› The effects of aging on reaction time in a signal detection task
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Quick explanation of research area Summary of relevant past research (and perhaps its
flaws) Purpose of study Brief description of methods 4 Hypotheses (2 qualitative and 2 quantitative)
› Aim to predict differences between groups rather than relationships between variables
Up to 1200 words
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Qualitative hypotheses:› 2 qualitative variables› Example: “Men prefer to buy fast food at Burger King,
while women prefer to buy fast food at McDonalds”
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Quantitative hypotheses:
› 1 qualitative variable and 1 quantitative variable› Example: “Males consume a larger quantity of
alcoholic beverages per week than females”
› 2 quantitative variables (not for this term)› Example: “As age increases, scores on a memory test
decrease”
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Give enough information so that someone could replicate your study.
Write in paragraphs (no lists!)
Subsections: Participants Materials Design Procedure
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Number of participants you aim to recruit Sex (# of men, # of women) Who (students, women, the retired, etc) Age (can’t give mean, SD or range -
haven’t collected data yet) Will they be volunteers or paid? Any other demographics that might be
necessary
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Things you will be using:› Questionnaire (do not include the whole thing!)› Any other materials you think are necessary to include› DON’T INCLUDE: Pen, A4 paper, etc.
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Identify:› Independent variable(s)› Dependent variable(s)› Design: within-subjects, between-subjects or mixed?
Don’t worry about this section this term Just say you used a questionnaire design
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Explain how the experiment was carried out
Step by step breakdown of what was done
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Write in future tense
Write in third person where you can (e.g. “Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire”) and avoid first person (“I asked participants to complete a questionnaire”, “We asked participants to complete a questionnaire”)
Back up your assertions
Refer to people you tested as ‘participants’ not ‘subjects’
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Making it look neat
Double-space
Colours: Stick to greyscale
Put a title on each section
Number your pages
Check your spelling and grammar
Check your references – they are worth six marks