Description
section 1
You are working as a methodologist and have been tasked with designing the methods section for a research study. You will do an in-depth dive into the design elements of eachpart of the methods section through your weekly assignments. It is important that you check instructor feedback weekly and make revisions before submitting the final project. It is also important to understand that you are not collecting data for this project. If you use your research question and hypothesis from Introduction to Experimental Psychology, you will have a complete research proposal that can serve as a fantastic template for the future.
Part 1: Use your research question and hypothesis from Introduction to Experimental Psychology. Report it in part 1 of the assignment. If you have not taken Introduction to Experimental Psychology yet, choose one of the three research topics below and report the research question and the hypothesis.
What is the relationship between color and mood?
What is the relationship of music and mood?
How does packaging affect consumer buying choices?
Part 2: You will complete the first section of your methodology paper here by writing about the research design you will be using for this study.
Research design – Here you will discuss your chosen methodology and justify why it is the best design for your study. Here is how you can break it down:
Restate your research question and your hypothesis.
Based upon your review of the literature and/or your textbook, which research method would be the best choice?
(e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, survey, etc.)
Provide AT LEAST one citation that supports your research design choicE
SECTION 2
you will add the next three sections to your methodology that you started in SECTION 1. Be sure to be extremely specific in your descriptions. We want the readers to not only clearly understand what you will be doing, but set the study up to be replicated in the future. Please address each part of the outline below clearly using APA format.
Setting – Where will you conduct your study? Will it be conducted online (e.g. survey research) or in-person? If it is in-person, will it be in a controlled environment (e.g. lab) or in a more natural setting (e.g. public park)?
If this will be conducted in-person, give a specific location, even if it is hypothetical. Never make the location personal, like your home.
If the study will be conducted online, provide a website, like Survey Monkey, and include a URL. This may also be hypothetical.
Participants –
What is your population and sample size? What type of sample is it? (e.g. random sample; purposive sample; convenience sample)
What are their demographics (age range, ethnicities, gender distribution, etc)?
Why have you chosen them?
What are the eligibility requirements for your study?
Measure(s) –
What are the variables used in your study, and how will you measure those variables? (e.g. standardized scale, observation, interview).
Go to the Keiser online library and access the database called PsycTests. From there, find an appropriate psychometric test to assess the behavior you are trying to measure in your study. You should include a description of the test. This may include relevant measures, observations, scales, questionnaires, observation guides, and document characteristics. If you can find reliability and validity of the instrument in the literature you should talk about that here as well
section 3
Procedures, Limitations, Ethical Considerations, and Informed ConsentIn week 3, you will be adding the procedures, limitations, and the ethical considerations sections to your methodology. In addition to this, you will fill out an informed consent form. Please pay close attention to the language used to protect the participants. Use the outline below to ensure you are not missing any important or relevant information in these sections.
Procedures –
Step by step, how will you collect the data for your study?
Recruitment – Where and how are you going to get your sample? (don’t recruit people you know)
Data collection – Step by step, how are you going to collect your data?
Data analysis– You should be able to get insight on how you can analyze your data through the literature. This is not a huge focus since we are not spending a lot of time on analysis.
Limitations of the study –
Confounding variables- list at least 2 possible confounding variables that may need to be controlled for in your experiment
Threats to validity- describe at least one threat to validity (usually, this is some sort of limit to the type of research being conducted)
Any additional limitations that you can think of (remember, this could be hypothetical)
Ethical considerations –
What possible ethical issues need to be considered? (there is always something, never say there are no ethical issues)
Make sure you discuss informed consent, right to privacy, and the voluntary nature of research. Any possible risks should also be covered here.
State the importance of the Internal Review Board (IRB) and how you will be seeking approval from the IRB before conducting any data collection.
If you conduct research on vulnerable populations like prisoners or children, be sure to do some additional research to see how best to protect them. Address that here as well.
Informed Consent- This is part of an IRB application. You will fill out the template provided below in the yellow highlighted areas with the relevant information from your study. You will submit a copy of this for the week 3 assignment and after the Ethical Considerations section of your final project.
section 4
Title Page
Methodology
Research design
Setting
Participants
Measure(s)
Procedures
Limitations of the study
Ethical considerations
IRB application
References
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Main Posting
45 (45%) – 50 (50%)
Answers all parts of the discussion question(s) expectations with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources.
Supported by at least three current, credible sources.
Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.
40 (40%) – 44 (44%)
Responds to the discussion question(s) and is reflective with critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module.
At least 75% of post has exceptional depth and breadth.
Supported by at least three credible sources.
Written clearly and concisely with one or no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.
35 (35%) – 39 (39%)
Responds to some of the discussion question(s).
One or two criteria are not addressed or are superficially addressed.
Is somewhat lacking reflection and critical analysis and synthesis.
Somewhat represents knowledge gained from the course readings for the module.
Post is cited with two credible sources.
Written somewhat concisely; may contain more than two spelling or grammatical errors.
Contains some APA formatting errors.
0 (0%) – 34 (34%)
Does not respond to the discussion question(s) adequately.
Lacks depth or superficially addresses criteria.
Lacks reflection and critical analysis and synthesis.
Does not represent knowledge gained from the course readings for the module.
Contains only one or no credible sources.
Not written clearly or concisely.
Contains more than two spelling or grammatical errors.
Does not adhere to current APA manual writing rules and style.
Main Post: Timeliness
10 (10%) – 10 (10%)
Posts main post by day 3.
0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Does not post by day 3.
First Response
17 (17%) – 18 (18%)
Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings.
Responds fully to questions posed by faculty.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources.
Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of learning objectives.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are fully answered, if posed.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.
15 (15%) – 16 (16%)
Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are answered, if posed.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.
13 (13%) – 14 (14%)
Response is on topic and may have some depth.
Responses posted in the discussion may lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered, if posed.
Response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited.
0 (0%) – 12 (12%)
Response may not be on topic and lacks depth.
Responses posted in the discussion lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are missing.
No credible sources are cited.
Second Response
16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings.
Responds fully to questions posed by faculty.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources.
Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of learning objectives.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are fully answered, if posed.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.
14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are answered, if posed.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.
12 (12%) – 13 (13%)
Response is on topic and may have some depth.
Responses posted in the discussion may lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered, if posed.
Response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited.
0 (0%) – 11 (11%)
Response may not be on topic and lacks depth.
Responses posted in the discussion lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are missing.
No credible sources are cited.
Participation
5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Meets requirements for participation by posting on three different days.
0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Does not meet requirements for participation by posting on 3 different days.
Total Points: 100
