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Material Type: Notes; Professor: Gore; Class: Statistic & Research Design II; Subject: PSY Psychology; University: Eastern Kentucky University; Term: Spring 2009;
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“This is why I am doing what I am doing” Theoretical background Literature review Builds up to your hypotheses
“Top of the hourglass” Snag the reader Talk about “people in general” as they relate to your topic Present prevalence or frequency information if it’s a problem Purpose of study (not hypo) at the end of the first paragraph Section should get steadily more specific and end with your hypothesis
There should be no question as to why you are conducting this research Illustrate with real world examples
Your literature review must be relevant to your hypothesis If there are conflicting results in the literature, focus on one side and only present the counterargument briefly
Write “(REFS)” at the end of the sentence so I know you are looking Go back to PsychINFO, find an article that backs up the claim and cite it for the final paper
Discard the claim Turn it into a testable hypothesis
No part of your hypothesis should come out of the blue Set-up each piece for what you predict Literature review should set-up what we already know about these variables Provide an explanation of “what’s missing” in the literature
Create a separate subsection labeled “Hypothesis” or “Hypotheses” Have a statement that highlights your prediction: “The current research tests the hypothesis that...”
Make sure it is a clear prediction of what you expect will happen What kind of comparison are you making? Correlational? Specify direction of association (positive or negative) Experimental? State which groups you are comparing and who will be higher on the DV
Synthesizing information Esp. literature review Logical argument Consistency in argument No contradictions Each paragraph follows from previous one Introductory statement Information to support that statement (citing specifics) Conclusive statement that leads into next paragraph
Avoid awkward and run-on sentences Read your paper out loud Say what you mean in English Passes the “Mom Test” Especially important in Results section
Spelling Errors noted as “sp” Vocabulary Errors noted as “w.c.” for word choice Grammar Errors noted as “gramm” Punctuation Errors noted as “punc” Capitalization Errors noted as “caps”
