Psy
325:
Stereotyping & Prejudice
Kathy Oleson
Reed College
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Term
Paper
Commenting
on Others' Papers
Research
Project, Report and Presentation
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Research Project Group
Report
The format of your group report should be as follows.
Abstract
Goal is to provide a brief overview of your paper. It includes
your research question, your methods, results, and implications. It is
typically 100 – 200 words long.
Introduction
Goal of intro is to provide justification and background
information about why this research was conducted.
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Briefly explain the question that your research addresses.
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Review previous research relevant to your question. Thoughtfully
analyze the methods, findings, and interpretations of previous studies
in a way that makes a persuasive argument for why the study you ran
is important.
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Provide a general overview of the method you used to address your
question.
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State your hypotheses, along with the conceptual rationale for each.
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State briefly what your research was designed to add to previous
research.
Method
Goal is to convey what you would do in your study in enough
detail that someone else could replicate it.
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Describe the sample of participants - e.g., age, sex, race, social
class, # of participants and how you recruited them.
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Describe your experimental design.
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Describe procedures in detail. How did you run the study? What measures
did you use?
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If you used any questionnaires or measures from previous research,
cite the source and describe the measure: item content and format,
instructions to participants, and evidence for reliability and validity.
If you construct your own measure, present the measure either in the
text or in an appendix.
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In your method, discuss precautions that you uses to control for
any biases, e.g., did the experimenter know which conditions the participants
were in, did you randomly assign people to conditions?
Results
Goal is to clearly & concisely explain what you found.
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Summarize what you found -- you could use tables, graphs, etc, if
that is helpful. Present the results in a way the clearly conveys
the results.
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Be clear but concise in explaining the results.
Discussion
Goal is to provide an interpretation of your results, suggesting
limitations to your research, and proposing future research directions.
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Summarize your findings.
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Discuss the theoretical and applied implications of your findings.
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Discuss how your findings fit with previous research.
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Discuss possible limitations of your study.
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Make suggestions for future research.
Your paper should be 12 -15 pages in length & should
follow APA conventions. For some helpful hints about using APA style,
see: http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm |