Guide to using the learning objectives
1.
Outline3
three methods you can use to choose an interesting research article.
2.
Choose1
an article and explain2 how you chose this article and why you chose
it.
3.
Describe2
the purpose of the Abstract.
4.
Discuss2
what you should know after reading an Abstract.
5.
Outline3
four things that the introduction to the article should tell you.
6.
Authors
often argue that their research is methodologically superior to previous
research by pointing to one of four weaknesses in previous research. List1
those four general weaknesses and, for each weakness, describe2 a
way of changing a study to overcome that weakness.
7.
List1
six common ways that new research extends existing research.
8.
The
first time through the introduction section of an article, you should ask
yourself two questions. Describe2 those two questions. After reading
the introduction to the article you selected earlier for this chapter, provide3
answers to these two questions about the introduction.
9.
After
reading the introduction once and doing background reading, describe2
the six questions you should ask (and answer) before moving on to the method
section. Provide3 answers to these questions for the article you
selected.
10.
Outline3
four questions you should be able to answer before leaving the method section.
Provide3 answers to these questions after reading the method section
for the article you selected.
11.
Explain2
what is meant by the following, “the results section tells you how the
hypotheses did.” After reading the results section of the article you
selected, provide3 a response to the question “how did the
hypothesis do?”
12.
Produce5
(as appropriate) a listing for each of the following from your article:
a. basic descriptive statistics
b. results of manipulation checks
c.
results
relating to hypotheses
d. other statistically significant
results.
13.
After
reading the results section, provide3 answers to the following
questions based on your article:
a. How is a participant’s
behavior converted into a score?
b. What are the average scores for the different groups? Which type(s) or group(s) of
participants score higher? Which
groups score lower?
c.
What
type of statistical analysis did the authors use?
d. Do the results appear to support the
authors’ hypotheses?
14.
Define1
each of the following:
a. direct replication,
b. systematic replication, and
c.
conceptual
replication.
15.
Provide3
an example of each of the following:
a. direct replication,
b. systematic replication, and
c.
conceptual
replication.
16.
Discuss2
how a direct replication could address each of the following:
a. suspicion of fraud,
b. suspicion of Type 1 errors, and
c.
suspicion
of Type 2 errors.
17.
Explain2
why people should be cautious about basing decisions on a single research
study.
18.
Explain2
how a systematic replication could accomplish each of the following:
a. improving power,
b. improving external validity, and
c.
improving
construct validity.
19.
Describe2
the advantages of doing a conceptual replication.
20. Read a research article in a journal. Then, propose5 five ways you could extend that research.