Guide to using the learning objectives
1.
Define1
research journal. Outline3 what you would put in your research
journal and how you would organize it.
2.
Compare4
and contrast4 research journal with research proposal.
3.
List1
nine issues to address in your research proposal. Outline3 how you
will address these issues in your research proposal.
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4.
Produce5
a description of the four things a reader should know after reading the
introduction to your paper.
5.
Discuss2
each of the following in relationship to the goal of demonstrating the
importance of your study:
a. prevalence
b. relevance
c.
precedence.
6.
Defend4
the following statement, “one way of establishing historical precedence
is to summarize research done on the topic.”
7.
Describe2
the two primary goals of the literature review.
8.
Design5
a method for deciding which literature to summarize in a literature review.
9.
Explain2
how a hypothesis should be stated.
10.
Defend4
the following statement: “Be cautious about using the word
‘cause’ when stating your hypothesis.”
11.
Define1
each of the following types of studies:
a.
exploratory
b.
direct
replication
c.
systematic
replication
d.
conceptual
replication
e.
replication
and extension
f.
theory-testing.
12.
Describe2
three problems a researcher might have when writing the introduction to an
exploratory study.
13.
Describe2
two important things you would have to accomplish to write an effective
introduction for a direct replication study.
14.
Explain2
how a systematic replication might be designed to have
a. more power than the original study
b. more construct validity than the
original study
c.
more
external validity than the original study.
15.
Describe2
three different ways of changing a study to create a conceptual replication.
16.
Describe2
how you would justify extending a study by adding an additional independent
variable to a study.
17.
Describe2
how you would justify extending a study by adding an additional dependent
variable.
18.
Explain2
the challenge of writing the introduction to a theory-testing study.
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19.
Define1
plagiarism.
Explain2 why plagiarism is a serious offense.
20.
Describe2
the two main purposes of the method section.
21.
State1
what information should be included in a Participants section.
22.
State1
what information should be included in a Procedure section. Explain2
how you could help readers (a) see what happened from the participants’
perspective and (b) learn the relevant procedural details yet not be
overwhelmed by procedural details.
23.
Explain2
what readers should learn from reading the Results section.
24.
Explain2
what readers should learn from reading the Discussion section.
25.
Describe2
what should be included in a title.
26.
Outline3
the six basic sentences that should comprise your Abstract.
27. State1 two common errors people make in assembling their reference list.
28. Describe2 two strategies you can use to make sure that your individual references are in APA style.
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29.
Describe2
how the following sections will change from proposal to final research report:
a. Title page
b. References
c.
Introduction
d. Method section
e. Abstract.
30.
Defend4
your inclusion or exclusion of the following results subsections in your paper:
a. “results describing the
distribution of scores”
b. “results supporting the
measure’s validity”
c.
“results
of the manipulation check.”
31.
Describe2
the main purpose of the results section.
32.
Compose5
a brief description of tips you would provide to someone on how to write a good
results section.
33.
State1
two reasons the discussion section of your final report will probably differ
from the discussion section of your proposal.
34.
List1
at least six tasks that you should accomplish in the discussion section. Rank6
the six tasks in importance for your paper. Propose5 subheadings for
your discussion section based on the three tasks you ranked the highest.