Research Paper
Rubric
| Criteria | Introduction and Literature Review | Methods | Results | Discussion | Abstract and APA | Abstract | APA | ||||||||||||||
| Level 5 20 pts | at least 8 appropriate references are used to describe the relevant background information | clearly stated hypothesis | generally well written with appropriate grammar, tense, and sentence structure | information presented clearly and concisely | completely describes all elements (participants, materials, and design/procedure including how data was analyzed) | includes Review Board Form (RBF) that is appropriately filled out – place in appendix- refer to in methods section | appropriate grammar, tense, and sentence structure used | descriptions are clear and include all appropriate details | clearly describes data and main findings in sufficient detail | uses tables and figures effectively to represent exact values, main effects, or interactions | states results of descriptive and inferential statistics (including significance levels) | provides overview of results | interprets results in light of literature discussed in the introduction | restates hypothesis and includes conclusions supported by the results | Level 10 10 pts | includes all required components | writing is in APA style | generally well written with appropriate grammar, tense, and sentence structure | information presented clearly and concisely | no more than 5 APA formatting errors throughout the entire paper | |
| Level 15-19 19 points | 5-7 references with some relevant background information not included | uses one or more reference that isn't appropriate | hypothesis not clearly stated | generally well written with mostly appropriate grammar and sentence structure | information presented is mostly clear | describes all three elements but one or more descriptions lacks detail | includes RBF that is appropriately filled out or lacking minor details | generally uses appropriate grammar, tense, and sentence structure | descriptions are generally clear and/or concise | describes data and main findings in nearly sufficient detail or lacks clarity | uses tables and figures to represent exact values, main effects, or interactions, but not efficiently | states results of descriptive and inferential statistics, without significance levels | restates results from previous section | interpret results in light of some literature discussed in the introduction | restates hypothesis and states conclusion | Level 5-9 9 pts | includes some components | writing not entirely APA style | some grammatical/tense/sentence structure issues | information presented lacks clarity | no more than 8 APA formatting errors throughout the entire paper |
| Level 10-14 14 points | 3-4 appropriate references with a large proportion of relevant background information not included | hypothesis unclear or not included | some use of poor grammar and sentence structure | information presented is not entirely clear and/or not concise | descriptions of elements missing or incomplete, some poor grammar and use of tense, unclear descriptions, lack of appropriate sentence structure | includes RBF but lacks details or contains incorrect information | describes data or main findings without sufficient detail and clarity | uses tables and figures to represent unimportant details of results | states results of descriptive or inferential statistics | restates results from previous section | does not interpret results in light of literature discussed in the introduction | restates hypothesis without conclusion | Level 1-4 4 pts | includes some components | APA style writing not used | poor grammar and/or sentence structure | information presented is unclear and doesn't flow together | no more than 10 APA formatting errors throughout the entire paper | |||
| Level 1-9 9 points | 1-2 appropriate references and lacking significant background information | hypothesis not included | poorly written (grammar and tense incorrect making it difficult to read, poor use of sentence structure) | information presented is unclear and doesn't flow together | lack of description for all three elements and those included are incomplete and/or poorly written, poor use of grammar and tense, descriptions lack significant details | includes RBF but lacks appropriate information or contains incorrect information | describes data and main findings without sufficient detail and clarity | no figures or tables | no results from descriptive or inferential statistics | limited or no discussion of results | limited or no discussion of literature | limited or no hypothesis statement | Level 0 | Not Done | more than 10 APA formatting errors throughout the entire paper | ||||||
| Level 0 | Not Done |
Data
| Gender | Age | Time In Experiment | Simple | GNG | Choice | Variable 1 | Variable 2 |
| 1 | 17 | 493.34 | 0.186 | 0.434 | 0.325 | 1 | 113 |
| 0 | 17 | 77.953 | 0.238 | 0.362 | 0.377 | 1 | 102 |
| 0 | 17 | 310 | 0.336 | 0.408 | 0.389 | 1 | 104 |
| 1 | 17 | 1052.4 | 0.231 | 0.292 | 0.508 | 1 | 102 |
| 1 | 17 | 364.27 | 0.267 | 0.339 | 0.532 | 1 | 65 |
| 1 | 17 | 458.07 | 0.191 | 0.505 | 0.369 | 2 | 92 |
| 1 | 17 | 421 | 0.231 | 0.306 | 0.372 | 2 | 99 |
| 0 | 17 | 438.23 | 0.397 | 0.334 | 0.375 | 2 | 104 |
| 1 | 17 | 554.11 | 0.352 | 0.431 | 0.413 | 2 | 102 |
| 0 | 17 | 414.57 | 0.248 | 0.401 | 0.306 | 2 | 74 |
| 1 | 17 | 466.59 | 0.288 | 0.449 | 0.473 | 3 | 82 |
| 0 | 17 | 63.862 | 0.257 | 0.44 | 0.427 | 3 | 92 |
| 0 | 17 | 387.26 | 0.299 | 0.345 | 0.351 | 3 | 90 |
| 0 | 17 | 329.55 | 0.365 | 0.38 | 0.428 | 3 | 68 |
| 0 | 18 | 54.522 | 0.262 | 0.336 | 0.375 | 1 | 87 |
| 0 | 18 | 55.438 | 0.413 | 0.364 | 0.361 | 2 | 100 |
| 0 | 18 | 399.84 | 0.417 | 0.382 | 0.405 | 2 | 92 |
| 1 | 18 | 568.23 | 0.243 | 0.506 | 0.385 | 2 | 92 |
| 1 | 18 | 403.72 | 0.214 | 0.3 | 0.282 | 3 | 82 |
| 1 | 18 | 365.55 | 0.313 | 0.397 | 0.335 | 3 | 92 |
| 0 | 18 | 50.014 | 0.363 | 0.315 | 0.314 | 3 | 87 |
| 1 | 18 | 328.25 | 0.227 | 0.403 | 0.374 | 3 | 90 |
| 1 | 19 | 225.62 | 0.262 | 0.283 | 0.442 | 1 | 88 |
| 1 | 19 | 469.16 | 0.199 | 0.346 | 0.34 | 1 | 90 |
| 0 | 19 | 50.095 | 0.416 | 0.572 | 0.485 | 1 | 112 |
| 1 | 19 | 349.3 | 0.288 | 0.37 | 0.375 | 1 | 72 |
| 1 | 19 | 400.94 | 0.234 | 0.306 | 0.314 | 1 | 88 |
| 0 | 19 | 160.13 | 0.204 | 0.267 | 0.265 | 2 | 101 |
| 1 | 19 | 377.96 | 0.194 | 0.595 | 0.483 | 2 | 81 |
| 0 | 19 | 359.98 | 0.333 | 0.405 | 0.382 | 3 | 92 |
| 0 | 19 | 124.02 | 0.228 | 0.283 | 0.295 | 3 | 89 |
| 1 | 20 | 351.88 | 0.301 | 0.39 | 0.372 | 1 | 89 |
| 0 | 20 | 87.232 | 0.612 | 0.536 | 0.906 | 1 | 90 |
| 0 | 20 | 410.5 | 0.244 | 0.313 | 0.351 | 1 | 87 |
| 1 | 20 | 345.54 | 0.243 | 0.338 | 0.387 | 1 | 112 |
| 1 | 20 | 363 | 0.257 | 0.501 | 0.478 | 1 | 92 |
| 1 | 20 | 328.54 | 0.214 | 0.695 | 0.423 | 2 | 99 |
| 1 | 20 | 447.5 | 0.281 | 0.466 | 0.349 | 2 | 92 |
| 0 | 20 | 313.73 | 0.223 | 0.253 | 0.331 | 2 | 100 |
| 0 | 20 | 494.54 | 0.584 | 0.558 | 0.481 | 2 | 89 |
| 0 | 20 | 393.03 | 0.441 | 0.375 | 0.443 | 2 | 78 |
| 1 | 20 | 386.39 | 0.259 | 0.393 | 0.548 | 3 | 79 |
| 1 | 20 | 657.39 | 0.327 | 0.385 | 0.499 | 3 | 69 |
| 0 | 20 | 55.787 | 0.233 | 0.302 | 0.325 | 3 | 80 |
| 0 | 20 | 310.9 | 0.303 | 0.376 | 0.513 | 3 | 72 |
| 0 | 20 | 302.03 | 0.267 | 0.331 | 0.389 | 3 | 78 |
| 1 | 21 | 598.29 | 0.299 | 0.371 | 0.341 | 1 | 79 |
| 1 | 21 | 277.09 | 0.558 | 0.485 | 0.476 | 2 | 92 |
| 1 | 21 | 349.12 | 0.264 | 0.337 | 0.359 | 2 | 95 |
| 1 | 21 | 373.9 | 0.354 | 0.916 | 0.446 | 2 | 80 |
| 1 | 21 | 451.67 | 0.31 | 0.466 | 0.518 | 3 | 81 |
| 0 | 21 | 967.9 | 0.286 | 0.315 | 0.389 | 3 | 80 |
| 0 | 21 | 361.15 | 0.302 | 0.459 | 0.587 | 3 | 83 |
| 0 | 22 | 436.63 | 0.314 | 0.322 | 0.366 | 1 | 95 |
| 0 | 22 | 440.83 | 0.308 | 0.388 | 0.457 | 1 | 80 |
| 1 | 22 | 798.71 | 0.323 | 0.385 | 0.952 | 2 | 96 |
| 0 | 22 | 93.294 | 0.428 | 0.337 | 0.362 | 3 | 89 |
| 0 | 23 | 443.37 | 0.306 | 0.438 | 0.581 | 1 | 81 |
| 1 | 23 | 131.52 | 0.38 | 0.335 | 0.368 | 1 | 94 |
| 0 | 23 | 362.13 | 0.281 | 0.43 | 0.406 | 1 | 88 |
| 1 | 23 | 103.83 | 0.284 | 0.353 | 0.876 | 2 | 96 |
| 0 | 23 | 435.46 | 2.327 | 0.562 | 0.837 | 2 | 94 |
| 1 | 23 | 89.676 | 0.449 | 0.393 | 0.349 | 2 | 85 |
| 0 | 23 | 76.886 | 0.572 | 0.371 | 0.436 | 3 | 95 |
| 0 | 23 | 197.17 | 1.752 | 0.589 | 0.552 | 3 | 90 |
| 1 | 24 | 184.78 | 0.666 | 0.463 | 0.458 | 1 | 121 |
| 0 | 24 | 297.33 | 0.301 | 0.392 | 0.379 | 2 | 87 |
| 1 | 24 | 505.51 | 0.921 | 0.738 | 0.259 | 2 | 92 |
| 0 | 24 | 423.04 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.367 | 3 | 65 |
| 0 | 24 | 402.59 | 0.372 | 0.391 | 0.38 | 3 | 89 |
| 1 | 25 | 418.26 | 0.258 | 0.422 | 0.247 | 1 | 105 |
| 0 | 25 | 72.887 | 0.85 | 0.688 | 0.695 | 1 | 115 |
| 1 | 25 | 64.162 | 0.24 | 0.334 | 0.346 | 1 | 92 |
| 1 | 25 | 398.08 | 0.21 | 0.303 | 0.451 | 2 | 91 |
| 0 | 25 | 165 | 0.858 | 0.788 | 1.548 | 2 | 100 |
| 1 | 25 | 65.518 | 0.202 | 0.309 | 0.387 | 2 | 91 |
| 1 | 25 | 125.76 | 0.343 | 0.501 | 0.467 | 3 | 78 |
| 0 | 25 | 396.3 | 1.473 | 0.416 | 0.416 | 3 | 77 |
| 0 | 26 | 379.37 | 0.34 | 0.479 | 0.504 | 1 | 101 |
| 1 | 26 | 1053.5 | 0.238 | 0.299 | 0.29 | 1 | 84 |
| 1 | 26 | 412.47 | 0.352 | 0.635 | 0.341 | 3 | 81 |
| 1 | 26 | 440.31 | 0.27 | 0.417 | 0.295 | 3 | 66 |
| 0 | 27 | 328.23 | 0.308 | 0.337 | 0.396 | 1 | 87 |
| 1 | 27 | 1009.8 | 0.246 | 0.318 | 0.34 | 2 | 96 |
| 0 | 27 | 302.34 | 0.282 | 0.359 | 0.412 | 2 | 93 |
| 0 | 27 | 449.84 | 0.384 | 0.281 | 0.292 | 2 | 64 |
| 1 | 27 | 374.3 | 0.241 | 0.422 | 0.38 | 3 | 79 |
| 0 | 27 | 554.61 | 0.272 | 0.348 | 0.824 | 3 | 92 |
| 1 | 28 | 307.19 | 0.295 | 0.38 | 0.489 | 1 | 91 |
| 0 | 28 | 935.1 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.408 | 3 | 77 |
| 1 | 30 | 646.82 | 0.334 | 0.528 | 0.479 | 1 | 94 |
| 1 | 30 | 173.78 | 1.268 | 1.362 | 0.485 | 1 | 115 |
| 0 | 30 | 301.95 | 0.377 | 0.537 | 0.515 | 2 | 91 |
| 0 | 30 | 85.602 | 0.982 | 0.352 | 0.346 | 2 | 73 |
| 1 | 30 | 109.81 | 0.704 | 0.366 | 0.421 | 3 | 81 |
| 0 | 30 | 205.92 | 0.427 | 0.331 | 0.463 | 3 | 78 |
| 1 | 31 | 140.59 | 1.138 | 0.385 | 0.793 | 1 | 96 |
| 0 | 31 | 423.53 | 0.301 | 0.426 | 0.493 | 1 | 99 |
| 1 | 31 | 243.14 | 0.37 | 0.471 | 0.807 | 2 | 92 |
| 0 | 31 | 572.5 | 0.316 | 0.457 | 0.489 | 2 | 98 |
| 1 | 31 | 471.95 | 1.345 | 0.621 | 0.533 | 2 | 84 |
| 0 | 31 | 570.4 | 0.999 | 0.422 | 0.619 | 3 | 79 |
| 0 | 32 | 452.92 | 0.421 | 0.537 | 1.261 | 1 | 113 |
| 0 | 32 | 107.7 | 0.458 | 0.399 | 0.376 | 2 | 87 |
| 1 | 32 | 407.49 | 0.361 | 0.54 | 0.696 | 3 | 84 |
| 0 | 32 | 90.465 | 0.343 | 0.373 | 0.541 | 3 | 90 |
| 1 | 33 | 96.402 | 0.689 | 0.359 | 0.697 | 2 | 90 |
| 1 | 33 | 528.17 | 1.196 | 0.412 | 0.68 | 3 | 95 |
| 1 | 34 | 380.1 | 0.745 | 0.361 | 0.434 | 1 | 86 |
| 1 | 34 | 575.44 | 5.668 | 0.579 | 0.509 | 2 | 103 |
| 0 | 34 | 101.41 | 0.403 | 0.378 | 0.496 | 2 | 90 |
| 0 | 34 | 146.06 | 0.421 | 0.518 | 0.613 | 3 | 79 |
| 0 | 35 | 94.281 | 0.471 | 0.687 | 0.77 | 1 | 110 |
| 1 | 35 | 523.02 | 0.457 | 0.507 | 0.547 | 3 | 91 |
| 1 | 36 | 353.62 | 1.774 | 1.076 | 1.165 | 1 | 91 |
| 0 | 36 | 379.34 | 0.325 | 0.381 | 0.398 | 3 | 79 |
| 1 | 36 | 75.004 | 1.147 | 0.759 | 0.766 | 3 | 79 |
| 1 | 37 | 97.995 | 0.375 | 0.427 | 0.475 | 1 | 119 |
| 1 | 37 | 83.701 | 0.989 | 0.581 | 0.47 | 1 | 91 |
| 0 | 37 | 442.37 | 0.605 | 0.432 | 0.347 | 2 | 97 |
| 0 | 37 | 1145.7 | 2.57 | 0.557 | 0.532 | 2 | 82 |
| 0 | 37 | 253.31 | 0.428 | 0.547 | 0.564 | 3 | 70 |
| 0 | 38 | 88.722 | 0.348 | 0.661 | 0.413 | 2 | 81 |
| 1 | 39 | 67.835 | 1.171 | 0.655 | 0.515 | 1 | 87 |
| 1 | 39 | 496.77 | 0.326 | 0.407 | 0.382 | 2 | 93 |
| 0 | 39 | 427.23 | 0.41 | 0.513 | 0.533 | 3 | 80 |
| 1 | 39 | 109.26 | 0.533 | 0.738 | 1.798 | 3 | 70 |
| 0 | 40 | 324.75 | 1.479 | 0.382 | 0.509 | 1 | 97 |
| 1 | 40 | 339.86 | 1.433 | 0.366 | 0.371 | 2 | 93 |
| 1 | 41 | 418.55 | 0.428 | 0.377 | 0.653 | 1 | 96 |
| 0 | 41 | 764.9 | 1.828 | 0.423 | 0.378 | 2 | 75 |
| 1 | 41 | 112.04 | 0.609 | 0.398 | 0.442 | 2 | 97 |
| 1 | 41 | 104.47 | 0.335 | 0.521 | 0.421 | 3 | 69 |
| 1 | 42 | 475.71 | 0.575 | 0.408 | 0.452 | 1 | 84 |
| 0 | 43 | 319.03 | 0.413 | 0.494 | 0.485 | 1 | 109 |
| 1 | 43 | 445.29 | 1.893 | 0.972 | 1.028 | 2 | 103 |
| 1 | 43 | 230.58 | 1.031 | 0.652 | 0.628 | 2 | 63 |
| 0 | 43 | 71.13 | 4.428 | 0.413 | 0.586 | 3 | 46 |
| 1 | 43 | 371.57 | 0.323 | 0.601 | 0.537 | 3 | 82 |
| 0 | 44 | 389.09 | 0.667 | 0.34 | 0.479 | 1 | 88 |
| 0 | 44 | 315.16 | 2.453 | 0.513 | 0.545 | 2 | 102 |
| 0 | 44 | 951.13 | 1.294 | 0.334 | 0.408 | 3 | 87 |
| 1 | 45 | 127.49 | 0.523 | 0.605 | 0.459 | 1 | 85 |
| 1 | 45 | 137.35 | 3.072 | 0.517 | 0.712 | 2 | 64 |
| 0 | 45 | 360.73 | 0.461 | 0.529 | 0.551 | 3 | 88 |
| 1 | 46 | 70.954 | 0.433 | 0.38 | 0.544 | 2 | 101 |
| 0 | 46 | 90.933 | 3.459 | 0.591 | 1.046 | 3 | 67 |
| 0 | 48 | 339.81 | 1.346 | 0.471 | 0.53 | 2 | 79 |
| 1 | 49 | 91.29 | 0.495 | 0.641 | 3.334 | 1 | 89 |
| 0 | 49 | 101.31 | 3.342 | 0.438 | 0.418 | 1 | 116 |
| 1 | 50 | 135.55 | 1.862 | 0.548 | 7.234 | 3 | 74 |
| 0 | 50 | 101.92 | 3.353 | 0.444 | 0.915 | 3 | 71 |
| 1 | 53 | 66.504 | 3.856 | 0.403 | 0.703 | 1 | 89 |
| 1 | 53 | 80.301 | 4.093 | 0.353 | 0.393 | 2 | 91 |
| 0 | 54 | 77.673 | 3.651 | 0.499 | 0.537 | 2 | 81 |
| 0 | 54 | 392.04 | 0.854 | 0.468 | 0.467 | 2 | 99 |
| 1 | 55 | 101.06 | 0.756 | 0.424 | 0.472 | 1 | 84 |
| 1 | 55 | 128.55 | 0.409 | 0.434 | 0.36 | 3 | 73 |
| 0 | 56 | 399.51 | 1.179 | 0.43 | 0.429 | 1 | 101 |
| 0 | 58 | 109.57 | 4.268 | 0.326 | 0.656 | 1 | 98 |
Descriptions
| Variable | Description |
| Gender | Gender of participant (0 = Male; 1 = Female) |
| Age | Age of participant (range is 17 to 68) |
| Time In Experiment | Total time (in seconds) it took the participant to complete the three reaction time tasks. |
| Simple | The participant's average time on the Simple reaction time task. |
| GNG | The participant's average time on the Go/No Go reaction time task. |
| Choice | The participant's average time on the Choice reaction time task. |
| Variable 1 | An added variable with categorical data (with three categories), which can be used to represent a variable you created for your study/topic. |
| Variable 2 | An added variable with continuous data (with a range of 46 to 121), which can be used to represent a variable you created for your study/topic. |
| Notes: | Each column is a variable; each row is a participant. |
| Log in to the APA OPL website for more information on the three reaction time tasks: https://opl.apa.org/index.html |