Research Methods Writing

Adult & Org. Development 2201

Research Method

Fall 2018 T,Th 1100-1220PM

Ritter Hall 211 Section 002

Instructor: Armando X. Estrada, Ph.D. Phone: (215) 204-1739

Office: Ritter Annex 245 Fax: (215) 204-6013

Office Hrs: T,Th 1220-1400/By Appt. Email: [email protected]

AOD 2201 WRITING ASSIGNMENT HANDOUT FOR ASSIGNMENT #2

Assignment 2 Objective: Demonstrate competence identifying, locating and retrieving primary sources

on a course relevant topic using peer-reviewed journal articles dated from 2000-Present.

Assignment 2: Identifying, Locating and Retrieving Primary Source Information (10%): The

purpose of this assignment is for students to demonstrate competence with identifying, locating and

retrieving primary sources on a course relevant topic using peer-reviewed journal articles dated from

2000-Present. Students will (1) provide hard copies of 2 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles

(primary research), (2) summarize each article; and (3) articulate how each article specifically addresses

the topic of interest. HARD COPY DUE: 1100HRS 18 OCT 2018.

RECOMMENDED READINGS

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological

Association (6 th Edition). Washington, DC. Author.

Kazdin, A.E. (1995). Preparing and evaluating research reports. Psychological Assessment, 7(3), 228-237.

Privitera, G.J. (2017). Research methods for the behavioral sciences (2 nd

Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA.

Sage (ISBN: 978-1-5063-2657-3)—See Chapter 15 (pp. 495-526); Appendix A (pp. 527-580).

ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE

The narrative summary needs to provide (1) complete citation information; (2) summarize the purpose,

methods, findings and conclusions of the study; and (3) articulate how each article addresses the topic you

outlined in Assignment#1 as described below:

1. Citation Information. The complete citation of the each article should follow APA Editorial Guidelines and list the following information: author, year, title, source, volume and page numbers.

2. Article Summary. Each article summary should succinctly describe the contents of each of the 2 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles (primary research). The summary should be written in

narrative form that does not exceed 3 single spaced typed-written pages, using 11pt Times New

Roman or Arial typeset, and it should be printed on an 8.5 X 11” paper with margins set at 1 inch.

The summary should address the following questions in narrative form: (a) What is the background

and context of the study? (b) What specifically were the purposes, prediction or hypotheses under

investigation? (c) Who were the participants? (d) What were the constructs of interests and how were

these measured? (e) What procedures were used to carry out the study? (f) What were the statistical

results of the analyses? (h) What were the major findings of the study?

3. Article Relation to Topic. The summary should articulate how each of the 2 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles (primary research) specifically address the broad topic and/or a subtopics outlined in

Assignment#1.