Literature Review

-Second, identify your dependent variable and how you are measuring it. If you don't have a clear number coming from your dependent variable, then it's probably still too vague, so give some more thought to how you want to measure your specific DV. Some of you want to measure a bunch of things (multiple DVs), but for this proposal you only need to choose one. More DVs and IVs means more hypotheses.

-Once you have those (two levels of your IV and a 1 measurable DV), then you're able to write out a testable hypothesis. All you need to do is write out those three parts you identified in a way that is consistent with your literature acquired so far. Your hypothesis should look something like this, but with your actual variables plugged in:

-(IV Group 1) will have higher/lower (dependent variable) than (IV Group 2).

-The higher or lower depends on the direction of your hypothesis. Here is an example:

(Those that receive cognitive behavioral therapy) will have lower (depression scores) than (those that have not received cognitive behavioral therapy).

- Make sure it is a word document, text document, or PDF to make sure I can easily access it.

-Intro: Clearly describe research area and its importance. Define key terms/theories.

-Four or more relevant academic articles are included

-The goals/hypotheses, methods, and respective conclusions of the articles are accurately described

-The four articles are cited in the text and included in the reference section correctly in APA format

=Conclusion summarizes overall trends/overlap/differences in the research and identifies your research direction, then identifies variables that will be explored and a testable hypothesis based on the literature.