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PSY 510 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric Initial Draft of Methods, Data Analysis, and Anticipated Results Sections

This assignment will form a building block for the final project by requiring you to write an initial draft of the methods, data analysis, and anticipated results sections of your paper.

Prompt: The sections included in this milestone follow the Literature Review section in your paper (your introduction from Milestone Three). The Methods section should describe the participants to be studied and the methods to be used for the proposed research project.

Recall in Module Five that you had the opportunity to participate in PSY 520 experiments (Qualtrics surveys). Keep this in mind as you think about writing the Methods section. Also, keep in mind that sample size will be limited based on your use of PSY 510 and PSY 520 classmates. You are expected to have 7 to 10 participants for your research study when you conduct it in PSY 520. This information will help for your subsection on participation.

For your procedure, you will use the survey tool called Qualtrics. Visit the Qualtrics Survey Module Overview page, which will help you write your procedures section. Do not set up a Qualtrics account yet; you will be doing so in PSY 520.

The Data Analysis section should discuss the basic plan for analyzing the data, and the Anticipated Results section should discuss the expected findings. Make sure your paper is formatted like a research article. You will want to start with your main heading: Method. Then you have second-level headings: Participants, Materials, Procedure, and Data Analysis. Then you have the next main heading: Anticipated Results.

Your submission should include all of the following elements:

• Description of the participants you plan to use in your study (you will need at least seven PSY 510 and/or PSY 520 students to respond to your survey) • Description of the materials that will be used in the study and why they are most appropriate for your proposal • Description of the procedures that will be used to collect data and how they will address your research question • Discussion of any ethical concerns you can foresee with the study and steps that could be taken to remedy them • Explanation of the procedures you plan to use to prepare your raw data for analysis • Explanation of the analytic procedures for analyzing data and how they will help obtain valid and reliable research results • Description of which descriptive statistics will be most informative in answering your research question and why • Discussion of how your proposed data analysis methods are ethical, as outlined by the APA’s principles and standards • Prediction of your expected findings or anticipated results

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This paper should be a minimum of 4 pages (not including cover page and references), must follow APA format, and it should cite several peer-reviewed sources.

Rubric

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Methodology:

Participants Describes appropriate number of participants for the study

Provides a number of participants for the study, but number is not appropriate for terms of this assignment

Does not discuss the plan for participants for the study

10

Methodology: Materials

Describes the materials that will be used in the study and why the materials are most appropriate for the proposal, justifying claims with resources and aligning materials to the research question

Describes the materials that will be used in the study and why the materials are most appropriate for the proposal, justifying claims with resources

Describes the materials that will be used in the study and why the materials are most appropriate for the proposal, but does not justify claims with resources, or has gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not describe the materials that will be used in the study and why the materials are most appropriate for the proposal

10

Methodology: Procedures

Describes the procedures proposed to collect data and how the procedures will appropriately address the research question

Describes the procedures proposed to collect data and how the procedures will appropriately address the research question, but with gaps in detail

Describes the procedures proposed to collect data and how the procedures will appropriately address the research question, but procedures are inappropriate

Does not describe the procedures proposed to collect data and how the procedures will appropriately address the research question

10

Methodology: Ethical Considerations

Discusses the ethical concerns involved in the study and the steps to remedy them

Discusses the ethical concerns involved in the study, but does not propose steps to remedy them

Discusses concerns involved in the study, but the concerns presented do not warrant ethical concern

Does not discuss the ethical concerns involved in the study and the steps to remedy them

10

Data Analysis Plan: Prepare Raw Data

Proposes a plan for analyzing the data that explains what procedures will be used and how they will help obtain valid and reliable results

Proposes a plan for analyzing the data and explains what procedures will be used, but does not discuss how they will help obtain valid and reliable results

Proposes a plan for analyzing the data, but does not explain what procedures will be used or how they will help obtain valid and reliable results

Does not propose a plan for data analysis

10

Data Analysis Plan: Analytic Procedures

Proposes analytic procedures for analyzing data and explains how these will help obtain valid and reliable research results

Proposes analytic procedures for analyzing data, but does not explain how these will help obtain valid and reliable research results

Proposes analytic procedures for analyzing data, but proposal lacks accuracy or detail, or procedures are inappropriate

Does not propose analytic procedures for analyzing data

10

Data Analysis Plan: Descriptive Statistics

Meets “Proficient” criteria and descriptive statistics are especially well aligned to the research question

Describes which descriptive statistics obtained from the data would be most informative

Describes which descriptive statistics obtained from the data would be most informative in answering the research

Does not describe which descriptive statistics obtained from the data would be most

10

in answering the research question and why

question, but does not explain why, or description has gaps in accuracy or detail

informative in answering the research question

Data Analysis Plan: Principles and

Standards

Discusses how the proposed data analysis methods are ethical, as outlined by the APA

Discusses how the proposed data analysis methods are ethical, but does not relate these to the APA

Discusses how the proposed data analysis methods are ethical, but does not relate these to the APA, or discussion has gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not discuss how the proposed data analysis methods are ethical, as outlined by the APA

10

Anticipated Results Predicts results of the study, explains how these results will complement or contradict previous literature, and provides rationale for the prediction

Predicts results of the study and explains how these results will complement or contradict previous literature

Predicts results of the study, but does not explain how these results will complement or contradict previous literature or has gaps in detail or accuracy

Does not predict the results of the study

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has some major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

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