The big question is not explicitly stated in the paper, but the specific question is. You may want to start with the specific question, then determine what broader, more general issues the specific question taps into.
psychology
Description
Part 1: QALMRI
Read the article by Yin
(1969) and answer the following questions:
Question
Hint: The big question is not explicitly stated
in the paper, but the specific question is. You may want to start with the
specific question, then determine what broader, more general issues the
specific question taps into.
What is
the big question being asked by this research project?
What is
the specific question being asked by this research project?
Alternative
Hint: The hypothesis should be a possible
answer to the specific question, not a prediction (that comes later).
What are
the author’s hypotheses?
H1:
H2:
Logic
Hint: The logic should come from the hypothesis
and relate to the manipulations in the experiments. That is, if it turns out H1
is true, what kind of behavior should we expect in the experiment?
What is
the logic of the hypothesis (if A is true, then what should happen?)
- If H1, then…
- If H2, then
- Methods
What are
the methods?
1.
Who were the
participants? How were they selected?
2.
Briefly summarize
in a few sentences, the general tasks used in the experiments
3.
Experimental
design:
a.
Independent
variable:
i.
Number of
factors?
ii.
Number of levels
per factor?
iii.
Between or
within-subjects?
b.
Dependent variables:
Results
Summarize
the results of the study in a few sentences:
- Do not report the results of the statistical tests, just the results
in every-day language:
- The results should reflect the independent and dependent variables
stated above
