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PSYC4600: Research Methods in Psychology
Research Project Part 3: Final Research Report
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Literature Review
[Enter your revised literature review here. Incorporate feedback given from previous assignments.]
Method
[Enter your revised method section here. Incorporate feedback given from previous assignments. Read through your method section. Make sure the method section starts with your hypothesis and then explains the method and tells the reader what you did.]
Results
[Enter your data analysis here.]
Discussion
[You’ll need to write this part for the assignment this week. Review the tips in the “Overview of the Research Project and Report” document for key tips. [Additionally you can review the discussion section at the end of journal articles to get examples, and as you work on your ideas you want practice good critical thinking so you can also review the “Analytic Stage of Thinking” Campus resource in the What You Need to Know for Week 9 activity.]
The research report focuses on interpretation of the results of the study, the implications for practice and for future research. You should:
· Interpret the results of your study.
· Discuss how these results compare to what you expected and to a few other research studies. Be sure to refer to articles used in your literature review to compare. Provide appropriate citations.
· Describe the generalizability of the research findings.
· Explain the implications of your findings for practice.
· What is one implication for practice based on your findings?
· What might the lead researcher of the study, and psychology professionals who read your report, do with the results?
· Describe future directions for research based on the findings.
· Describe one idea for what a next step might be in research on this topic that is a quantitative study. And include a discussion of reliability and validity in that future study idea.
· Describe one idea for what a next step that is qualitative research might be. Include three suggestions for ethical research in recruitment and interviewing for your qualitative future study idea.
Conclusion
[Provide a brief summary of the key points and end with your conclusions.]
References
[Include APA style references for every source cited in the text above.]