APSY2216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dependent And Independent Variables, Family Values, Kindergarten

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY2216
• Professor: Thomson

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Research proposal - written detailed plan for conducting a research study replicate your study later. Helps to clarify what needs to be done in the study. Follows a specific format - put together all the various pieces, helps others follow along and/or. Does not include results or discussion justified, define key terms, review literature, describe specific research questions, state hypotheses. When explaining the research problem: state the problem, cite evidence of the problem, and. Introduction - explain what study is about, identify research problem, convince reader that study is. Sections of research proposal then transition to significance of the problem. After the broad statement of purpose, clearly state specific research questions. Proposed method - describe procedures and instruments to be used, convince reader that tools will facilitate answering rqs and will not bias conclusions. Research design - descriptive, associational, causal-comparative, etc. Sample (participants) - justify number of subjects and subject characteristics.