mpirical Article Assignment ( 1 0 %) – Module 5 The instructor will provide students with a list of peer – reviewed scholarly journal article

mpirical Article Assignment (

1

0

%)

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Module 5

The

instructor will provide students with a

list of

peer

–

reviewed scholarly journal article

s to

choose from that contain

results that can be understood by undergraduate psychology students.

Each student will then write a brief paper on how the scientific process was used to conduct the

study and evaluate t

he results.

The basic rubric is as follows:

1.

Summarize the purpose of the experiment

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20 points

2.

List the hypothesis/hypotheses

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20 points

3.

State any operational definitions, the independent variable(s), and the dependent

variable(s)

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20 points

4.

Summarize t

he results

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20 points

5.

A brief proposal of your own variation of the experiment

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10 points

6.

Grammar and spelling

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10 points