Psychology Assignment: Research Method
1. What is the article you chose (APA format)?
2. What is it about (use the abstract)?
3. What type (of the three types) of a claim do the authors make? What is claimed?
4. What has previous research on this (or related) topics demonstrated? Identify at least three prior findings in the introduction, and note their authors/sources.
5. How does the research described in this paper complement the previous research on this topic? This is usually discussed at the end of the introduction.
6. What is/are the authors research questions? What is/are the author(s) hypothesis/hypotheses, if they have any? Does it make sense to you based on the prior research?
7. What type of a research design was used?
8. What was the population of interest and how was the sample selected?
9. If the study was experimental: What were the manipulated variables or the IV(s) in the study? How were they operationally defined? What were the measured variables or the DV(s) in the study? How were they operationally defined?
10. If the study was not experimental:: What were the variables in the study? How were they operationally defined?
11. What are the main findings?
12. Do the authors discuss limitations for their study?If so, name some.
13. What future research questions do the authors propose? How does this tie to your planned research project?
Article: The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Item and Associativ Recognition Memory by Roger Ratcliff and Hans P. A. Van Dongen.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.